Theatre History

Question 1

Who created humans and brought them fire?

Accepted Answer

Prometheus

Question 2

meaning “pair of doors” these were wooden planks that separated backstage and the orchestra where the actors entered

Accepted Answer

Parados

Question 3

Who made Talos?

Accepted Answer

Hephaestus

Question 4

Who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won?

Accepted Answer

Arachne

Question 5

The chorus’ purpose was to help the audience understand the play by doing what?

Accepted Answer

Playing smaller rolled characters, depicting transitions and violence, Explaining setting

Question 6

What word, meaning actor, did we get from his name?

Accepted Answer

Thespian

Question 7

What is a greek theatre called?

Accepted Answer

Amphitheatre

Question 8

What word do we derive from 'theatron'

Accepted Answer

Theatre

Question 9

Why did the greeks create Tragedy and Comedy

Accepted Answer

To reflect Dionysus's celebratory & raging personality types

Question 10

What was used as costumes in Primitive theatre?

Accepted Answer

Animal Hides

Question 11

Dionysus is the god of theatre

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Why was Sisyphus punished?

Accepted Answer

For tricking death

Question 13

How many labors did Hercules complete

Accepted Answer

12

Question 14

What god did the greeks use theatre to worship?

Accepted Answer

Dionysus

Question 15

Who was the first robot?

Accepted Answer

Talos

Question 16

Why is storytelling important?

Accepted Answer

It is one of the earliest forms of entertainment

Question 17

What curse was given to Midas?

Accepted Answer

The ears of an ass

Question 18

How did masks help a Greek audience?

Accepted Answer

by over exaggerating emotions, by showing character changes, By amplifying their voice

Question 19

What 'gift' was Midas granted?

Accepted Answer

The golden touch

Question 20

a portion of the skene that would hide the actors from the audience where they would change masks and relax offstage

Accepted Answer

Paraskenion

Question 21

Why do we know so little about Primitive Theatre?

Accepted Answer

there is an absence of written records

Question 22

Orpheus saved Eurydice from the underworld

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Why was Daedalus imprisoned in the tower above the Labyrinth?

Accepted Answer

For helping create the minotaur

Question 24

a marble building that would be used as a backdrop or scenic wall which was positioned behind the Orchestra.

Accepted Answer

Skene

Question 25

Who released the unfortunes Zeus created unto the world?

Accepted Answer

Pandora

Question 26

How was Sisyphus punished?

Accepted Answer

By rolling a boulder up a hill

Question 27

Who killed Talos?

Accepted Answer

The Argonauts

Question 28

Who was the first actor?

Accepted Answer

Thespis

Question 29

How did Icarus die?

Accepted Answer

flying too close to the sun

Question 30

Who did Hades trick into being the Queen of the Underworld?

Accepted Answer

Persephone

Question 31

Why did Hercules need to complete the labors?

Accepted Answer

To atone for killing his family

Question 32

When did theatre, as we know it, begin?

Accepted Answer

In 6th Century BCE Greece

Question 33

What event used theatre to worship Dionysus

Accepted Answer

The Dionysus Festival

Question 34

What was theatre seen as to the ancient Greeks?

Accepted Answer

Medicine

Question 35

the capital and largest city of Greece. A major costal urban area in the Mediterranean, where theatre originated.

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 36

a semicircle at the bottom of the hill where the performance would take place

Accepted Answer

Orchestra

Question 37

How was Prometheus punished?

Accepted Answer

By having a bird eat his liver every day

Question 38

Greek plays consisted of several scenes acted out by a__________

Accepted Answer

Chorus

Question 39

What is a 'didaskalos'

Accepted Answer

A teacher/tainer, A Greek Actor, A Greek Director, A Greek Playwright

Question 40

What was Talos protecting?

Accepted Answer

The Island of Crete

Question 41

What ways did the Greeks get around not having technology?

Accepted Answer

the construction of their masks, The positioning of the sun, Resonators built into the wall, Perfect acoustics

Question 42

What influenced greek plays?

Accepted Answer

Greek Myths

Question 43

The watching space where the audience would sit to watch the play.

Accepted Answer

Theatron

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