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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Greek word "theatron" means:Performance spaceActing placeViewing placePerformance place
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSophocles is credited as being the first actorTrueFalse
- 3. Multiple ChoiceGreek theatre masks were created solely for entertainment purposes:TrueFalse
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Greek God that was celebrated in early theatre:ZeusDionysusHadesDiana
- 5. Multiple ChoiceEuripides wrote the Oedipus plays:TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceQuality tragedy must have all of the following except:PlotCharactersCostumesThought
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a responsibility of the chorus:Sets the overall mood of the playDetermines the fate of the protagnistServes as a character, giving advice, expressing opinions, asking questions, etcCan establish the ethical or social framework of events
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho attended Greek theatre tragediesEveryoneOnly the richWhoever could afford the ticket priceOld Men and Children
- 9. Multiple ChoiceGreek Theatres were located in temples.TrueFalse
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the idea of dialogue?ThespisAristotleSophoclesAeschylus
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWomen roles in Greek theatre were always played by women.FalseTrue
- 12. Multiple ChoiceGreek gods were never portrayed on stage.TrueFalse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAristotle determined there were 6 basic elements to tragedy according to his "poetics".TrueFalse
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What area is shown in red?OrchestraTheatronSkeneParados - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat area is show in red?OrchestraParadosSkeneTheatron
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of the Greek theatre is the blank box on?SkeneTheatronParadosOrchestra
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe building in this picture was known as the:TheatronParadosOrchestraSkene
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote Medea?AristotleSophoclesEuripidesAeschylus
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIf you couldn't afford to come to the theatre, the state would pay for you.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceGreek theatres had excellent acoustics despite being able to seat up to 65,000 people.FalseTrue
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat symbolic object was placed in the middle of the orchestra?A goatA maskA bonfireAn alter
- 22. Multiple ChoiceGreek masks are thought to have included a sort of built in megaphone to help audiences hear.TrueFalse
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe Tragos is theAward given at play festivalsName of the AlterGoat songChorus
- 24. Multiple ChoiceTo the Greeks, the "Chorus" meant"The Priests""Goat Singers""The Alters""The Songs"
- 25. Multiple ChoiceAeschylus wrote tragedies.TrueFalse
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