Greek Theatre Vocab Quiz 1

What area is show in red? Also known as the "dancing place".

• Orchestra
• Parados
• Skene
• Theatron

A serious play with a sad ending is known as:

• a comedy
• a tragedy 
• a satyr play
• it's all Greek to me

Tragedy gets its name from the Greek practice of:

• Writing sad plays: Tragedy means sad
• The sacrifice of goats to honor Zeus
• The sacrifice of chickens to honor Dionysos
• The sacrifice of goats to honor Dionysos

What part of the Greek theatre is the blank box on? Also known as the "seeing place".

• Skene
• Theatron
• Parados
• Orchestra

Chorus

• a group of actors who comment on the action
• term for an actor
• purging of audience emotions
• humans have little control over their destinies

The primary function of the chorus is to serve as the narrator.

• True
• False

Type of comedy that accompanied a trilogy of tragedies at the City of Dionysia. From this, we get the word "satire", usually included characters that were Greek Demigods, half goat and half man. 

• Satire
• Satyr Play
• Dionysia
• Comedy

Who was the first actor?

• Dionysus
• Thespis
• Satyr
• Dithyramb

What area is shown in red?

• Orchestra
• Theatron
• Skene
• Parados

Theatre festival held in honor of Diosysus in Athens. Where each playwright competed in the festival would submit a trilogy of tragedies and a satyr play is known as:

• Greek Theatre
• City of Athens
• City of Dionysia
• Dionysus