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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Chorus, who will be the first person to "mark" Pentheus?
(a) His daughter.
(b) HIs aunt.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

2. What does the Chorus predict that Agave will say Pentheus was born from?
(a) A mare.
(b) A she-cow.
(c) A tigress.
(d) A lioness.

3. Where does the first messenger say he comes from?
(a) Athens.
(b) Cucluos.
(c) Cithaeron.
(d) Delphi.

4. When Pentheus leaves the palace, what is he dressed as?
(a) A commoner.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A bacchant.

5. What does the Chorus refer to as the "sure pledge of death" for Pentheus?
(a) Holding the fair Bacchic wand.
(b) Holding the fair serpent girdle.
(c) Holding the fair crown of leaves.
(d) Holding the fair golden chalice.

6. What is Hellas?
(a) The after-life.
(b) A mountain.
(c) Greece.
(d) A temple in Delphi.

7. The Chorus says that true wisdom, as granted by the heavens to the mortals, is to gain mastery over what?
(a) A fallen foe.
(b) The wilderness.
(c) The beasts of the field.
(d) Other men.

8. Why did Pentheus "fall fainting?"
(a) He was exhausted.
(b) He was overwhelmed.
(c) He was poisoned.
(d) He was made to do so by the gods.

9. How many suns does Pentheus see when he comes out in his disguise?
(a) Three.
(b) None - it is night.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. What characterizes Pentheus's mother's knowledge about her actions to her son, according to the Chorus in the fifth ode?
(a) She has forgotten she killed her son.
(b) She is unaware she killed her son.
(c) She knows she killed her son.
(d) She doesn't care that she has killed her son.

11. What streams did the messenger cross once outside of Thebes?
(a) Diasopus.
(b) Trianaopus.
(c) Asopus.
(d) Glopus.

12. What is Thebes?
(a) A city-state.
(b) A country.
(c) A state.
(d) A region.

13. When the Chorus says, "Will this white-foot e'er join the night long dance," who is the white-foot they are referring to?
(a) Tiberius.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Cadmus.

14. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?
(a) The undertow.
(b) The traps.
(c) The sharks.
(d) The waves.

15. During the third ode, the Chorus looks forward to what?
(a) Dionysus's revenge.
(b) Pentheus's success.
(c) Pentheus's homage to Dionysus.
(d) Dionysus's reconciliation with his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the first messenger not want to tell Pentheus the truth of what he saw?

2. What does Pentheus hope to do when he leaves the palace in disguise?

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

4. When the Chorus says that there are a "myriad of hopes for all the myriad minds," what does myriad mean?

5. Why did Pentheus's mother not recognize him?

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