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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing on their heads?
2. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
3. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?
4. Who is Pentheus's father?
5. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"
Short Essay Questions
1. When Cadmus and Tiresius anger Pentheus, what does Pentheus order?
2. How do Dionysus and Pentheus use the women?
3. Why is the Chorus celebrating in the fifth ode?
4. What happens when the earthquake occurs?
5. What did Zeus do with Dionysus when Semele died?
6. Who composes the Chorus?
7. What is being denounced in the second choral ode?
8. How is Dionysus able to use Pentheus's feelings as a trap?
9. Who does Pentheus see when he looks at Dionysus?
10. What is the message of the final scene of the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between the blindness Pentheus suffers and the blindness Tiresius suffers? Use examples from the play to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does the play compare and contrast the ideas of restraint and reason to unrestrained behavior and emotions? Provide support for your answer with examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Describe, using examples from the play, what role revenge has in the play and how revenge is portrayed.
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