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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 used his lute to gather trees to his ministry?

2. What word describes both Tiresius and Cadmus?

3. Why does Pentheus become enraged when questioning his prisoner?

4. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?

5. Who are the Bacchae?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise does Dionysus make about Pentheus's return to Thebes?

2. Who composes the Chorus?

3. Why does Cadmus argue with Pentheus?

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

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

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

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

8. How are the Chorus and Pentheus similar?

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

10. How does the Chorus define the simple man?

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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