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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Maple and pine.
(b) Evergreen and pine.
(c) Oak and pine.
(d) Holly and pine.

2. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?
(a) Horse.
(b) Fawn.
(c) Cow.
(d) Dolphin.

3. Who brings the news that Pentheus is dead?
(a) The second messenger.
(b) The third messenger.
(c) The fourth messenger.
(d) The fifth messenger.

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

5. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?
(a) The undertow.
(b) The sharks.
(c) The traps.
(d) The waves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

3. What is the Parodos?

4. When he could not see the women well, what did Pentheus do?

5. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

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