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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Sad.
(d) Worshipful.

2. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Grapes.

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

4. The Chorus says, "What ______ ______ the earth-born race displays."
(a) Strong hatred.
(b) Furious rage.
(c) Handsome emotions.
(d) Deep feelings.

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

6. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?
(a) Praising Pentheus.
(b) Denouncing Pentheus.
(c) Mocking Pentheus.
(d) Honoring Pentheus.

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

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

9. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"
(a) Mt. Olives.
(b) Mt. Olympus.
(c) Mt. Othella.
(d) Mt. Oppilos.

10. The Chorus says that Cyprus is the isle of what goddess?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Fate.
(d) Artemis.

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

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

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

14. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) The people giving money to the cult.
(b) The leader of the cult.
(c) All his followers.
(d) The women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

2. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?

3. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?

4. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.

5. Because of what happened to the women, the soldier thinks that Dionysus causes what?

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