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Background Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sophocles was?

a)

An actor

b)

An author

c)

A playwrite

d)

A Roman

2.

Who made tragedy into art?

a)

The Greeks

b)

Okonkwo

c)

Antigone

d)

Ismene

3.

What was the play before "Antigone"

a)

Oedipus

b)

Oedipus Rex

c)

Oedipus Complex

4.

Chanted or sung in unison

a)

Rap

b)

Song

c)

Chorus

5.

Who adopted Oedipus?

a)

King and Queen of Athens

b)

King and Queen of Cornith

c)

King and Queen of Rome

6.

What did the actors in Greek tragedies wear?

a)

Makeup

b)

masks with megaphones

c)

wings with feathers

7.

Who was Jocosta?

4 lines
8.

How many actors were in Sophocles's plays?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

9.

A great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding.

a)

Sophocles

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Zeus

d)

Aristotle

10.

The main God that the Greeks worshiped.

a)

Artemis

b)

Apollo

c)

Athena

d)

Zeus

11.

Sophocles is perhaps best known for his “Theban” plays—a collection of three plays about _____.

a)

Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his travels

b)

Oedipus, King of Thebes, and his family

c)

he Greco-Persian Wars

d)

Hercules, son of the god Zeus and the woman Alcmene

12.

The ______________________ was a group of 15 actors that acted as one character.

a)

chorus

b)

orchestra

c)

ensemble

d)

protagonist

13.

Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?

a)

To allow actors to play more than one character

b)

To project the actors' voices to the audience

c)

To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions

d)

All of these

14.

Greek actors were

a)

Only women

b)

Only men

c)

Both men and women

15.

Dionysis was the Greek god of

a)

Theatre

b)

Dance

c)

Song

d)

All of these

16.

Where was Greek Theatre traditionally performed?

a)

On a proscenium stage.

b)

In a field, beside a tractor.

c)

In an amphitheatre.

d)

In a pool.

17.
Who wrote the Greek play Antigone?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Sophocles
c)
Plato
d)
Dionysis
18.

This type of play ends with the death of the main character.

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

History

19.

What was the prophecy about Oedipus and his mom?

4 lines