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

2. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?
(a) With fear.
(b) With pity.
(c) With anger.
(d) With rage.

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

4. What does Tiresius suffer from?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Muteness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Lameness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the Chorus referring to when they say "earth-born?"

3. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?

4. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Dionysus and Pentheus use the women?

2. What did Agave do to Pentheus?

3. What was the wish Zeus granted Semele?

4. What is the Chorus trying to inspire in their fourth ode?

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

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

7. What does the second messenger report?

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

9. What happens when the earthquake occurs?

10. What does the first messenger report that is in conflict with what the king believes?

(see the answer keys)

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