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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. 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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2. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






3. Contest






4. Songs of Dionysus






5. Stage






6. Who hired the actors?






7. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






8. First Greek word for actor






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






10. Long cloak






11. Box in orchestra






12. Building where props were kept






13. Self revelation - self knowledge






14. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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15. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






16. Stage






17. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






18. Purging - cleansing of bad things






19. Where the audience sat






20. Leader of the chorus






21. Between the odes






22. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






23. Last ode






24. Shield of Zeus






25. Purging - cleansing of bad things






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






27. Building where props were kept






28. Goat song






29. Cloaks






30. Cloaks






31. Who liked using deus ex machina?






32. What happened in 501 BC?






33. Song that the chorus sings






34. First actor






35. Staff






36. Crane from deus ex machina






37. 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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38. Contest






39. Goat song






40. Cloak






41. Crane from deus ex machina






42. Shield of Zeus






43. Platform






44. Who hired the actors?






45. Song that the chorus sings






46. Dancing place for chorus






47. First Greek word for actor






48. What are the functions of the chorus?

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49. First actor






50. Self revelation - self knowledge