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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. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?
(a) To honor other gods and goddesses.
(b) To make things for him.
(c) To do something with their lives.
(d) To quiet their drumming.

2. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) With the other women.
(b) Traveling abroad.
(c) In the catacombs.
(d) By herself in her rooms.

3. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?
(a) Home.
(b) Seat.
(c) Stable.
(d) Temple.

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

5. Who is the writer of this play?
(a) Plato.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Sophecles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?

4. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason Dionysus came to Thebes?

2. Why is the Chorus, even though it is similar to Pentheus, correct?

3. When Hera found out about the love affair between Zeus and Semele, what did Semele question?

4. What is the message of the final scene of the play?

5. In the third ode what thoughts does the Chorus express about divine power?

6. What is being denounced in the second choral ode?

7. What was the wish Zeus granted Semele?

8. What does the second messenger report?

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

10. How is Dionysus able to use Pentheus's feelings as a trap?

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