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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Chorus referring to when they say "earth-born?"
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Mortals.

2. Pentheus is obsessed with what aspect of the women's behavior?
(a) Their prayerful behavior.
(b) Their sexual behavior.
(c) Their childish behavior.
(d) Their honest behavior.

3. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?
(a) Dionysus's birth.
(b) Dionysus's revenge.
(c) Dionysus's history.
(d) Dionysus's death.

4. Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus?
(a) Because the soldier believes in Dionysus as a god.
(b) Because the soldier doesn't like Pentheus.
(c) Because he came so willingly.
(d) Because he is an old man.

5. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.
(a) Steadiness.
(b) Calmness.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Stoicness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"

2. When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use?

3. The Chorus says that although their triumph is glorious, it ends in what?

4. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?

5. What characterizes Pentheus's mother's knowledge about her actions to her son, according to the Chorus in the fifth ode?

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