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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, where does he say his home is?
(a) Persia.
(b) Athens.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Lythecare.

2. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?
(a) Denouncing Pentheus.
(b) Mocking Pentheus.
(c) Praising Pentheus.
(d) Honoring Pentheus.

3. Tiresius tells Pentheus not to rely on what, to dominate mankind?
(a) Force.
(b) Reason.
(c) Fear.
(d) Logic.

4. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) Sparta.
(b) England.
(c) Persia.
(d) Athens.

5. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?
(a) The intervention of Zeus.
(b) The intervention of Dionysus.
(c) The release of the women.
(d) The release of their cult leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Pentheus "fall fainting?"

2. When the Chorus says that there are a "myriad of hopes for all the myriad minds," what does myriad mean?

3. The power of the gods, according to the Chorus, corrects the mortal what?

4. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

5. When Pentheus leaves the palace, what is he dressed as?

(see the answer key)

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