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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. Contest






2. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






3. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






4. Pillars






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






6. Platform shoes






7. First actor






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






9. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






10. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






11. Staff






12. Where the audience sat






13. Dancing place for chorus






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






15. What are the parts of the play?






16. Purging - cleansing of bad things






17. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






18. Cloaks






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






20. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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21. What are the functions of the chorus?

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22. 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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23. Building where props were kept






24. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






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






26. What happened in 501 BC?






27. Between the odes






28. Shield of Zeus






29. Song that the chorus sings






30. Platform shoes






31. Dancing place for chorus






32. Songs of Dionysus






33. Self revelation - self knowledge






34. Long cloak






35. Pillars on each side of the stage






36. Stage






37. Crane from deus ex machina






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






39. Self revelation - self knowledge






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






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






42. Goat song






43. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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44. Between the odes






45. Box in orchestra






46. Pillars on each side of the stage






47. Cloak






48. Area between the stage where chorus comes






49. Cloak






50. Contest