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The two most widely accepted sources for how theatre originated are: |
| | A) | history and politics |
| | B) | Plato and Socrates |
| | C) | storytelling and ritual |
| | D) | the church and nobility |
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The four extant Greek playwrights are: |
| | A) | Plato, Socrates, Aristotle and Ovid |
| | B) | Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes |
| | C) | Menander, Thucydides, Homer and Euclid |
| | D) | Oscar, Kermit, Ernie, and Bert |
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3 | |
The Greek theatre was dedicated to one god in particular named: |
| | A) | Dionysus |
| | B) | Zeus |
| | C) | Hera |
| | D) | Pluto |
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The unique aspect of the link between Greek theatre and religion is: |
| | A) | they believed the gods to be limited in action |
| | B) | the gods had human form |
| | C) | the gods were impotent in human affairs |
| | D) | they saw religion as a diversion, not a central force |
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5 | |
The dithyramb, or Dionysian festival include: |
| | A) | drinking copious quantities of wine |
| | B) | raucous dancing and phallic worship |
| | C) | animal dismemberments |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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By around 600 B.C. the ecstatic activities of Greek theatre had evolved, at least publicly into: |
| | A) | more rational, scripted storytelling |
| | B) | a legalized sort of anarchy |
| | C) | totally disorganized debauchery |
| | D) | a ban on public drunkenness |
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Theatre in what is called the Golden Age (500 B.C.) consisted of: |
| | A) | a series of drama about the Peloponnesian wars |
| | B) | comedy and the tetralogy |
| | C) | domestic stories and skits |
| | D) | mostly musical interludes |
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The person who stepped out of the dithyrambic chorus, thus becoming the first actor, was called: |
| | A) | Icarus |
| | B) | Oedipus |
| | C) | Pseudolus |
| | D) | Thespis |
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Which of the following describes the theatre by the time of Sophocles? |
| | A) | chorus of 12, two actors, mythic themes |
| | B) | chorus of 15, three actors, tight plots |
| | C) | high satire, political innuendo |
| | D) | chorus of 10, five actors, romantic drama |
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A large cleared space on the ground, used for dancing, the chorus and most of the action was called: |
| | A) | the paraskena |
| | B) | the theatron |
| | C) | the orchestra |
| | D) | the thyride |
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The true spectacle of the Greek theatre consisted primarily of: |
| | A) | special effects and magic |
| | B) | the elaborate stage structures and scenery |
| | C) | the actors, dancing, music and costumes |
| | D) | the stage machinery and periaktoi |
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12 | |
The City Dionysia was: |
| | A) | a weeklong springtime festival and play contest |
| | B) | a small village on the Aegean Sea |
| | C) | a yearly ritual sacrifice |
| | D) | another name of the City of Athens |
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13 | |
Which of the following is the generally accepted structure for Greek tragedy? |
| | A) | opening, chorus, dialogue, closing |
| | B) | prologue, parados, agon, stasimon, exodus |
| | C) | palados, clanarax, oratory, repolto, exitus |
| | D) | intro, scene 1, scene 2, scene 3, conclusion |
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14 | |
Which of the following describes the difference between Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus? |
| | A) | Oedipus is ignorant of his fate; Prometheus is fully aware |
| | B) | Oedipus is human tragedy; Aeschylus deals with abstract themes |
| | C) | In Prometheus Bound revelations are made by the character, but in Oedipus they are made to the character |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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A main purpose of the chorus in a Greek tragedy was: |
| | A) | it allowed playwrights to include internal monologue |
| | B) | it provided needed variety to the audience |
| | C) | it gave the playwright the opportunity for music |
| | D) | it often provided comic relief |
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16 | |
The extant playwrights for the Roman theatre who wrote delicious comedies are: |
| | A) | Abbot and Costello |
| | B) | Portias and Tortias |
| | C) | Aristophanes and Menander |
| | D) | Plautus and Terence |
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Prometheus Bound probes the problems associated with human knowledge through: |
| | A) | the portrayal of a conflict between the gods Zeus and Prometheus |
| | B) | the punishment of a small child |
| | C) | the conflict between truth and illusion |
| | D) | the portrayal of the characters Hephaestus and might |
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Oedipus Tyrannus is Sophocles' tragedy that is essentially about: |
| | A) | a king's tyranny over his people |
| | B) | one man's discovery of his fatal flaw |
| | C) | conflict between Oedipus and Creon |
| | D) | Tieresias' attempts to assert his authority over Oedipus |
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