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Greek Theatre

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Staff






2. Who hired the actors?






3. What happened in 501 BC?






4. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus






5. What are the functions of the chorus?

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6. Songs of Dionysus






7. Self revelation - self knowledge






8. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis






9. Pillars on each side of the stage






10. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes






11. Who liked using deus ex machina?






12. 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






13. Platform shoes






14. Crane from deus ex machina






15. 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






16. Self revelation - self knowledge






17. Dancing place for chorus






18. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus






19. Cloak






20. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things






21. First actor






22. Stage






23. Who hired the actors?






24. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)

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25. Last ode






26. Song that the chorus sings






27. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






28. Goat song






29. First Greek word for actor






30. Purging - cleansing of bad things






31. Box in orchestra






32. Songs of Dionysus






33. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes






34. Platform






35. Where the audience sat






36. What happened in 501 BC?






37. Song that the chorus sings






38. What are the functions of the chorus?

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39. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






40. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






41. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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42. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






43. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)

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44. Cloak






45. Platform shoes






46. Between the odes






47. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life






48. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






49. Leader of the chorus






50. First actor