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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Axius?
(a) A river.
(b) A stream.
(c) A sea.
(d) An ocean.

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

3. When Dionysus says, multiple times, that the god is before Pentheus, what is Pentheus' reaction?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is greatful.
(c) He is awed.
(d) He is full of praise.

4. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?
(a) A fool.
(b) A miser.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A blasphemer.

5. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Beer.
(c) Hops.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

2. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?

3. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

4. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

5. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

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