Chapter Three

The three social positions during the Roman republic were

• patricians, plebeians, and slaves

• men, women, and children

• senators, representatives, and commoners

• all of the above

• none of the above

Theatre began to decline near the end of the Roman empire due to

• democracy.

• financial changes

• Christianity

• new technology

Atellan farce

• was usually improvised

• was written down and made a literary genre by Roman authors

• satirized city people.

• a and b

• b and c

Roman comedies that dealt with Roman issues were known as

• fabula palliata

• fabula togata

• Atellan farce

• The Menaechmi.

A broadly comic play without a chorus, about the trials and tribulations of romance, and with a

great deal of musical accompaniment was probably written by

• Aelius

• Plautus

• Terence

• Horace

• Seneca.

A subtler comedy that stressed characterization, and had elegant language and a carefully constructed double plot was probably written by

• Aelius

• Plautus

• Terence

• Horace

• Seneca.

Quintus Ennius, Marcus Pacuvius, and Lucius Accius were playwrights

• who wrote Roman comedies

• whose work survives.

• whose plays we assume remained popular throughout Roman times

• all of the above

• none of the above

A play with violence onstage was probably written by

• Plautus

• Aelius

• Horace

• Terence

• Seneca

The idea that characters’ language and actions should fit traditional ideas of suitable behavior for their age, gender, social status, and emotional state is called

• decorum

• realism

• strong writing.

• all of the above

• none of the above

Who originated the idea that plays should both entertain and educate?

• Plautus

• Aristotle

• Horace

• Terence

• Seneca