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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the first messenger not want to tell Pentheus the truth of what he saw?
(a) He fears Pentheus's delight.
(b) He didn't see anything.
(c) He doesn't know the truth.
(d) He fears Pentheus's rage.

2. The Chorus shares the belief of Tiresius and Cadmus that to honor the divine is what?
(a) A tradition.
(b) Only for the rich.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) Common sense.

3. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not honoring him at their festivals.
(b) Not giving tributes to him.
(c) Not having a temple for him.
(d) Not worshiping him as a god.

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

5. To whom do Cadmus and Agave complain that their punishment is too harsh?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The audience.
(d) Each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?

2. Tiresius tells Pentheus not to rely on what, to dominate mankind?

3. Who saves Cadmus and his wife and sends them to the land of the blessed?

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

5. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?

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