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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of heart does the Chorus think Pentheus has in his quest against the women?
(a) A wicked heart.
(b) A sourrowful heart.
(c) A hardened heart.
(d) A heart of stone.

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

4. What kind of herd was the first messenger driving when he came upon the women?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Dogs.

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

6. 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 doesn't care that she has killed her son.
(c) She knows she killed her son.
(d) She is unaware she killed her son.

7. When the Chorus says that there are a "myriad of hopes for all the myriad minds," what does myriad mean?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Many.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Specific.

8. What is the Chorus celebrating in the fifth ode?
(a) Pentheus's downfall.
(b) Dionysus's downfall.
(c) Pentheus's revenge.
(d) Dionysus's revenge.

9. How does Dionysus promise Pentheus he will return to the city?
(a) Dead.
(b) Wiser in the ways of the gods.
(c) In the arms of his mother.
(d) With much riches.

10. Who is the "king" for the Chorus?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Tiberius.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Semele.

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

12. In the first line of the fourth ode, how does the Chorus refer to the women?
(a) The daughters of Cadmus.
(b) The daughters of Dionysus.
(c) The wild women.
(d) The happy souls of wine.

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

14. What do the women tie around their waists, according to the first messenger?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Twine.
(d) Snakes.

15. When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use?
(a) Modestly.
(b) Capriciousness.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Sexually.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gates does Pentheus say Thebes has?

2. Who brings the news that Pentheus is dead?

3. What form does the Chorus plead for Dionysus to show up in front of them as?

4. According to the messenger, what has Pentheus's mother won?

5. Why did Pentheus "fall fainting?"

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