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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. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus






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






3. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






4. Self revelation - self knowledge






5. Platform






6. Stage






7. Long cloak






8. What are the parts of the play?






9. Shield of Zeus






10. Leader of the chorus






11. Cloaks






12. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny






13. Cloaks






14. Building where props were kept






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






16. Songs of Dionysus






17. Between the odes






18. Who liked using deus ex machina?






19. Who hired the actors?






20. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






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






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






23. What are the functions of the chorus?


24. Box in orchestra






25. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny






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






27. Pillars






28. Building where props were kept






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. Purging - cleansing of bad things






31. Songs of Dionysus






32. First Greek word for actor






33. Platform shoes






34. Pillars






35. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






36. Area between the stage where chorus comes






37. Platform shoes






38. Crane from deus ex machina






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


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






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


42. Goat song






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






44. Cloak






45. Self revelation - self knowledge






46. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


47. Platform






48. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






49. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






50. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from