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The Bacchae Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pentheus's father?
(a) Escabe.
(b) Echion.
(c) Esseles.
(d) Eggarton.

2. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
(a) A minotaur.
(b) A monster.
(c) A pheonix.
(d) A human.

3. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, where does he say his home is?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Lythecare.
(c) Athens.
(d) Persia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus?

2. When Pentheus orders Dionysus locked up, who does he think Dionysus is?

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

4. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?

5. Pentheus accuses Tiresius of supporting Dionysus for what reasons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is being denounced in the second choral ode?

2. What is being prayed for in the second choral ode?

3. Who composes the Chorus?

4. What is the Parodos?

5. What is the Chorus extolling in the first ode?

6. Who is Tiresius?

7. Why is the Chorus, even though it is similar to Pentheus, correct?

8. What does Pentheus hope to discover while spying on the women?

9. Why is the Chorus celebrating in the fifth ode?

10. What story does the Parados tell?

(see the answer keys)

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