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WorksheetsGreek Theater/Chorus Quiz
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the term for when a group of performers present the same movement, gesture, or phrase one after another like an echo?
Unison
Canon
Chorus
Repetition
What does "Unison" mean in performance terms?
To move and speak at different times
To move and speak exactly the same
To alternate speech and movements
To exaggerate speech and movements
What is "Stichomythia"?
A type of dance
Lines of dialogue presented by alternating characters
A form of musical performance
A type of gesture
Which term describes movement that involves the body moving from one place to another?
Gestural movement
Locomotor movement
Exaggeration
Repetition
What is "Gestural movement"?
Movement of the hands, face, or other body parts to communicate story and emotion
Movement involving the whole body
Repeating gesture for emphasis
Moving while singing
What is a Greek Chorus?
A solo performance
A group of performers who sing, speak, dance, and move in unison
A song that tells of the greatness of Dionysus
A choir of 100 men who sing for money
What does "Exaggeration" mean in performance?
Making something smaller than it is
Making something larger or greater than it is naturally
Repeating a movement
Moving in unison
What is "Repetition" in the context of performance?
Creating new movements
The repeating of a word, phrase, movement, or gesture
Alternating dialogue
Moving from one place to another
What is the Theatron in Greek Theatre? (2)
The place where the audience sat
The stage area
The Seeing Place
The building behind the dancing space
Who was the first person to step from the Chorus to become the first actor?
Amphitheatre
Deus ex Machina
Thespis
Dionysus
What is the purpose of the Greek Chorus in Greek Theatre? (3)
To react the way the audience should
To act out all of the characters in the play
To make commentary on the action and themes
To help narrate the story
To tour Athens singing for money
What is an Amphitheatre?
The stage area
The place where the audience sat
An outdoor theater built into the side of a hill
The building behind the dancing space
What is the Orchestra in Greek Theatre?
The circular stage area where the Chorus performed
The seeing place
The place where the audience sat
The dancing space
What is the meaning of Dithyrambs in Greek Theatre?
The stage area
The building behind the dancing space
The place where the audience sat
Wild songs and dances to worship Dionysus
A week-long religious ceremony where playwrights competed and even prisoners were released to participate:
Festival of Dionysia
A building used as a backdrop and for costume/mask changes
Theatron
Orchestra
Thymele
Skene
Parados
A crane or pulley system used to lower supernatural characters onto the stage
Ekkyklema
Deus ex Machina
Trilogy
Aeschylus
A serious play in which the protagonist dies or is defeated at the end.
Comedy
Tragedy
The Grouch
The Birds
What is the purpose of the 'Parados' in Greek Theatre?
Entrance for the chorus
Stage area for actors
Seating area for the audience
Backdrop for scenery
The first prize for writing a play was a purse of gold.
True
False
The plays had special effects. Characters like gods or creatures like Pegasus the flying horse could float above the stage by ropes.
False
True
All acting parts were played by
Men
Women
Soldiers
Peasants
The actors used masks to do all the following EXCEPT
demonstrate different characters/roles as one actors could wear several different masks.
help project the voice of the actors throughout the large theater.
hide the actors identities because they were not well respected and would be looked down upon.
help the audience sitting far away be able to see what was going on onstage.
"Old Comedy" playwright who used lots of political references
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Menander
Aeschylus
What tragic event occurs in the play 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother
Oedipus marries his sister
Oedipus loses his kingdom
Oedipus kills his brother
deus ex machina
literally, "god from the machine"; refers to the character in classical Greek tragedy who entered the play from the heavens at the end of the drama to resolve or explain the conflict
passing down customs, stories, and cultural information via spoken rather than written word
in Greek theater, a play depicting man as a victim of destiny
Greek god; western drama began to develop in the 6th century as worship to him.
Greek Theatre began primarily as ___________.
A Form of Entertainment
A Religious Ritual
A Teaching Tool
A Way to Exercise
Name the 3 types of Greek plays
Tragedy, Comedy, Satire
Horror, Comedy, Informational
Comedy, Religious, Traditional
