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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifth Episode.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?
(a) Brother.
(b) Nephew.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Half-brother.

2. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Self-possession.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Abandon.

3. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) In the catacombs.
(b) By herself in her rooms.
(c) With the other women.
(d) Traveling abroad.

4. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Tmolus.
(b) Sacchern.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Urals.

5. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?
(a) Praising.
(b) Enlightened.
(c) Scandalous.
(d) Frightful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?

2. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?

3. The Chorus says that true wisdom, as granted by the heavens to the mortals, is to gain mastery over what?

4. Where did Dionysus place Pentheus so he could get a better look?

5. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

(see the answer key)

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