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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Chorus, what is hateful to Dionysus?
(a) Not caring about the feasts.
(b) Not believing in divinity.
(c) Not treating guests as family.
(d) Not living the life of bliss.

2. The Chorus says that "true wisdom is keeping the heart and soul aloof" from what?
(a) Over-thinking philosophers.
(b) Over-educated men.
(c) Over-subtle wits.
(d) Heavy thinkers.

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

4. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Maple and pine.
(b) Evergreen and pine.
(c) Holly and pine.
(d) Oak and pine.

5. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"
(a) The father of streams.
(b) The father of sprinklers.
(c) The father of irrigation.
(d) The father of rivers.

6. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?
(a) A dead man.
(b) A miser.
(c) A fool.
(d) A blasphemer.

7. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what?
(a) Feasts.
(b) Dances.
(c) Festivals.
(d) Parties.

8. What is the Axius?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A river.
(c) A stream.
(d) A sea.

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

10. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?
(a) Partying with the women.
(b) Praying to Dionysus in the temple.
(c) Honoring Dionysus.
(d) Pretending to be women.

11. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?
(a) The worshipers of Dionysus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) The Greeks.

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

13. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Abandon.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Self-possession.

14. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Tmolus.
(b) Sacchern.
(c) Urals.
(d) Olympus.

15. The Chorus says that Dionysus is the "nurse divine of _______."
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Feasts.
(c) Youth.
(d) Royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing on their heads?

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?

3. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

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

5. The Chorus says that Cyprus is the isle of what goddess?

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