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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?

3. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?

4. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?

5. Who is Hera?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Dionysus brought to Pentheus?

4. How are the Chorus and Pentheus similar?

5. How do Dionysus and Pentheus use the women?

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

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

8. How is the Chorus similar to the positions of Tiresius and Cadmus?

9. How does the Chorus define the simple man?

10. What is the Chorus looking forward to in the third ode?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe, using examples from the play, what role revenge has in the play and how revenge is portrayed.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of the natural world in the play? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How is animal imagery used in the play? Provide at least three examples of animal imagery and what they represents.

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