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1

Dionysus was raised by...
A)the Titan Cloris.
B)the Titan Flora.
C)fertility gods.
D)mountain nymphs.
E)all of the above.
2

Dionysus inspires...
A)wild dancing.
B)cacophonous music.
C)tragic drama.
D)poetry.
E)all of the above.
3

Dionysus is related to which other God as a half-brother?
A)Apollo.
B)Hermes.
C)Hercules
D)Ares.
E)all of the above.
4

Dionysus was the son of...
A)Aphrodite.
B)Juno.
C)Athene.
D)Dione.
E)Semele.
5

Dionysus' mother was...
A)struck dead by a discus.
B)incinerated by Zeus' true form.
C)incinerated by Hera's glance.
D)struck by Apollo's arrow.
E)struck by a blow from Athene.
6

Dionysus is thought to embody...
A)mental discipline.
B)the three graces.
C)human subconscious.
D)human superconscious.
E)strategic politics.
7

Hera tried to kill the embryonic Dionysus by...
A)setting his mother adrift in a cask.
B)stealing his mother and hiding her in Galapagos.
C)telling her that her mysterious lover is Zeus.
D)telling her that her mysterious lover is an ogre.
E)none of the above.
8

Zeus saves his son from death by...
A)sewing him into his thigh until birth.
B)turning him into a goat when he is born.
C)hiding him with nymphs.
D)all of the above.
E)none of the above.
9

Dionysus is said to...
A)liberate the human spirit.
B)liberate captives of Hades.
C)liberate Athenians from Sparta.
D)alienate the libido.
E)all of the above.
10

Dionysus descends into Hades to...
A)find and abduct the Persephone.
B)get secret of fermentation from Hades.
C)to find secret seeds for vines.
D)to find his wife.
E)to take his mother to Mt. Olympus.
11

In the Hymn to Dionysus, Dionysus is...
A)set upon by Titans.
B)set upon by pirates.
C)set upon by wolves.
D)set upon by an angry king.
E)set upon by a vengeful father.
12

Dionysus turns his first love into...
A)a bull.
B)a dolphin.
C)a panther.
D)a cypress tree.
E)a grape vine.
13

In the mythology of Dionysus, the panther represents...
A)secrecy.
B)strength.
C)bestiality.
D)wisdom.
E)feminine side.
14

In the mythology of Dionysus, the goat represents...
A)wisdom.
B)sexuality.
C)feminine side.
D)youthfulness.
E)all of the above.
15

In the mythology of Dionysus, the erect phallus images at ceremonies symbolizes Dionysus as the God of...
A)the most powerful male deity.
B)the hunt.
C)fertility.
D)mortal prophecy.
E)the liberator of humans from bondage to the Gods and Goddesses.
16

Both Dionysus and the hero/deity Orpheus...
A)descend into Hades.
B)invent the lyre.
C)invent marriage between mortals.
D)marry goddesses.
E)all of the above.
17

Dionysus' mother is...
A)Leto.
B)Semele.
C)Selene.
D)Lyra.
18

The pirates who tried to kidnap Dionysus were...
A)Athenians.
B)Cretians
C)Peloponnesians.
D)Tyrrhenians.
19

To scare his kidnappers, Dionysus changes into a...
A)lion
B)snake
C)satyr
D)dog.
20

Dionysus transforms his kidnappers into…
A)swallows
B)dolphins
C)snakes
D)vines.
21

The one sailor who was spared by Dionysus was the…
A)cook
B)helmsman
C)captain
D)mapmaker.
22

As the God of Intoxication, the God Dionysus...is savage.
A)True
B)False
23

is forethought.
A)True
B)False
24

is conscious self-control.
A)True
B)False
25

permits humans to shatter conventions.
A)True
B)False
26

promotes fermentation.
A)True
B)False
27

promotes antisocial behavior.
A)True
B)False
28

promotes mental balance.
A)True
B)False
29

promotes fertility.
A)True
B)False





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