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

2. Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus?
(a) Because the soldier doesn't like Pentheus.
(b) Because he is an old man.
(c) Because the soldier believes in Dionysus as a god.
(d) Because he came so willingly.

3. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) With the other women.
(b) In the catacombs.
(c) Traveling abroad.
(d) By herself in her rooms.

4. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Self-possession.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Abandon.

5. What is the Parodos?
(a) A hymn of longing.
(b) A hymn of lament.
(c) A hymn of desire.
(d) A hymn of praise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cadmus doesn't say whether or not he believes Dionysus is a god, but tells Pentheus that it would be wise of Pentheus to treat Dionysus as what?

2. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

3. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

4. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dionysus and Pentheus use the women?

2. Who does the cult think they are following?

3. What does the second messenger report?

4. What about the worship of Dionysus is frightening and revolting to outsiders?

5. What story does the Parados tell?

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

7. What is the Parodos?

8. What is the king obsessed with?

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

10. What is one of the praises the Chorus sings of Dionysus?

(see the answer keys)

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