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WorksheetsFestival of Dionysia quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
How many of these are Festivals in honour of Dionysus
City Dionysia
The Panathenaea
The Adonia
Rural Dionysia
Lenaea
How long was the City Dionysia festival?
(a)
How many playrights would be selected to write plays for the festival?
5
10
8
6
True or False, tragic playwrights wrote 4 plays and a satyr
true
false
How many sponsors (choregi) were chosen
2
5
20
8
10
True or False, there was usually an interval about half way through each play
True
False
Judges were chosen from how many tribes?
(a)
What was the Pro-agon?
First procession in which the statue of Dionysus is paraded through Athens
the choreographed dances performed for prizes by 50 men and 50 boys from each tribe
An event where the subject of each play was announced and there might have been some tasters and actors appeared in costumes
The ceremony in which offerings are made to the Gods before the plays officially begin
Which of these options was NOT a part of the 2nd procession
Girls holding golden baskets containing fruit for sacrifice
Young men dressed as satyrs, wearing masks and dancing as the chorus sang
Metics (people from outside of Athens) in scarlet robes carrying confectionary
Priest of Dionysus sat on an ornate wooden seat which is secured to a wheeled cart allowing him to be paraded through the streets
Which animal is sacrificed at the start (and on each day) of the competition?
A strong young bull
Piglet
a goat
a pure white cow
On which day does the judging take place?
(a)
How many of the 10 urns containing ranked judgements from the judges are chosen?
All 10
just 1
6
5
2
True or False, the winning choregus wins a bronze tripod and a cauldron
True
False
How many took part in the City Dionysia roughly?
1000
4000
10,000
40,000
100,000
