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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"
(a) Mt. Oppilos.
(b) Mt. Olympus.
(c) Mt. Othella.
(d) Mt. Olives.

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

4. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) Persia.
(b) England.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

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

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

7. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?
(a) The audience.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mortals.
(d) His father.

8. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus enters for the first time?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) The Soldier.

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

10. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?
(a) Dionysus's history.
(b) Dionysus's revenge.
(c) Dionysus's death.
(d) Dionysus's birth.

11. Who used his lute to gather trees to his ministry?
(a) Oedepus.
(b) Odyssyus.
(c) Othello.
(d) Orpheus.

12. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?
(a) Beer.
(b) Hops.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Wine.

13. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?
(a) Madman and rich.
(b) Madman and philospher.
(c) Madman and fool.
(d) Madman and idiot.

14. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?
(a) A tree.
(b) Smoke.
(c) A vine.
(d) A mountain.

15. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Worshipful.
(d) Foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, who dwells on Cyprus?

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

3. Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus?

4. According to the Chorus, what is hateful to Dionysus?

5. What is Semele?

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