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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Deer skins.
(b) Cow skins.
(c) Sheep skins.
(d) Fawn skins.

2. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) The leader of the cult.
(b) All his followers.
(c) The women.
(d) The people giving money to the cult.

3. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The worshipers of Dionysus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Pentheus.

4. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.
(a) Appropriate response.
(b) Reasonable response.
(c) Safe response.
(d) Honorable response.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

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

3. Who is the writer of this play?

4. Pentheus holds what title?

5. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus enters for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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