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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. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) Traveling abroad.
(b) With the other women.
(c) In the catacombs.
(d) By herself in her rooms.

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

3. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Thames.
(b) Corus.
(c) Nysa.
(d) Earth.

4. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?
(a) As a slave.
(b) As prey.
(c) As a man.
(d) As a king.

5. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?
(a) Living.
(b) Eating.
(c) Dress.
(d) Speaking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Chorus, who dwells on Cyprus?

3. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?

4. The Chorus says that sophistry is not what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who composes the Chorus?

2. What is Euripides suggesting by having the Chorus take Dionysus's side?

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

4. How is the worship of Dionysus described in the Parados?

5. How do Agave and Cadmus represent the audience?

6. Who does Dionysus intend to vindicate by coming to Thebes?

7. What about the worship of Dionysus is frightening and revolting to outsiders?

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

9. How is Dionysus brought to Pentheus?

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

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