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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 they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Urals.
(b) Sacchern.
(c) Tmolus.
(d) Olympus.

2. Who used his lute to gather trees to his ministry?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Othello.
(c) Odyssyus.
(d) Oedepus.

3. Who is Dionysus's father?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Mars.
(d) Pluto.

4. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?
(a) An arm.
(b) A stomach.
(c) A thigh.
(d) A head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pentheus become enraged when questioning his prisoner?

2. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?

3. According to the Chorus, who is Dirce's father?

4. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

5. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Cadmus give for the events of the play?

2. How does Dionysus turn the king's anger at him into contentment?

3. Who is Tiresius?

4. What happens when the earthquake occurs?

5. What is the reason Dionysus came to Thebes?

6. What does the second messenger report?

7. Where does the violence and death take place during the play?

8. What does Pentheus hope to discover while spying on the women?

9. What is the king obsessed with?

10. Why does Cadmus argue with Pentheus?

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