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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of heart does the Chorus think Pentheus has in his quest against the women?
(a) A hardened heart.
(b) A wicked heart.
(c) A heart of stone.
(d) A sourrowful heart.

2. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.
(a) Safe response.
(b) Honorable response.
(c) Reasonable response.
(d) Appropriate response.

3. What streams did the messenger cross once outside of Thebes?
(a) Glopus.
(b) Diasopus.
(c) Trianaopus.
(d) Asopus.

4. How many suns does Pentheus see when he comes out in his disguise?
(a) Two.
(b) None - it is night.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?
(a) Inviting revenge.
(b) Real madness.
(c) A shame.
(d) A folly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

3. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?

4. What kind of herd was the first messenger driving when he came upon the women?

5. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?

(see the answer key)

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