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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. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Oak and pine.
(b) Holly and pine.
(c) Evergreen and pine.
(d) Maple and pine.

2. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"
(a) Mt. Othella.
(b) Mt. Oppilos.
(c) Mt. Olympus.
(d) Mt. Olives.

3. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Ivy.

4. Who is Hera?
(a) Zeus's mistress.
(b) Zeus's mother.
(c) Zeus's wife.
(d) Zeus's sister.

5. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?
(a) Magestic.
(b) Rich.
(c) Holy.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

3. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?

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

5. Who is Pentheus's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the wish Zeus granted Semele?

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

3. What is the message of the final scene of the play?

4. What is being prayed for in the second choral ode?

5. What is the Parodos?

6. Who does the cult think they are following?

7. Who is Tiresius?

8. What did Agave do to Pentheus?

9. Why has Pentheus come to rely on Dionysus for his disguise?

10. How do Agave and Cadmus represent the audience?

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