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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) England.
(d) Persia.

3. Who are the Bacchae?
(a) The unbelivers.
(b) Dionysus's followers.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The priests of Dionysus.

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

5. What is Semele?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A mortal.
(c) A nymph.
(d) A spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

2. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.

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

4. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

5. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?

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