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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. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what?
(a) Parties.
(b) Festivals.
(c) Dances.
(d) Feasts.

2. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?
(a) They are sleeping.
(b) They are not eating.
(c) They are free.
(d) They are dead.

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

4. 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.

5. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?
(a) Praising.
(b) Scandalous.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Frightful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?

2. According to the Chorus, the end of all unbridled speech would bring what?

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

4. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?

5. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dionysus and Pentheus use the women?

2. What is the message of the final scene of the play?

3. What was the wish Zeus granted Semele?

4. What promise does Dionysus make about Pentheus's return to Thebes?

5. How is the worship of Dionysus described in the Parados?

6. What is the thyrsus?

7. Why does the Chorus take Dionysus's side?

8. What happened once Pentheus was in the tree?

9. Who composes the Chorus?

10. What is Euripides suggesting by having the Chorus take Dionysus's side?

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