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The Playwright - Euripides

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Euripides was one of Athens' three most famous playwrights. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Euripides was widely popular in his lifetime, and his plays won many awards. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Were the great Athenian plays produced during the time of ANCIENT GREEE or CLASSICAL GREECE?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Classical Greece

4.

In a Greek play, the parados is...

a)

A synonym for prologue

b)

The last scene

c)

The entry of the Chorus

d)

The first scene

5.

What are the three unities?

a)

Plays have one plot, in one place, in one day

b)

Plays were produced as trilogies for presentation to the public

c)

The hero's journey, the tragic hero, and the audience's reactions

6.

Hubris is the hamartia of...

a)

Arrogance

b)

Having a severe flaw

c)

Making a tragic mistake

d)

Anger

7.

The nemesis should leave the audience with a feeling of both fear and...

a)

Concern

b)

Disbelief

c)

Joy

d)

Relief

8.

Euripides' plays were held as part of...

a)

The City Dionysia

b)

The Festival of Zeus

c)

Th Festival of Athena

d)

The Olympics

9.

The peripeteia is...

a)

The punishment of the tragic hero

b)

A reversal of fortune

c)

The moment the character realises their flaw/mistake

d)

The first stage of the heroic cycle

10.

The anagnorisis is...

a)

The punishment of the tragic hero

b)

A reversal of fortune

c)

The moment the character realises their flaw/mistake

d)

The first stage of the heroic cycle

11.

Euripides is a polemic. This means that he...

a)

Criticises his own society

b)

Lived as a hermit

c)

Was anti-war

d)

Was a proto-feminist

12.

All the characters in Euripides' audience are...

a)

men

b)

women

c)

all the citizens of Athens

d)

all people except slaves