Chapter Two

We call the following years the golden age, or the classic period of Greek theatre

• 490–431 b.c.e.

• 404–336 b.c.e.

• 33–100 c.e.

• none of the above

The dithyramb was

• a popular form of written poetry

• a long hymn, sung and danced by a group of fifty men

• a stringed musical instrument.

• all of the above

• none of the above

The ancient Greek word for “actor” was

• thespian

• archon

• hypokrite

• hypokrite

The spring festival at which drama is said to have debuted was called

• City Dionysia.

• Lenaia

• Rural Dionysia.

• none of the above

The producer who selected playwrights and paid all expenses connected with the chorus was called the

• thespian

• archon

• hypokrite

• choregus

The three best-known writers of Greek tragedy in this period were

• Aeschylus, Aristotle, and Sophocles.

• Aristotle, Sophocles, and Euripides

• Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

• Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes

The number of women in the chorus was

• fifty

• fifteen

• twelve.

• all of the above

• none of the above

The six elements of theatre according to The Poetics are

• the playing space, audience, performer, text, visual elements, director.

• prologos, parados, episodes, reversal, choral odes, exodos

• plot, characters, thought, language, music, spectacle.

• all of the above

• none of the above

Historians use evidence such as the formation of the Artists of Dionysus and the change in the

stage size and shape to assert that

• theatre was more popular in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

• prohibitions on theatre were stronger in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

• actors were more important in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

• all of the above

• none of the above

Satyr plays

• were about half-goat and half-man creatures

• were structured like a Greek tragedy.

• were parodies.

• all of the above

• none of the above