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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Greek festival honoring the god ________ was the most important arts festival in the ancient world.DionysusZeusHeraHades
- 2. Multiple ChoiceCombining theater, music, dance and community, the _____ day Spring festival of Dionysus in Athens was attended by people from all over Greece.OneTwoThreeSix
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe opening of the festival featured a procession to the Theater of _________ bearing a wooden statue of the god.ZeusHeraHadesDionysus
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAs the first day of the festival of Dionysus progressed, choruses of men and boys representing the ____ political tribes of Athens held dithyrambic competitions.12510
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe first day of the Dionysian Festival concluded with the sacrifice of a _____ and a communal feast.antelopelionlambbull
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe most respected playwrights would present their works over the next three days: each would present three ______ and one _______ play (works that could be, but often weren't interrelated).Tragedies/SatyrComedies/SatyrSatyrs/TragedySatyrs/ Comedy
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn 487 BCE, an additional day of competition was added, with five playwrights presenting one ______ each.DancePartyComedyFight
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn 534 BCE, the festival's first award was given to the actor and playwright ________.ThespisHerculesPhilocetesPegasus
- 9. Multiple Choice________, an early form of Greek theater, were performed by choral groups of 50 men and 50 boys from the different Athenian tribes who would sing and chant the playwright's words in unison.DithyrambsActorsThespisOdyssey
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe playwright _________ (524-455 BCE) standardized using a second actor.ThespisSophoclesAeschylusEuripides
- 11. Multiple ChoiceOriginally, following the tradition set by Thespis, the __________ would perform as the lead actor in his plays.MayorPlaywrightTown CrierCourt Jester
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe playwright _______ (496-406 BCE), was the first to step aside and employ professional actors, instead of performing as the lead actor.SophoclesThespisAeschilonDionysus
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn a tragedy, masks were more life-like; in a comedy or satyr play, masks were ________ and grotesque.UglyBeautifulDurableOn-Fleek
- 14. Multiple Choice_________, along with masks and props, helped indicate the social status, gender, and age of a character.MakeupNail PolishCostumesHair
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTragic actors wore ________ (raised platform shoes).Himationsprogastredaprosternedabuskins
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA "props maker" was called a ___________.Dionysisprogastredaprosternedaskeuopoios
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe three tragedies in his trilogy, Orestia, deal with the concept of vengeance vs. justice and breaking the cycle of violence. ________ was also an actor, and helped advance the development of scenery and costuming through his plays.ThespisAeschylusSophoclesEuripides
- 18. Multiple ChoiceOriginally, ________ (496-406 BCE) was an actor, but due to a weak voice, he gave it up and instead became the first poet to exclusively write, rather than perform, his own plays. His plays were frequent festival winners, popular with judges and audiences alike. The Greek philosopher Aristotle credits him for increasing the number of actors from two to three and the chorus to thirteen. Antigone, Electra, and Oedipus Rex are among his most famous tragedies.SophoclesAntigoneMedeaDionysus
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhile _______ (480-407 BCE) was just as prolific as other playwrights, he did not enjoy the same level of success in his lifetime, as he inserted more social commentary than was usual in his plays. In his tragedy Medea, he created one of the first strong female main characters, driven to misguided vengeance by her fury, rather than by fate. Fortunately, a larger number of his plays—18 tragedies and one satyr play, survived, and his work became popular in the second century.EuripidesSophoclesAntigoneAristophanes
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe plays of _______ (ca 450-385 BCE) helped define Old Comedy, where unlike tragedy, the chorus and actors interact directly with the audience. Also unlike the tragedians, whose plays often focused on historical events played out within the context of myths and legends, his plays satirized contemporary subjects, with caricatures of real people. Of his more than 40 plays (11 of which survive), he only received six festival victories. His 405 BCE play, The Frogs, an episodic "buddy comedy" about travelling through Hades, was so well-received it won an unprecedented second performance in the next year's festival.AristophanesEuripidesSophoclesHippolytus
- 21. Multiple ChoiceA monologue or dialogue presenting the tragedy's topic is called a __________.PROLOGUEPARADOSEPISODESTASIMON
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe entry of the chorus; using unison chant and dance, they explain what has happened leading up to this point.PROLOGUEPARADOSEPISODEEXODOS
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThis is the main section of the play, where most of the plot occurs. Actors speak dialogue about the plot (more so than taking action, much of which is offstage and later commented upon). The chorus often interacts with the actors.PARADOSEPISODESTASIMONEXODOS
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe chorus comments upon the episode to the audience.STASIMONEXODOSPROLOGUEPARADOS
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe final chorus chant where the moral of the tragedy is discussed.EXODOSSTASIMONPARADOSPROLOGUE
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe _________ (hero) in a Greek tragedy was expected to experience a reversal of fortune and a downfall, usually due to his reach for a lofty goal being thwarted by his own hubris, or excessive pride. While this downfall could result in death, it could also be followed by a catharsis, an emotional cleansing meant to suggest redemption.ProtaganistAntagonistComedic ReliefSidekick
- 27. Multiple ChoiceGreek _________ is considered the highest form of drama.ComedySatyrTragedyPeople
- 28. Multiple ChoiceSatire of politics, lifestyle and society is encompassed in ____ comedy.OldNew
- 29. Multiple ChoiceEveryday life of regular people is encompassed in _____ ComedyNewOld
- 30. Multiple Choice_______ plays were performed between the tragedies for comedic relief.SatyrBeauty
- 31. Multiple ChoiceGreek tragedies were based on _______________.Greek mythsGreek soap-operasReal life storiesthings that you heard from some guy who told somebody
- 32. Multiple Choice____________ was a Philosopher who identified the six elements of drama in his work the "Poetics".AristotleSophoclesAeschulusThespis
- 33. Multiple Choice___________ was the first tragedian to win the City Dionysia playwriting prise in 534 BC.DionysusThespisSophoclesPericles
- 34. Multiple Choice_______________ introduced a leader for the chorus. The leader spoke and the chorus responded; creating the first actor.ThespisDionysusAristotleAeschylus
- 35. Multiple Choice_________________ was the earliest known playwright.AristotleThespisAeschylusEuphorion
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThis guy is known as "the father of tragedy".AeschylusEuphorionAgamemnonOresteia
- 37. Multiple Choice_________ wrote plays such as: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. He wrote about the choices that men make, and the consequences that follow.AeschylusSophoclesEuripidesDionysus
- 38. Multiple Choice________________ won the play writing prize 18 times. He wrote plays about humans possessing god-like qualities that would make them want to change their fate. Characters would then try to challenge their predestined path.SophoclesEuripidesThespisAeschylus
- 39. Multiple ChoiceHe wrote plays such as: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Electra, and Antigone.AeschulusSophoclesPericlesHercules
- 40. Multiple Choice________ wrote an estimated 90 plays, and 18 have survived. His plays explored psychology of the mind, even in women.EurpidesAristophanesSophoclesThespis
- 41. Multiple ChoiceKnown for writing works such as: The Trojan Women and Medea. Thanks to him we have the Prologue which summarizes the play before the action.EuripidesMegaraHerculesSophocles
- 42. Multiple Choice_______ is the only writer of Greek comedy whose works still exist.AristophanesEuripidesAristotleSophocles
- 43. Multiple ChoiceHis plays made fun of the leaders of Athens. He wrote plays entitled: The Birds, The Clouds, and The Frogs.AristophanesSophoclesThespisArthur Miller
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThe ________ is a group of male actors in Greek plays who commented on the action of the play.LysistrataAristotleChorusMorus
- 45. Multiple ChoiceChorus members were unpaid volunteers, doing the service as their civic duty.TrueFalse
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThe chorus was trained and costumed at the expense of the state government through a _________ (a wealthy citizen) who chose this as his way of paying taxes, and getting his name on a monument.choregoeslysistratapegasusmedea
- 47. Multiple ChoiceThe primary function of the chorus is to serve as the narrator.TrueFalse
- 48. Multiple ChoiceActors in Greek theatre used character masks so that they could easily be seen from the top rows of the audience.TrueFalse
- 49. Multiple ChoiceMasks from Greek theatre were very durable. Many examples still exist today.TrueFalse
- 50. Multiple ChoiceA chilton in Greek theatrical costume is another term for a _______.TunicMantleCloak
- 51. Multiple ChoiceA himation in Greek theatrical costume is another word for a _______.Long, draped mantleTunicCloak
- 52. Multiple ChoiceA chlamys in Greek theatrical costume is another word for a __________.cloaktuniclong,draped mantle
- 53. Multiple Choice_________ are thick-soled (platform) shoes used to make an actor appear taller.CothurnusChlamysHimationChilton
- 54. Multiple ChoiceThe __________ is where the audience sits in Greek theatre.TheatronParodosOrchestraSkene
- 55. Multiple ChoiceThe __________ are the passages in which the chorus and actors enter and exit.ParodosTheatronOrchestraSkene
- 56. Multiple ChoiceThe ________ is the circular area in which the chorus performed.OrchestraParodosTheatronSkene
- 57. Multiple ChoiceThe _________ is the building behind the orchestra used as a dressing room.TheatronOrchestraSkenePegasus
- 58. Multiple ChoiceThe first theatres were wood structures in which the audience sat on wood benches.TrueFalse
- 59. Multiple ChoiceWhere is the Theatre of Dionysus located?AthensSpartaThebesCorinth
- 60. Multiple ChoiceA crane could be used in Greek theatre to lower an actor onto the stage floor or raise them up through the trap door to symbolize "divine intervention" by the Greek gods.TrueFalse
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