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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Madness.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Lust.

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

3. According to the Chorus, what is hateful to Dionysus?
(a) Not treating guests as family.
(b) Not believing in divinity.
(c) Not living the life of bliss.
(d) Not caring about the feasts.

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

5. Who is Pentheus's father?
(a) Esseles.
(b) Echion.
(c) Escabe.
(d) Eggarton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?

3. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.

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

5. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?

(see the answer key)

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