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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?
(a) Old meat.
(b) Fresh meat.
(c) Raw meat.
(d) Cooked meat.

2. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Mars.
(d) Cronos.

3. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?
(a) Praying to Dionysus in the temple.
(b) Honoring Dionysus.
(c) Partying with the women.
(d) Pretending to be women.

4. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?
(a) To drink its blood.
(b) To have company.
(c) To wear its horns.
(d) To eat its meat.

5. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Magestic.
(c) Holy.
(d) Rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?

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

4. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?

5. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?

(see the answer key)

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