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

2. Who are the Bacchae?
(a) Dionysus's followers.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The priests of Dionysus.
(d) The unbelivers.

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

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

5. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) Persia.
(b) Sparta.
(c) England.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word describes both Tiresius and Cadmus?

2. What is the Parodos?

3. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.

4. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?

5. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Chorus mocking Agave?

3. What is the king obsessed with?

4. What is the Chorus denouncing in the first ode?

5. What is the reason Dionysus came to Thebes?

6. Why is the Chorus calling for justice in the fourth ode?

7. Why does Cadmus argue with Pentheus?

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

9. How does the Chorus define the simple man?

10. What is the secret that Dionysus reveals to the audience in the Prologue but not to the other characters?

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