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- 1. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe Greek word "theatron" means:Performance spaceActing placeSeeing placePerformance place
- 2. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptSophocles is credited as being the first actorTrueFalse
- 3. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptA tragic flaw that normally leads to the downfall of a protagonist is known as a(n):HamartiaHubrisCatharsisConflict
- 4. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptGreek Theaters were located in temples.TrueFalse
- 5. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWomen roles in Greek theatre were always played by women.FalseTrue
- 6. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
What area is shown in red?OrchestraTheatronSkeneParados - 7. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat area is show in red?OrchestraParadosSkeneTheatron
- 8. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat part of the Greek theater is the blank box on?SkeneTheatronParadosOrchestra
- 9. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe building in this picture was known as the:TheatronParadosOrchestraSkene
- 10. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptWhat is hubris?AngerJealousyExcessive prideMurderous rage
- 11. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptSophoclesThe Father of Tragedy: wrote AgamemnonWrote Antigone and the Oedipus Trilogy, specialized in tragedyWrote New Comedy like LysistrataWrote Old Comedy
- 12. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptamphitheaterAn open-air theater spaceThe sinful excess of prideA city-appointed producergoat song"- plays ending in the fall of the protagonist
- 13. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptorchestraa convention that all violence must happen off stagehelped actors to be seen and heard in the back rows"the dancing place" where the chorus is positionedthe alleys through which the chorus enters
- 14. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptGreek Theaters...Were all roofedHad box officesWere all outdoorsHad proscenium arches
- 15. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptAn emotional release is called a(n) ___________catharsismeltdownoutpourdrama
- 16. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe _______________ is a large building behind the stage for dressing or backdrop.orchestraskeneamphitheaterbackstage
- 17. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptAll actors woreheavy makeupsandelsshort robesmasks
- 18. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe ______________ was a group of 15 and acted as one character.actorsheroeschoruschoir
- 19. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe ________________ is the beginning of the play, before the action begins.parodosprologueexodospaean
- 20. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptIn Greek Comedies, there was always a happy ending.TrueFalseOnly sometimesLike 37% of the time there was a happy ending
- 21. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptIn Poetics, what did Aristotle think was the most important part of a play?PlotCharacterMelodySpectacle
- 22. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptIn Poetics, what did Aristotle think was the least important part of a play?PlotCharacterMelodySpectacle
- 23. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 ptThe Greeks built their theaters _______.into hillsidesin the middle of the cityin the middle of nowherein Rome
- 24. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
This picture shows every part of a traditional Greek Theater, except _________________.
The Orchestra
The Skene Building
The Audience
The Stage
- 25. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
How do actors show multiple characters?
Stand at different levels
Face different directions
Change their mask
Announce their new character name before speaking
- 26. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The amphitheater was in the shape of a....
Square
Semi-circle
Circle
Wedge
- 27. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Name the 3 types of Greek plays
Tragedy, Comedy, Satire
Horror, Comedy, Informational
Comedy, Religious, Traditional
- 28. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
In Aristotle's POETICS, what is plot?
determines men’s qualities; that which reveals moral purpose. The qualities should be goodness, propriety, truthfulness and consistency.
the heart and soul of the drama, the arrangement of the incidents, the action, to which all the other elements are subordinates
the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in any circumstance; every effect produced by speech.
hold the chief place among embellishments; all the sounds
- 29. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
In Aristotle's POETICS, what is spectacle?
has an emotional attraction for the audience, but is the least artistic of the parts since it derives not from the poet but from the machinist; all the visual elements
the expression of the meaning in words; the art of delivery
the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in any circumstance; every effect produced by speech.
the heart and soul of the drama, the arrangement of the incidents, the action, to which all the other elements are subordinates
- 30. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
In Aristotle's POETICS, what is character?
the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in any circumstance; every effect produced by speech.
has an emotional attraction for the audience, but is the least artistic of the parts since it derives not from the poet but from the machinist; all the visual elements
hold the chief place among embellishments; all the sounds
determines men’s qualities; that which reveals moral purpose. The qualities should be goodness, propriety, truthfulness and consistency.
- 31. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
In Aristotle's POETICS, what is thought?
determines men’s qualities; that which reveals moral purpose. The qualities should be goodness, propriety, truthfulness and consistency.
the heart and soul of the drama, the arrangement of the incidents, the action, to which all the other elements are subordinates
the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in any circumstance; every effect produced by speech.
the expression of the meaning in words; the art of delivery
