Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	No one knows how theater began, or where or when it originated.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The god Dionysus, patron of the Greek Dramatic Festivals, was the god of:
		A)	war and death
		B)	chastity and honor
		C)	wine and fertility
		D)	goats and song


3	________________is considered to be the first important Greek dramatist.
		A)	Aristophanes
		B)	Aristotle
		C)	Aeschylus
		D)	None of these


4	____________ wrote King Oedipus.
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Aeschylus
		C)	Sophocles
		D)	Euripides


5	The Oresteia was written by _____________________.
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Aeschylus
		C)	Sophocles
		D)	Euripides


6	This playwright was considered "most modern":
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Aeschylus
		C)	Sophocles
		D)	Euripides


7	____________________ was the author of ARS POETICA (The Art of Poetry).
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Plautus
		C)	Terence
		D)	Horace


8	______________ was the author of The Manaechmi.
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Plautus
		C)	Terence
		D)	Horace


9	The Poetics may have been a series of lecture notes made by _________.
		A)	Aristotle
		B)	Plautus
		C)	Terence
		D)	Horace


10	Both Greek and Roman dramatic festivals were supported and financed by the government.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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