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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 treating guests as family.
(b) Not believing in divinity.
(c) Not caring about the feasts.
(d) Not living the life of bliss.

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

3. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?
(a) At the river.
(b) In the temple.
(c) In their homes.
(d) Outside the city.

4. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Fresh meat.
(c) Old meat.
(d) Cooked meat.

5. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, where does he say his home is?
(a) Lythecare.
(b) Athens.
(c) Persia.
(d) Lydia.

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

7. Cadmus doesn't say whether or not he believes Dionysus is a god, but tells Pentheus that it would be wise of Pentheus to treat Dionysus as what?
(a) An honored guest.
(b) A king.
(c) A god.
(d) A family member.

8. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?
(a) They are dead.
(b) They are free.
(c) They are sleeping.
(d) They are not eating.

9. According to the Chorus, where did Pentheus put his prisoner?
(a) A stinky stable.
(b) A tower too high to climb.
(c) A gloomy dungeon.
(d) A hole in the earth.

10. What is the Parodos?
(a) A hymn of lament.
(b) A hymn of longing.
(c) A hymn of praise.
(d) A hymn of desire.

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

12. What does Tiresius suffer from?
(a) Muteness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Lameness.

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

14. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A vine.
(c) Smoke.
(d) A tree.

15. According to the Chorus, the end of all unbridled speech would bring what?
(a) Passion.
(b) Misery.
(c) Reason.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

3. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?

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

5. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"

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