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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. Dancing place for chorus






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






3. Purging - cleansing of bad things






4. Cloak






5. Long cloak






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


7. Between the odes






8. Goat song






9. First Greek word for actor






10. What are the parts of the play?






11. Platform






12. Leader of the chorus






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






14. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






15. What happened in 501 BC?






16. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






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






18. Box in orchestra






19. Area between the stage where chorus comes






20. Stage






21. Who liked using deus ex machina?






22. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






23. Self revelation - self knowledge






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






25. Cloaks






26. First actor






27. Crane from deus ex machina






28. Self revelation - self knowledge






29. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


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






31. Building where props were kept






32. Cloak






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






34. Pillars






35. Platform shoes






36. Contest






37. Pillars on each side of the stage






38. Dancing place for chorus






39. Goat song






40. Song that the chorus sings






41. Where the audience sat






42. Stage






43. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






44. Shield of Zeus






45. First actor






46. Who liked using deus ex machina?






47. First Greek word for actor






48. What are the parts of the play?






49. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


50. What happened in 501 BC?