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WorksheetsGreek Theatre
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
This ensemble of people in identical, plain masks performing in unison
Greek Singers
Large Chorus
Greek Salad
Greek Chorus
How do actors show that they are playing multiple characters?
Stand at different levels
Face different directions
Change their mask
Announce their new character name before speaking
________ was the first actor.
The Rock
Theopin
Thespis
Theatre guy
Beginning of the play, provides exposition
Prologue
Stasimon / Ode
Proskene
Episode
A speech/song performed by the chorus at the end of the Episode
Exodos
Parados
skene
Choral Ode / stasimon
Tragedies caused an emotional cleansing for the audience, called a
catharsis
skene
in medias res
strophe
Tragedy gets its name from the Greek practice of:
Writing sad plays: Tragedy means sad
All the actors crying during the play
The sacrifice of chickens to honor Zeus
Sacrificing goats before the play to honor Dionysus
The Greek word for theatre (theatron) translates to the:
Performance space
Acting place
Seeing place
Performance place
The final chorus chant at the where the moral of the tragedy is discussed.
Exodos / Epilogue
Episode
Parados
Prologue
Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?
To allow actors to play more than one character
To project the actors' voices to the audience
To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions
All of these
Greek masks were NOT made from...
Linen
Animal hair
Wood
Latex
The correct order for Greek Play Structure is
Prologue, Choral Ode, Episode, Exodos, Epilogue
Choral Ode, Parados, Exodos, Epilogue, Episode
Prologue, Parados, Episode, Choral Ode, Exodos
Exodos, Prologue, Parados, Episode, Choral Ode
Which of these should NOT be italicized in your script?
Stage Directions
Dialogue
Actor Directions
Technical notes
A beat is
The smallest unit of action / a moment
Punching someone in the face
Doing your makeup very well
What the actor wants
