Greco-Roman comedy

Whose conquests spread theater across the Mediterranean?

• Alexander the Great

• Julius Caesar

• Xerxes

• Hadrian

Who was the conqueror's tutor?

• Aristotle

• Euclides

• Socrates

• Quintilian

The Romans took their drama (and everything else) from the...

(a)  

What Greek war changed the tone of their theater?

• Punic Wars

• Servile Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Trojan War

After the Peloponnesian War, comedy became less ​ (a)   and more ​ (b)   .

• personal
• general

At the same time, comedies became less ​ (a)   .

• dirty
• sophisticated
• plagerized
• relevant

New comedy was more about ​ (a)   .

• regular life
• the elite
• gods
• patriotism

What is a stock character?

• a cliched character like "trickster slave"

• a character that could be played by either gender

• a character without important lines

• a character who explains the plot ahead of time

Who were the TWO major Roman comedic playwrights?

• Terence

• Livy

• Plautus

• Seneca

• Vergil

Greek theater started at festivals to the deity ​ (a)   , whereas Roman plays occured at festivals of ​ (b)   .

• Dionysus
• Jupiter
• Apollo
• Minerva
• Janus