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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the Chorus, the end of all unbridled speech would bring what?
(a) Law.
(b) Reason.
(c) Passion.
(d) Misery.

3. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Earth.
(b) Thames.
(c) Nysa.
(d) Corus.

4. This Chorus's point of view is that Dionysus is what?
(a) Subtle.
(b) Mortal.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Divine.

5. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?
(a) As a man.
(b) As a slave.
(c) As prey.
(d) As a king.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?

2. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

3. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.

4. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?

5. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise does Dionysus make about Pentheus's return to Thebes?

2. What is the Chorus extolling in the first ode?

3. What is the Chorus denouncing in the first ode?

4. What is the king obsessed with?

5. How does the Chorus function as an extension of Dionysus?

6. What does the second messenger report?

7. How does the Chorus refer to Pentheus in the fourth ode?

8. How is the worship of Dionysus described in the Parados?

9. What is the Chorus looking forward to in the third ode?

10. What are Tiresius and Cadmus feeling when they are getting ready to go worship Dionysus?

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