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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Thames.
(b) Nysa.
(c) Corus.
(d) Earth.

2. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.
(a) Honored.
(b) Encouraged.
(c) Scared.
(d) Revolted.

3. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Abandon.
(c) Self-possession.
(d) Restraint.

4. The first messenger reports that when they tried to bring Pentheus's mother back from the group of women, the women went mad and destroyed what?
(a) A herd of sheep.
(b) A flock of birds.
(c) A town of men.
(d) A herd of cattle.

5. Where is Pentheus's mother "hastening" to according to the Chorus?
(a) The house.
(b) The plains.
(c) The river.
(d) The valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?

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

3. When Pentheus orders Dionysus locked up, who does he think Dionysus is?

4. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?

5. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?

(see the answer key)

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