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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. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things






2. Stage






3. Stage






4. Where the audience sat






5. First Greek word for actor






6. Last ode






7. What happened in 501 BC?






8. Cloaks






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






10. Shield of Zeus






11. Who liked using deus ex machina?






12. Box in orchestra






13. Platform






14. Pillars on each side of the stage






15. Between the odes






16. Self revelation - self knowledge






17. Contest






18. Building where props were kept






19. Pillars






20. Crane from deus ex machina






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






22. Goat song






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


24. What are the parts of the play?






25. Where the audience sat






26. What are the three unities in a tragedy?






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






28. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from






29. 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






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






31. Used to wheel in something like a dead body






32. Staff






33. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


34. Area between the stage where chorus comes






35. What are the parts of the play?






36. Crane from deus ex machina






37. Songs of Dionysus






38. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


39. Building where props were kept






40. Between the odes






41. Contest






42. 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






43. Songs of Dionysus






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






45. Platform shoes






46. Cloak






47. Goat song






48. Self revelation - self knowledge






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






50. Leader of the chorus