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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. Who hired the actors?






2. Contest






3. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






4. Song that the chorus sings






5. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






6. Where the audience sat






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






8. Building where props were kept






9. First Greek word for actor






10. Pillars






11. Staff






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






13. Platform






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






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






16. Stage






17. Cloak






18. Cloak






19. Pillars






20. Area between the stage where chorus comes






21. Purging - cleansing of bad things






22. Who hired the actors?






23. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


24. Songs of Dionysus






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






26. What are the functions of the chorus?


27. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






28. Cloaks






29. Song that the chorus sings






30. Cloaks






31. Leader of the chorus






32. Dancing place for chorus






33. Self revelation - self knowledge






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






35. Purging - cleansing of bad things






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






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






38. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument






39. Last ode






40. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






41. Songs of Dionysus






42. Platform shoes






43. Platform shoes






44. Box in orchestra






45. Building where props were kept






46. Contest






47. Goat song






48. Shield of Zeus






49. Area between the stage where chorus comes






50. Crane from deus ex machina