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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 describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?
(a) Scandalous.
(b) Praising.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Frightful.

2. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?
(a) Honoring Pentheus.
(b) Mocking Pentheus.
(c) Denouncing Pentheus.
(d) Praising Pentheus.

3. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not worshiping him as a god.
(b) Not having a temple for him.
(c) Not giving tributes to him.
(d) Not honoring him at their festivals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Bacchae?

2. The Chorus says, "What ______ ______ the earth-born race displays."

3. The Chorus says that "true wisdom is keeping the heart and soul aloof" from what?

4. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"

5. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?

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