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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When DIonysus says, "Thy change of mind compels thy praise," with what tone does he say those words?
(a) Happily.
(b) Mockingly.
(c) Honestly.
(d) Praisingly.

3. The Chorus says, "I envy not deep _______."
(a) Cares.
(b) Subtleties.
(c) Intent.
(d) Worries.

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

5. The Chorus shares the belief of Tiresius and Cadmus that to honor the divine is what?
(a) Only for the rich.
(b) A tradition.
(c) Common sense.
(d) A waste of time.

6. The power of the gods, according to the Chorus, corrects the mortal what?
(a) Wights.
(b) Women.
(c) Wrongs.
(d) Wisemen.

7. 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) Pentheus.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Tiberius.

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

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

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

11. Who does the Chorus say led Pentheus to his doom?
(a) A nymph.
(b) A bull.
(c) A centaur.
(d) A man.

12. How does Pentheus feel about the task he is undertaking in disguise?
(a) Holy.
(b) Peverse.
(c) Happy.
(d) Righteous.

13. The first messenger reports that when they tried to bring Pentheus's mother back from the group of women, the women went mad and destroyed what?
(a) A town of men.
(b) A flock of birds.
(c) A herd of sheep.
(d) A herd of cattle.

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

15. A happy man, according to the Chorus, is one who from day to day has his life what?
(a) Follow tradition.
(b) Reach new levels.
(c) Blest.
(d) Full of surprises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of monster does the Chorus think Agave might say Pentheus is birthed from?

2. What kind of herd was the first messenger driving when he came upon the women?

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

4. During the third ode, the Chorus looks forward to what?

5. How did Pentheus die?

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