stage 5 culture

The seating area of the theater was called the...

• orchestra

• scaena

• cavea

• scaena frons

The stage was called the...

• orchestra

• scanea

• scaena frons

• cavea

The large theater at Pompeii could hold...

• 500

• 2500

• 5000

• 1000

The smaller, roofed theater was called the...

• atrium

• thermopolyium

• odeon

Who paid for the plays?

• The emperor

• A wealthy citizen

• The governor

• Caecilius

What playwrights were know for comedies? (2 answers)

• Plautus

• Aeschylus

• Juvenal

• Terrence

Characters were easily recognized by...

• their voice

• their dialoge

• the masks they wore

Pantomime actors were...

• Greek slaves

• Syrian slaves

• Egyptian slaves

Pantomime was a mixture of...

• opera and farces

• opera and ballet

• farces and tragedies

• this and that

In the plays of Plautus, the young man is assisted by...

• a clever slave

• his father

• a pretty slave-girl