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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Grapes.

2. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not giving tributes to him.
(b) Not honoring him at their festivals.
(c) Not having a temple for him.
(d) Not worshiping him as a god.

3. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?
(a) Smoke.
(b) A tree.
(c) A vine.
(d) A mountain.

4. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Madness.
(c) Lust.
(d) Sickness.

5. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?
(a) At the river.
(b) In the temple.
(c) In their homes.
(d) Outside the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?

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

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

4. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?

5. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?

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