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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. Pentheus holds what title?

2. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

3. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

4. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?

5. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Parados, wildness and holiness are synonymous with what?

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

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

4. What explanation does Cadmus give for the events of the play?

5. What does the first messenger report that is in conflict with what the king believes?

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

7. How is Dionysus brought to Pentheus?

8. Why does the Chorus take Dionysus's side?

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

10. What is the Parodos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the play represent the contrast between individual freedoms and societal expectations? Provide examples and evidence to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of having the women defeat the men in the battle? Support your answer with examples form the play.

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