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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hera?
(a) Zeus's sister.
(b) Zeus's mother.
(c) Zeus's mistress.
(d) Zeus's wife.

2. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?
(a) As a slave.
(b) As a king.
(c) As prey.
(d) As a man.

3. When the Chorus says, "Will this white-foot e'er join the night long dance," who is the white-foot they are referring to?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Tiberius.
(d) Pentheus.

4. What reason did Dionysus give to the women when he ordered them to take their vengeance on Pentheus?
(a) For mocking their rites.
(b) For not believing in Dionysus.
(c) For trying to bring them home by force.
(d) For pretending to be a woman.

5. When Pentheus orders Dionysus locked up, who does he think Dionysus is?
(a) A god.
(b) A fellow king.
(c) The cult leader.
(d) A cult follower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the writer of this play?

2. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

3. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

4. Where does the first messenger say he comes from?

5. What is Hellas?

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