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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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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. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
anagnorisis
chiton
peripeteia
2. First Greek word for actor
tragedy
ekeclema
cauducus
hypokrite
3. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
skene
episodes
proskene
4. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
kothornoi
hubris
Dionysia
Thespis
5. Crane from deus ex machina
hematon
periactoi
herema
periactoi
6. Last ode
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Aeschylus
exodus
teatron
7. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
Euripides
hematon
strophe and antistrophe
agon
8. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
agon
'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
strophe and antistrophe
episodes
9. Stage
orchestra
Actors were hired by the state.
proskene
cauducus
10. Stage
'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
tragedy
proskene
kothornoi
11. Self revelation - self knowledge
hamartia
kothornoi
anagnorisis
strophe and antistrophe
12. Building where props were kept
Dionysia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
aegis
skene
13. First actor
Thespis
hubris
choryphaeus
ekeclema
14. Pillars on each side of the stage
episodes
periactoi
Aerema
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
15. Platform shoes
Aerema
herema
hematon
kothornoi
16. Who liked using deus ex machina?
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
cauducus
Euripides
17. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
Euripides
periactoi
ode
18. Pillars on each side of the stage
periactoi
proskene
thymele
Aerema
19. What are the parts of the play?
thymele
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hemateon
periactoi
20. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
episodes
catharsis
mimesis
21. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
choryphaeus
cauducus
teatron
22. Shield of Zeus
aegis
hubris
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
thymele
23. Platform shoes
kothornoi
chiton
strophe and antistrophe
dithyramb
24. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
chiton
ekeclema
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
25. Area between the stage where chorus comes
tragedy
Euripides
peripeteia
parados
26. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
exodus
Dionysia
periactoi
teatron
27. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
skene
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
Euripides
28. 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
kothornoi
hamartia
hubris
ekeclema
29. Dancing place for chorus
skene
orchestra
exodus
ekeclema
30. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?
31. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
Actors were hired by the state.
Actors were hired by the state.
peripeteia
hypokrite
32. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
peripeteia
chiton
hypokrite
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
33. Where the audience sat
teatron
periactoi
Dionysia
hamartia
34. Contest
episodes
hypokrite
agon
skene
35. Last ode
teatron
periactoi
agon
exodus
36. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Aeschylus
exodus
orchestra
thymele
37. First Greek word for actor
Aeschylus
hypokrite
cauducus
periactoi
38. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Dionysia
parados
ode
periactoi
39. 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
hamartia
cauducus
hypokrite
parados
40. Song that the chorus sings
Aeschylus
ode
Sophocles
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
41. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)
42. What happened in 501 BC?
parados
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
tragedy
Aerema
43. What happened in 501 BC?
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.
strophe and antistrophe
dithyramb
44. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
choryphaeus
hematon
proskene
45. Cloaks
proskene
Actors were hired by the state.
parados
hemateon
46. Long cloak
choregos
parados
mimesis
chiton
47. Who liked using deus ex machina?
ekeclema
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hematon
Euripides
48. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
ode
choryphaeus
hematon
mimesis
49. Contest
hematon
Actors were hired by the state.
agon
ekeclema
50. Leader of the chorus
peripeteia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Euripides
choryphaeus