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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. This Chorus's point of view is that Dionysus is what?

2. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

3. When Pentheus orders Dionysus locked up, who does he think Dionysus is?

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

5. What story does Pentheus scoff at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Pentheus see when he looks at Dionysus?

4. Who does the cult think they are following?

5. What has happened to Dionysus and Pentheus during the fourth ode?

6. How is Dionysus brought to Pentheus?

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

8. When Cadmus and Tiresius anger Pentheus, what does Pentheus order?

9. Who composes the Chorus?

10. How do Agave and Cadmus represent the audience?

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

Using specific examples from the book, explain how Dionysus displays his divinity even while in human form. What message do these actions send about the divine?

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