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Overview of Greek Theater

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Bronislav Malinowski, ____ is a statement of primeval reality which lives in the institutions and pursuits of a community.

a)

theater

b)

ritual

c)

play

d)

myth

2.

Ritual is ______, while theater is usually _______

a)

sacred, secular

b)

quiet, noisy

c)

gloomy, lively

d)

boring, entertaining

3.

Aeschylus' "The Persians" was based on a myth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Theater is a deliberate performance created by ____ ______ and intended for a live audience, typically making use of scripted language.

a)

playwrights

b)

poets

c)

live actors

d)

performers

5.

Sometimes plays are performed in places that aren't the theater.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

According to Aristotle, "humans have an in-built desire to imitate, to act, to pretend - that's how we learn"

a)

imitation

b)

mimetic impulse

c)

mimic impulse

d)

parody

7.

"the seeing place"

a)

theater

b)

teather

c)

theather

d)

thaeter

8.

Theater has no definite origin theory that everyone can agree on.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

______ are often ways of mediating between humans and the supernatural.

a)

rituals

b)

ritual

c)

theater

d)

play

10.

Some theorize that some parts of theater were derived from the _____ figure, which is the secular equivalent of ______ in early societies.

a)

jester, actor

b)

father, priest

c)

hero, knight

d)

clown, shaman