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Chapter Two

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We call the following years the golden age, or the classic period of Greek theatre

a)

490–431 b.c.e.

b)

404–336 b.c.e.

c)

33–100 c.e.

d)

none of the above

2.

The dithyramb was

a)

a popular form of written poetry

b)

a long hymn, sung and danced by a group of fifty men

c)

a stringed musical instrument.

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

3.

The ancient Greek word for “actor” was

a)

thespian

b)

archon

c)

hypokrite

d)

hypokrite

4.

The spring festival at which drama is said to have debuted was called

a)

City Dionysia.

b)

Lenaia

c)

Rural Dionysia.

d)

none of the above

5.

The producer who selected playwrights and paid all expenses connected with the chorus was called the

a)

thespian

b)

archon

c)

hypokrite

d)

choregus

6.

The three best-known writers of Greek tragedy in this period were

a)

Aeschylus, Aristotle, and Sophocles.

b)

Aristotle, Sophocles, and Euripides

c)

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

d)

Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes

7.

The number of women in the chorus was

a)

fifty

b)

fifteen

c)

twelve.

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

8.

The six elements of theatre according to The Poetics are

a)

the playing space, audience, performer, text, visual elements, director.

b)

prologos, parados, episodes, reversal, choral odes, exodos

c)

plot, characters, thought, language, music, spectacle.

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

9.

Historians use evidence such as the formation of the Artists of Dionysus and the change in the

stage size and shape to assert that

a)

theatre was more popular in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

b)

prohibitions on theatre were stronger in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

c)

actors were more important in the Hellenistic period than in the period before it.

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above

10.

Satyr plays

a)

were about half-goat and half-man creatures

b)

were structured like a Greek tragedy.

c)

were parodies.

d)

all of the above

e)

none of the above