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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, who dwells on Cyprus?
(a) The love gods.
(b) The lust gods.
(c) The alluring gods.
(d) The tempting gods.

2. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?
(a) A dead man.
(b) A blasphemer.
(c) A miser.
(d) A fool.

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

4. 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.

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

6. Who is the Chorus referring to when they say "earth-born?"
(a) Men.
(b) Mortals.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

7. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?
(a) Prevent disaster.
(b) Honor the whole family.
(c) Stop his desire for revenge.
(d) Calm the women.

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

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

10. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?
(a) A head.
(b) A thigh.
(c) An arm.
(d) A stomach.

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

12. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

13. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?
(a) A sword.
(b) A frustus.
(c) A thyrsus.
(d) A spear.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?

2. Who says, "By this name, O Baccic god, I now proclaim thee to Thebes?"

3. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"

4. The Chorus says that Dionysus is the "nurse divine of _______."

5. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?

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