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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pentheus become enraged when questioning his prisoner?
(a) He doesn't understand the prisoner.
(b) He doesn't like the prisoner's answers.
(c) The prisoner only speaks in riddles.
(d) The prisoner doesn't answer him.

2. Pentheus holds what title?
(a) King.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Priest.
(d) Philosopher.

3. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus enters for the first time?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) The Soldier.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) The Messenger.

4. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?
(a) Brother.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Nephew.
(d) Half-brother.

5. When Pentheus orders Dionysus locked up, who does he think Dionysus is?
(a) A fellow king.
(b) The cult leader.
(c) A cult follower.
(d) A god.

6. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?
(a) As prey.
(b) As a king.
(c) As a man.
(d) As a slave.

7. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?
(a) Magestic.
(b) Holy.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Rich.

8. Who are the Bacchae?
(a) The unbelivers.
(b) Dionysus's followers.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The priests of Dionysus.

9. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Lust.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Madness.

10. Who is Dionysus's father?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Pluto.

11. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A thunder strike.
(b) A lightening strike.
(c) A thunder storm.
(d) A lightening flash.

12. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?
(a) Dress.
(b) Living.
(c) Eating.
(d) Speaking.

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

14. Who is Hera?
(a) Zeus's sister.
(b) Zeus's wife.
(c) Zeus's mother.
(d) Zeus's mistress.

15. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Deer skins.
(b) Cow skins.
(c) Sheep skins.
(d) Fawn skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

2. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?

3. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

4. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"

5. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?

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