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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pentheus says that "women must not be mastered" by what?
(a) Brute force.
(b) Unworthy men.
(c) Tricks and magic.
(d) Pretend gods.

2. What is Hellas?
(a) A temple in Delphi.
(b) The after-life.
(c) Greece.
(d) A mountain.

3. How does Pentheus feel about the task he is undertaking in disguise?
(a) Happy.
(b) Holy.
(c) Peverse.
(d) Righteous.

4. What emotion is the Chorus trying to inspire in their fourth ode?
(a) Lust.
(b) Rage.
(c) Piety.
(d) Happiness.

5. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus starts their fourth ode?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Tiresius.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Cadmus.

6. How does the Chorus describe Pentheus's mother's looks in the fifth ode?
(a) Wild rolling eyes.
(b) Wild ridiculous makeup.
(c) Wild raging hair.
(d) Wild rank garments.

7. What reason did Dionysus give to the women when he ordered them to take their vengeance on Pentheus?
(a) For mocking their rites.
(b) For not believing in Dionysus.
(c) For pretending to be a woman.
(d) For trying to bring them home by force.

8. When Dionysus refers to "the seats of Nymphs" and "the place of Pan" what is he referring to?
(a) Forrests.
(b) Trees.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Hills.

9. How does Dionysus promise Pentheus he will return to the city?
(a) With much riches.
(b) Dead.
(c) Wiser in the ways of the gods.
(d) In the arms of his mother.

10. How does the Chorus think that a mortal man should "live out his day and night?"
(a) In prayer and song.
(b) In sadness and sorrow.
(c) In happiness and lust.
(d) In purity and holiness.

11. The Chorus says that although their triumph is glorious, it ends in what?
(a) Sorrow and pleading.
(b) Pleasure and pain.
(c) Sadness and tears.
(d) Fright and madness.

12. What characterizes Pentheus's mother's knowledge about her actions to her son, according to the Chorus in the fifth ode?
(a) She is unaware she killed her son.
(b) She has forgotten she killed her son.
(c) She doesn't care that she has killed her son.
(d) She knows she killed her son.

13. Where is Pentheus's mother "hastening" to according to the Chorus?
(a) The plains.
(b) The house.
(c) The valley.
(d) The river.

14. According to the messenger, what has Pentheus's mother won?
(a) Power.
(b) Tears.
(c) Ridicule.
(d) Acceptance.

15. When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Modestly.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Capriciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When DIonysus says, "Thy change of mind compels thy praise," with what tone does he say those words?

2. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?

3. The power of the gods, according to the Chorus, corrects the mortal what?

4. When Pentheus leaves the palace, what is he dressed as?

5. According to the Chorus, when is it right to override the laws of custom?

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