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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A lightening flash.
(b) A lightening strike.
(c) A thunder storm.
(d) A thunder strike.

2. Who is Dionysus's father?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

3. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?
(a) A marriage.
(b) An affair.
(c) A fling.
(d) A ritual.

4. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her brother.

5. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?
(a) An arm.
(b) A stomach.
(c) A thigh.
(d) A head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?

2. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?

3. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?

4. Who is the writer of this play?

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

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