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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) England.
(b) Persia.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

2. Who ripped the tree out of the ground?
(a) Pentheus' sister.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) The women.
(d) A bull.

3. What do the women tie around their waists, according to the first messenger?
(a) Twine.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Ribbons.
(d) Leaves.

4. When the Chorus says, "'Tis a noble enterprise to dabble the hand in the blood of a son till it drips," how are they speaking?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Truthfully.
(c) Happily.
(d) Ironically.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dionysus say he will turn Cadmus and his wife into?

2. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?

3. What does Tiresius suffer from?

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

5. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?

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