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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dionysus ask the Chorus to "abandon" Pentheus's halls to?
(a) The unbelievers.
(b) The animals.
(c) The hills.
(d) The flames.

2. Why does the first messenger not want to tell Pentheus the truth of what he saw?
(a) He fears Pentheus's rage.
(b) He didn't see anything.
(c) He fears Pentheus's delight.
(d) He doesn't know the truth.

3. How did Pentheus die?
(a) Happily.
(b) Accidentily.
(c) Peacefully.
(d) Violently.

4. What does the Chorus refer to as the "sure pledge of death" for Pentheus?
(a) Holding the fair golden chalice.
(b) Holding the fair Bacchic wand.
(c) Holding the fair serpent girdle.
(d) Holding the fair crown of leaves.

5. Who brings the news that Pentheus is dead?
(a) The fifth messenger.
(b) The second messenger.
(c) The third messenger.
(d) The fourth messenger.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, when is it right to override the laws of custom?

2. What characterizes Pentheus's mother's knowledge about her actions to her son, according to the Chorus in the fifth ode?

3. When Dionysus refers to "the seats of Nymphs" and "the place of Pan" what is he referring to?

4. What does the Chorus predict that Agave will say Pentheus was born from?

5. When DIonysus says, "Thy change of mind compels thy praise," with what tone does he say those words?

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