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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Dionysus raise "twixt heaven and earth" when he spoke from heaven?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A column of flame.
(d) A darkness.

3. Tiresius tells Pentheus not to rely on what, to dominate mankind?
(a) Fear.
(b) Force.
(c) Reason.
(d) Logic.

4. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"
(a) The banjo.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The harp.

5. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agave feel when she realizes what she is carrying in her hands?

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

3. Who struck Pentheus after his mother?

4. Pentheus says that "women must not be mastered" by what?

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

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