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WorksheetsGreek Theatre Vocab Quiz 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What area is show in red? Also known as the "dancing place".
a)
Orchestra
b)
Parados
c)
Skene
d)
Theatron
2.
A serious play with a sad ending is known as:
a)
a comedy
b)
a tragedy
c)
a satyr play
d)
it's all Greek to me
3.
Tragedy gets its name from the Greek practice of:
a)
Writing sad plays: Tragedy means sad
b)
The sacrifice of goats to honor Zeus
c)
The sacrifice of chickens to honor Dionysos
d)
The sacrifice of goats to honor Dionysos
4.
What part of the Greek theatre is the blank box on? Also known as the "seeing place".
a)
Skene
b)
Theatron
c)
Parados
d)
Orchestra
5.
Chorus
a)
a group of actors who comment on the action
b)
term for an actor
c)
purging of audience emotions
d)
humans have little control over their destinies
6.
The primary function of the chorus is to serve as the narrator.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Type of comedy that accompanied a trilogy of tragedies at the City of Dionysia. From this, we get the word "satire", usually included characters that were Greek Demigods, half goat and half man.
a)
Satire
b)
Satyr Play
c)
Dionysia
d)
Comedy
8.
Who was the first actor?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Thespis
c)
Satyr
d)
Dithyramb
9.
What area is shown in red?
a)
Orchestra
b)
Theatron
c)
Skene
d)
Parados
10.
Theatre festival held in honor of Diosysus in Athens. Where each playwright competed in the festival would submit a trilogy of tragedies and a satyr play is known as:
a)
Greek Theatre
b)
City of Athens
c)
City of Dionysia
d)
Dionysus
11.
Who was the Greek god of theater?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Thespis
c)
Zeus
d)
Sophocles
12.
The Greek word meaning "goat song" is:
a)
Parados
b)
Tragos
c)
Lapis
d)
Lorde
13.
Thespian
a)
fate that can not be escaped
b)
term for an actor
c)
group of actors that comment on the action
d)
tragic flaw
14.
What stage did the Greeks use?
a)
Proscenium
b)
Orchestra
c)
Amphitheater
d)
Thespian Theatre
15.
Who was the first literary critic?
a)
Thespis
b)
Aristotle
c)
Oedipus
d)
Dionysus
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