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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 do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?
(a) Robes of purple.
(b) Animal skins.
(c) Simple clothes.
(d) Leaves and branches.

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

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

4. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Dionysus.

5. Because of what happened to the women, the soldier thinks that Dionysus causes what?
(a) Surprises.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Coincidences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

2. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.

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

4. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cadmus do when confronted with Agave carrying Pentheus's head?

2. What is Pentheus's disguise when he leaves the palace?

3. In the third ode what thoughts does the Chorus express about divine power?

4. Who does the cult think they are following?

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

6. Who is Tiresius?

7. What story does the Parados tell?

8. How does the Chorus function as an extension of Dionysus?

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

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

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