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Greek Arts and Culture

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aeschylus

a)

Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

b)

Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

c)

Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

2.

Aristophanes

a)

Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

b)

Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

c)

Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

3.

Sophocles

a)

Greek comic playwright who wrote plays using satire, parodies, and puns

b)

Greek tragic playwright who added the second actor and props to his plays

c)

Greek tragic playwright who added the third actor

4.

Base

a)

Topmost part of a column

b)

Decorative foot of column

c)

Horizontal lintel supported by columns

d)

Slight curve in the shaft of a column

e)

Horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration in entablature

5.

Capital

a)

Topmost part of a column

b)

Decorative foot of column

c)

Horizontal lintel supported by columns

d)

Slight curve in the shaft of a column

e)

Horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration in entablature

6.

Chorus

a)

Trained group of dancers and singers who added the communities' perspective to a play

b)

Plays which developed in the 6th century BCE to honor Dionysus

c)

A play in which satyrs were the main characters; meant to be fun and light-hearted

7.

Corinthian column

a)

Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

b)

Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

c)

column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

8.

Doric column

a)

Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

b)

Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

c)

column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

9.

Ionic column

a)

Column which uses a plain, unadorned capital

b)

Column which uses scrolls or volutes to form capital

c)

column which uses carved acanthus leaves and flowers to form capital

10.

Philosophy

a)

The study of human existence

b)

The study of animals

c)

The study of divinity

11.

Socrates

a)

Greek philosopher who taught with a questioning technique and was condemned for corrupting the youth

b)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called The Academy and developed the idea of forms

c)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called Lyceum and believed everything could be classified and organised

12.

Plato

a)

Greek philosopher who taught with a questioning technique and was condemned for corrupting the youth

b)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called The Academy and developed the idea of forms

c)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called Lyceum and believed everything could be classified and organised

13.

Aristotle

a)

Greek philosopher who taught with a questioning technique and was condemned for corrupting the youth

b)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called The Academy and developed the idea of forms

c)

Greek philosopher who formed a school called Lyceum and believed everything could be classified and organised