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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. Leader of the chorus






2. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






3. Box in orchestra






4. Staff






5. What happened in 501 BC?






6. Shield of Zeus






7. Who hired the actors?






8. Long cloak






9. Dancing place for chorus






10. Long cloak






11. Crane from deus ex machina






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






13. What are the parts of the play?






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






15. Building where props were kept






16. Where the audience sat






17. Pillars on each side of the stage






18. First Greek word for actor






19. Platform shoes






20. 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






21. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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22. Cloak






23. 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






24. Where the audience sat






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






26. Crane from deus ex machina






27. What are the functions of the chorus?

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28. Box in orchestra






29. Cloak






30. Building where props were kept






31. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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32. Self revelation - self knowledge






33. Last ode






34. Area between the stage where chorus comes






35. Purging - cleansing of bad things






36. Pillars






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






39. Between the odes






40. Platform shoes






41. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






42. First Greek word for actor






43. Leader of the chorus






44. Staff






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






46. Pillars






47. Goat song






48. Who liked using deus ex machina?






49. Purging - cleansing of bad things






50. Songs of Dionysus