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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tiresius suffer from?
(a) Muteness.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Lameness.

3. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.
(a) Honored.
(b) Scared.
(c) Revolted.
(d) Encouraged.

4. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Myth.
(d) Comparison.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?

3. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.

4. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?

5. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

(see the answer key)

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