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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.
(a) Scared.
(b) Revolted.
(c) Encouraged.
(d) Honored.

2. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?
(a) To wear its horns.
(b) To drink its blood.
(c) To have company.
(d) To eat its meat.

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

4. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?
(a) With anger.
(b) With rage.
(c) With fear.
(d) With pity.

5. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mortals.
(c) His father.
(d) The audience.

6. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?
(a) Dull care.
(b) Life's troubles.
(c) Small things.
(d) Differences between them.

7. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?
(a) Myth.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Comparison.

8. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"
(a) The banjo.
(b) The flute.
(c) The harp.
(d) The piano.

9. Pentheus accuses Tiresius of supporting Dionysus for what reasons?
(a) Selfish reasons.
(b) Dishonest reasons.
(c) Misguided reasons.
(d) Hurtful reasons.

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

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

12. Who used his lute to gather trees to his ministry?
(a) Othello.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Odyssyus.
(d) Oedepus.

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

14. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not having a temple for him.
(b) Not honoring him at their festivals.
(c) Not giving tributes to him.
(d) Not worshiping him as a god.

15. Pentheus is obsessed with what aspect of the women's behavior?
(a) Their childish behavior.
(b) Their prayerful behavior.
(c) Their sexual behavior.
(d) Their honest behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

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

3. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.

4. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

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

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