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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cadmus first speaks to Agave when she returns, what does she say she is carrying in her hands?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A deer.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bull.

2. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?
(a) Stable.
(b) Seat.
(c) Home.
(d) Temple.

3. What happened that released Dionysus from prison?
(a) A jail-break.
(b) A flood.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A fire.

4. How does Dionysus promise Pentheus he will return to the city?
(a) Wiser in the ways of the gods.
(b) In the arms of his mother.
(c) Dead.
(d) With much riches.

5. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) The leader of the cult.
(b) The people giving money to the cult.
(c) All his followers.
(d) The women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who ripped Pentheus apart?

3. What did Dionysus raise "twixt heaven and earth" when he spoke from heaven?

4. How does the Chorus characterize Pentheus's intent to meddle with the rites of Dionysus?

5. In the first line of the fourth ode, how does the Chorus refer to the women?

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