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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 kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?
(a) A ritual.
(b) An affair.
(c) A marriage.
(d) A fling.

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

3. What is the Axius?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A sea.
(c) A river.
(d) A stream.

4. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) All his followers.
(b) The people giving money to the cult.
(c) The women.
(d) The leader of the cult.

5. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?
(a) Temple.
(b) Seat.
(c) Stable.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?

2. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?

3. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?

4. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?

5. Who is Pentheus's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus feeling when they are getting ready to go worship Dionysus?

2. What is the king obsessed with?

3. What promise does Dionysus make about Pentheus's return to Thebes?

4. Where does the violence and death take place during the play?

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

6. What was the wish Zeus granted Semele?

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

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

9. Why is the Chorus, even though it is similar to Pentheus, correct?

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

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