Greek Drama and Antigone

The opening scene of a Greek drama is the

• prologue
• ode
• exodus

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Greek drama began as part of a festival to celebrate this Greek god.

• Zeus
• Dionysus
• Apollo
• Poseidon

Which of the following was NOT a famous Greek playwright?

• Aeschylus

• Sophocles

• Shakespeare

• Euripides

Which is a signature mark of a tragedy?

• It ends in a wedding

• It ends in disaster for the main character

• It ends with a comical situation

• It ends with the main character's death

“Dancing space”, a level space where the chorus would dance, sing, and act.

• orchestra

• theatron

• logeion

• throne of the priest of dionysus

The back wall/box of the stage, were actors could change

• skene

• paraskenion

• logeion

• proskenion

What did Oedipus do when he discovered he killed his dad and married his mom?

• killed himself

• divorced her

• Gouged out his eyes

• kills his children

Why does Ismene refuse to help Antigone bury Polyneices?

• She is afraid of being stoned to death

• She feels her family has suffered enough

• She thinks women must submit to the authority of men

• all of these

______________________ is a plot dating back to ancient Greek theater, where the conflict is resolve through a means that seem unrelated to the story.

• Deus ex machina

• Veni Vidi Vici

• Alpha et Omega

• Philos Zeus

Who wrote the Greek play Antigone?

• Aristotle
• Sophocles
• Plato
• Dionysis

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