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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?
(a) To do something with their lives.
(b) To quiet their drumming.
(c) To honor other gods and goddesses.
(d) To make things for him.

2. What did Pentheus tie up instead of binding Dionysus's hands and feet?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bull.
(c) A deer.
(d) A sheep.

3. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A lightening strike.
(b) A thunder strike.
(c) A thunder storm.
(d) A lightening flash.

4. When he could not see the women well, what did Pentheus do?
(a) Complain.
(b) Sigh.
(c) Leave.
(d) Sing.

5. What form does the Chorus plead for Dionysus to show up in front of them as?
(a) A dragon with teeth snapping.
(b) A lion breating flame.
(c) A bear growling in anger.
(d) A horse ready for battle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the Chorus, when is it right to override the laws of custom?

4. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

5. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"

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