The Bacchae Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Bacchae Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Nysa.
(b) Corus.
(c) Earth.
(d) Thames.

3. Pentheus says that he will do what to the women he has captured?
(a) Return them to their families.
(b) Keep them in the prison.
(c) Make them his mistresses.
(d) Sell them as slaves.

4. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?
(a) Kingly guide.
(b) Celestial guide.
(c) Divine guide.
(d) Godly guide.

5. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.
(a) Appropriate response.
(b) Honorable response.
(c) Reasonable response.
(d) Safe response.

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

7. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?
(a) A fling.
(b) A marriage.
(c) An affair.
(d) A ritual.

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

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

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

11. Who says, "By this name, O Baccic god, I now proclaim thee to Thebes?"
(a) Hera.
(b) Semele.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Cadmus.

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

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

14. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?
(a) To honor other gods and goddesses.
(b) To quiet their drumming.
(c) To do something with their lives.
(d) To make things for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

3. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?

4. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.

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

(see the answer keys)

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