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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus?
(a) Because the soldier doesn't like Pentheus.
(b) Because the soldier believes in Dionysus as a god.
(c) Because he came so willingly.
(d) Because he is an old man.

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

3. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?
(a) Fresh meat.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Old meat.
(d) Cooked meat.

4. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A lightening strike.
(b) A lightening flash.
(c) A thunder strike.
(d) A thunder storm.

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

6. Who is the writer of this play?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sophecles.

7. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what?
(a) Dances.
(b) Festivals.
(c) Parties.
(d) Feasts.

8. What is the Axius?
(a) A river.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A sea.
(d) A stream.

9. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?
(a) Eating.
(b) Living.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Dress.

10. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?
(a) Kingly guide.
(b) Divine guide.
(c) Celestial guide.
(d) Godly guide.

11. The Chorus says that "true wisdom is keeping the heart and soul aloof" from what?
(a) Over-thinking philosophers.
(b) Over-educated men.
(c) Over-subtle wits.
(d) Heavy thinkers.

12. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?
(a) Calm the women.
(b) Honor the whole family.
(c) Stop his desire for revenge.
(d) Prevent disaster.

13. What story does Pentheus scoff at?
(a) Dionysus's prophet.
(b) Dionysus's travels.
(c) Dionysus's birth.
(d) Dionysus's life.

14. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Sacchern.
(b) Tmolus.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Urals.

15. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
(a) A monster.
(b) A minotaur.
(c) A human.
(d) A pheonix.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

3. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?

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

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

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