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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the writer of this play?
(a) Sophecles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euripides.

2. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?
(a) Mortals.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) The audience.

3. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Maple and pine.
(b) Holly and pine.
(c) Evergreen and pine.
(d) Oak and pine.

4. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
(a) A minotaur.
(b) A pheonix.
(c) A monster.
(d) A human.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

2. Who is Dionysus's father?

3. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

4. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

5. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

(see the answer key)

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