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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Episode.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women tie around their waists, according to the first messenger?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Twine.
(d) Leaves.

2. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?
(a) Temple.
(b) Seat.
(c) Stable.
(d) Home.

3. What is Semele?
(a) A nymph.
(b) A spirit.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A mortal.

4. Why did Pentheus "fall fainting?"
(a) He was poisoned.
(b) He was overwhelmed.
(c) He was exhausted.
(d) He was made to do so by the gods.

5. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?
(a) Madman and philospher.
(b) Madman and idiot.
(c) Madman and rich.
(d) Madman and fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"

2. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what?

3. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?

4. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?

5. Who used his lute to gather trees to his ministry?

(see the answer key)

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