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

2. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

3. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

4. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"

5. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the secret that Dionysus reveals to the audience in the Prologue but not to the other characters?

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

3. What, according to the dialogue between Pentheus and Dionysus, is not open for negotiation?

4. How does Dionysus turn the king's anger at him into contentment?

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

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

7. What is Pentheus's disguise when he leaves the palace?

8. What does the second messenger report?

9. What is being denounced in the second choral ode?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the play compare and contrast the ideas of restraint and reason to unrestrained behavior and emotions? Provide support for your answer with examples from the book.

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

What are the four types of irony? Which irony is present in the discussions between Dionysus and Pentheus? Find at least two examples of irony in their discussions, and describe what the examples mean.

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