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Greek Theatre
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the parts of the play?
skene
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
cauducus
2. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)
3. Staff
peripeteia
anagnorisis
cauducus
episodes
4. Stage
peripeteia
catharsis
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
proskene
5. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Thespis
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
Dionysia
Thespis
6. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
hematon
choregos
proskene
Aeschylus
7. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
peripeteia
Aeschylus
Euripides
proskene
8. Shield of Zeus
herema
hamartia
aegis
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear
9. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
herema
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
chiton
choregos
10. Pillars on each side of the stage
peripeteia
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
periactoi
ode
11. The mistake in judgment - tragic flaw - 'missing the mark' - it must be in his control - it is a transgression and due to lack of knowledge
ode
choregos
hamartia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
12. Who liked using deus ex machina?
episodes
herema
skene
Euripides
13. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
ode
Dionysia
Aeschylus
proskene
14. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
aegis
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
herema
15. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)
16. Self revelation - self knowledge
herema
hubris
kothornoi
anagnorisis
17. Purging - cleansing of bad things
catharsis
Thespis
periactoi
hypokrite
18. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
choregos
hemateon
periactoi
Sophocles
19. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
agon
Dionysia
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
dithyramb
20. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
choregos
agon
strophe and antistrophe
21. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
chiton
mimesis
chiton
ekeclema
22. The mistake in judgment - tragic flaw - 'missing the mark' - it must be in his control - it is a transgression and due to lack of knowledge
Actors were hired by the state.
Thespis
hubris
hamartia
23. Dancing place for chorus
Actors were hired by the state.
ekeclema
orchestra
Aerema
24. Who liked using deus ex machina?
Euripides
periactoi
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear
agon
25. Platform
ekeclema
catharsis
Dionysia
herema
26. Cloaks
agon
hemateon
Aerema
dithyramb
27. Building where props were kept
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
skene
Thespis
parados
28. Purging - cleansing of bad things
chiton
Thespis
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
catharsis
29. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?
30. Area between the stage where chorus comes
anagnorisis
parados
kothornoi
ekeclema
31. Area between the stage where chorus comes
hamartia
mimesis
parados
ekeclema
32. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
periactoi
strophe and antistrophe
Aeschylus
33. Cloaks
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hemateon
peripeteia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
34. Shield of Zeus
hamartia
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
aegis
35. Building where props were kept
chiton
agon
skene
teatron
36. Pillars
catharsis
periactoi
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
ode
37. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
hubris
anagnorisis
mimesis
kothornoi
38. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?
39. Leader of the chorus
mimesis
choryphaeus
catharsis
kothornoi
40. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
choryphaeus
cauducus
chiton
41. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
thymele
ekeclema
ode
42. Dancing place for chorus
aegis
skene
strophe and antistrophe
orchestra
43. Box in orchestra
thymele
hematon
hematon
parados
44. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
dithyramb
cauducus
Aerema
Aeschylus
45. Goat song
tragedy
skene
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.
46. First Greek word for actor
ekeclema
exodus
Aerema
hypokrite
47. Last ode
chiton
exodus
Sophocles
choryphaeus
48. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
ode
hematon
hubris
49. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
hypokrite
hemateon
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
teatron
50. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
ode
exodus
chiton
mimesis