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WorksheetsGreek Theater, Tragedy, and Antigone (OVERVIEW)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 12mins
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Thespis
Socrates
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Greek
Vikings
Egyptians
Native Americans
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
Aytos
Athmonia
Athens
Asklepios
The other two plays in the series with Antigone (Choose TWO Answers).
Tale of the Sphinx
Oedipus Rex
A Tragedy of Tragedies
Oedipus at Colonus
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
1
4
5
7
"Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death" describes...
...the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy.
...the beginning of the play that sets the tone.
...the middle of the play where the Chorus suffers.
...the suffering of a minor character in the play.
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
Choral Odd
Choral Ode
Choral Old
Choral Cold
The King and Queen of Thebes before Oedipus...
King Lyres and Queen Jocasta
King Lauis and Queen Juniper
King Lauis and Queen Jocasta
King Lysestrata and Queen Jocunda
It was the GOLDEN AGE in ancient Greece...
Nickname of the time period when Socrates wrote his plays...
Nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays...
Nickname of the time period when Sisyphus wrote his plays...
Nickname of the time period when Soterios wrote his plays...
Pity, fear, wonder, and awe...
Emotions missing from a tragedy...
Emotions never fully revealed in a tragedy...
Emotions that ruin a tragedy...
Emotions aroused by tragedy...
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes were worn by...
Audience members sitting far from the stage...
Stagehands in the production...
The playwright sitting in the audience...
Actors in a Greek tragedy...
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother" (Choose TWO Answers).
Allusion to Oedipus's fate...
Allusion to Polyneices' fate...
Prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes...
Prophecy given to the king and queen of Sparta...
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition...
18
28
38
48
A single flaw in character, or hamartia (Choose TWO Answers).
An "act of injustice" committed by the hero...
A character trait that is of no consequence in a tragedy...
A character trait that is missing in a hero...
It is what brings a hero to to disaster in a Greek tragedy
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
Churasco
Chorigos
Chiaroscuro
Chorus
Both MOTHER and WIFE of Oedipus...
Jocunda
Jacorisa
Jocasta
Juniper
The number of actors Sophocles had in his cast of plays...
1
3
5
7
Experiencing/understanding a horrible truth that leads to emotional/spiritual release.
catharsis
cathexes
cathodes
cathexes
Greek word for actor...
hypnokrites
hypnikrites
hypokrites
hypekrites
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play Antigone...
"bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"
"bury Lauis but not Jocasta"
"bury Oedipus but not Lauis"
"bury Polyneices but not Eteocles"
A synonym for catharsis is...
puerile
pugilistic
pumice
purification
TRUE or FALSE: The tragic hero is a man or woman of noble stature...
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: The hero in Greek tragedies DO NOT have a weakness, a tragic flaw such as pride, quickness to anger, or misjudgment.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: The hero DOES NOT gain self-knowledge or understanding before the downfall...
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Before he exiles himself, Oedipus orders that his sons, Eteocles and Polyneices, share the throne of Thebes.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: All actors in ancient Greece were men.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Violent action in plays took place on stage.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: After being abandoned, Oedipus is found by the king and queen of Corinth and is raised as their own.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Oedipus has three children with his mother/wife Jocasta.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: When Oedipus and Jocasta find out the truth about their family situation, Jocasta blinds herself and Oedipus hangs himself.
TRUE
FALSE
