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The Dawn of Theatre

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“God from the Machine”

a)

catharsis

b)

Deus Ex Machina

c)

aside

d)

agon

2.

Hymns to honor Dionysus.

a)

Book of Job

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Dithyrambs

d)

Skene

3.

Plays were associated with the bawdy, jealous God Dionysus and featured liberal use of

a)

Satyr Plays

b)

Greek Tragedy

c)

Old Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

4.

In order to make sure the Greek tragedy finished within an hour, all action usually took place…

a)

…in the time you’re watching it.

b)

…over a few years.

c)

...in a day.

d)

…before the beginning of the play.

5.

In order to make sure the Greek tragedy finished within an hour, all action usually took place…

a)

. …in various locales.

b)

…offstage.

c)

...in a single confined locality onstage.

d)

…before the beginning of the play.

6.

In order to make sure the Greek tragedy finished within an hour, there was usually just...

a)

…3 main plots.

b)

…1 overall plot.

c)

….2 main plots and 1 sub plot.

d)

…a recap of what has happened.

7.

The philosophy of life and the death written on the walls of tombs are in Egyptian

a)

Book of Job

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Dithyrambs

d)

Skene

8.

A scene in Greek Tragedy between two or more thespians.

a)

Catharsis

b)

Aside

c)

Episode

d)

Exodos

9.

The exit song for the chorus in a Greek Tragedy

a)

Catharsis

b)

Aside

c)

Episode

d)

Exodos

10.

A line spoken in Old and New Greek Comedy and Roman Comedy to the audience that other characters do not hear.

a)

Catharsis

b)

Aside

c)

Episode

d)

Exodos

11.

The wife of Jason decides to take revenge on him by murdering his children.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Clytemnestra

c)

Antigone

d)

Medea

12.

The daughter of the city’s most famous hero must decide between the law set down by her uncle or her duty to her dead brother.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Clytemnestra

c)

Antigone

d)

Medea

13.

The term for the purging of emotions in Greek Tragedy.

a)

Catharsis

b)

Aside

c)

Episode

d)

Exodos

14.

A small building behind the orkestra for changing clothes

a)

Book of Job

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Dithyrambs

d)

Skene

15.

Leader of Greek Old Comedy and master of political satire

a)

Aristophanes

b)

Menander

c)

Euripides

d)

Plautus

16.

Older of the two playwrights who died in the same year, 406 BC

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

17.

Wrote of common men and women and was disillusioned with Athen's wars

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

18.

A former slave who wrote his way to freedom.

a)

Terrence

b)

Menander

c)

Seneca

d)

Plautus

19.

Leader of Greek New Comedy Movement

a)

Aristophanes

b)

Menander

c)

Euripides

d)

Plautus

20.

The first of the two Roman comedic playwrights to steal from Menander’s style.

a)

Terrence

b)

Menander

c)

Seneca

d)

Plautus

21.

Taught by Aristotle

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

22.

Wrote Prometheus Bound

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

23.

Wrote the Oedipus Trilogy

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

24.

Wrote the Oresteian Trilogy

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

25.

Spanish Tutor of Nero. Later slain by him. Adapted Greek Tragedies like Medea.

a)

Terrence

b)

Menander

c)

Seneca

d)

Plautus

26.

A Greek Hero who wrote of heroes, kings, and gods

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

27.

He abolished the concept of the Greek Chorus.

a)

Terrence

b)

Menander

c)

Seneca

d)

Plautus

28.

His work most influenced the structure of William Shakespeare’s plays.

a)

Terrence

b)

Menander

c)

Seneca

d)

Plautus

29.

Aristophanes

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

30.

The hit Broadway musical A Funny Thing on the Way to the Forum was based on the plays from this style.

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

31.

The Theatre of Dionysus.

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

32.

Chorus, Catharsis, Unity of Time, Place & Action, Protagonist Death not necessary.

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

33.

Seneca

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

34.

Stasimon

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

35.

Agons and Asides

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

36.

Thespis Steps Out

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

37.

Political Satire

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

38.

Plautus

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

39.

Stock Characters Created

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

40.

No more chorus

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

41.

Sophocles’ Oedipus The King

a)

Greek Tragedy

b)

Old Greek Comedy

c)

New Greek Comedy

d)

Roman Comedy

e)

Roman Tragedy

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