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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 is the writer of this play?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Sophecles.

2. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"
(a) The piano.
(b) The flute.
(c) The banjo.
(d) The harp.

3. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?
(a) Honoring Dionysus.
(b) Praying to Dionysus in the temple.
(c) Pretending to be women.
(d) Partying with the women.

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

5. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?
(a) Madman and rich.
(b) Madman and fool.
(c) Madman and philospher.
(d) Madman and idiot.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"

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

3. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

4. What does Tiresius suffer from?

5. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Parados, wildness and holiness are synonymous with what?

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

3. When Cadmus and Tiresius anger Pentheus, what does Pentheus order?

4. What is the Parodos?

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

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

7. What does the second messenger report?

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

9. Why is the Chorus celebrating in the fifth ode?

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

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