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Greek Theatre

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Stage






2. Cloaks






3. Who liked using deus ex machina?






4. Platform shoes






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






6. First actor






7. Self revelation - self knowledge






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






9. Leader of the chorus






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






11. Songs of Dionysus






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






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






14. Platform shoes






15. What are the parts of the play?






16. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


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


18. Long cloak






19. Staff






20. Self revelation - self knowledge






21. Platform






22. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






23. First Greek word for actor






24. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






25. Box in orchestra






26. 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






27. Last ode






28. First Greek word for actor






29. 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






30. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


31. Contest






32. Building where props were kept






33. Between the odes






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






35. Cloak






36. What are the functions of the chorus?


37. What are the parts of the play?






38. Crane from deus ex machina






39. Purging - cleansing of bad things






40. Between the odes






41. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






42. Box in orchestra






43. Dancing place for chorus






44. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






45. Staff






46. Purging - cleansing of bad things






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






48. Song that the chorus sings






49. Who liked using deus ex machina?






50. Last ode