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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?
(a) The sharks.
(b) The traps.
(c) The undertow.
(d) The waves.

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

3. When the Chorus says, "Will this white-foot e'er join the night long dance," who is the white-foot they are referring to?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Pentheus.

4. What is the Parodos?
(a) A hymn of praise.
(b) A hymn of lament.
(c) A hymn of longing.
(d) A hymn of desire.

5. What word describes both Tiresius and Cadmus?
(a) Youthful.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Old.
(d) Hearty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?

2. Why does Pentheus become enraged when questioning his prisoner?

3. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

4. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?

5. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.

(see the answer key)

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