Greek Drama

Greek dramas began as celebrations of ___.

• Zeus

• Dionysus

• Apollo

• Hera

The Greek drama festivals lasted for ___ days.

• 1-2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The chorus started out as a group of ___ men.

• 15

• 30

• 40

• 50

He is thought to have been the first actor.

• Thespis

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Homer

Three types of plays were performed at the festivals, the most important of which was ___.

• tragedy

• comedy

• satyr

• romance

The word tragedy comes from tragos, which meant ___.

• dithyramb

• sadness

• goat song

• love song

One of the reasons Greek actors wore masks

• to cover up scars

• to project emotion into the amphitheater

• actors didn't want to be recognized after a performance

• to hide the fact that some of the actors were women

Dionysus was the god of ___.

• the sun

• wine

• the moon

• the sea

The Greeks believed that the action of a drama should not exceed one day, one place, or one time.

• true

• false

Many Greek theaters were designed to seat ___ people.

• 500

• 5000

• 20,000

• 500,000