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WorksheetsGreek Theater and Antigone
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
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"
TRUE or FALSE: All actors in ancient Greece were men.
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
What sound device in Ancient Greek theater allowed the audience to better hear the actors?
Electronics
Acoustics
Microphones
Headphones
What allowed Greek actors to change their character in a play?
Paint
Masks
Jewelry
They didn't change character
What creature did Oedipus defeat that allowed him to become the King of Thebes?
Cyclops
Hydra
Sphinx
Medusa
Which brothers slay each other in battle?
Laios and Creon
Polyneices and Eteocles
Agamemom and Euripides
Aeschylus and Sophocles
What does one possess if they are overly filled with pride?
Hubris
Hybris
Catharsis
Hamartia
Whose tragic flaw is excessive pride/hubris?
Haemon
Eteocles
Creon
Antigone
Who said "The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse..."
Teiresias
Creon
Haemon
Antigone
