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WorksheetsChapter Two
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
We call the following years the golden age, or the classic period of Greek theatre
490–431 b.c.e.
404–336 b.c.e.
33–100 c.e.
none of the above
The dithyramb was
a popular form of written poetry
a long hymn, sung and danced by a group of fifty men
a stringed musical instrument.
all of the above
none of the above
The ancient Greek word for “actor” was
thespian
archon
hypokrite
hypokrite
The spring festival at which drama is said to have debuted was called
City Dionysia.
Lenaia
Rural Dionysia.
none of the above
The producer who selected playwrights and paid all expenses connected with the chorus was called the
thespian
archon
hypokrite
choregus
The three best-known writers of Greek tragedy in this period were
Aeschylus, Aristotle, and Sophocles.
Aristotle, Sophocles, and Euripides
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes
The number of women in the chorus was
fifty
fifteen
twelve.
all of the above
none of the above
The six elements of theatre according to The Poetics are
the playing space, audience, performer, text, visual elements, director.
prologos, parados, episodes, reversal, choral odes, exodos
plot, characters, thought, language, music, spectacle.
all of the above
none of the above
Historians use evidence such as the formation of the Artists of Dionysus and the change in the
stage size and shape to assert that
theatre was more popular in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.
prohibitions on theatre were stronger in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.
actors were more important in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.
all of the above
none of the above
Satyr plays
were about half-goat and half-man creatures
were structured like a Greek tragedy.
were parodies.
all of the above
none of the above
