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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?
(a) They are dead.
(b) They are sleeping.
(c) They are free.
(d) They are not eating.

2. What does Pentheus hope to do when he leaves the palace in disguise?
(a) Retrieve his mother.
(b) Leave the city.
(c) Find Dionysus.
(d) Spy on the women.

3. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?
(a) Dolphin.
(b) Fawn.
(c) Cow.
(d) Horse.

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

5. Pentheus says that he will do what to the women he has captured?
(a) Sell them as slaves.
(b) Return them to their families.
(c) Make them his mistresses.
(d) Keep them in the prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?

2. How does Pentheus feel about the task he is undertaking in disguise?

3. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?

4. Who is Hera?

5. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?

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