Ancient Greek Drama Pd 1 Flashcards | StudBud
  • 10
  • What were the Panhellenic Games a competition of?
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  • Where did the most important gods reside?
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    Besides honor and prestige, what were the winners of the playwriting competition often awarded with?
    • a bronze cauldron
    • sacred animals
    • money
    • a golden crown
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  • What was prohibited during the Panhellenic Games?
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    9. Who was known as the inventor of logic?
    • Aristotle
    • Aristophanes
    • Euripides
    • THucydides
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    How many years ago was the Golden Age of Greece?
    • 5,000 years ago
    • 2500 years ago
    • 50,000 years ago
    • 250 years ago
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    What was Euripides celebrated for?
    • His use of sensationalism
    • His use of realism
    • His use of descriptive language
    • His use of imagery
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    True or False? Tragedies must deal with topics of great magnitude and importance
    • False
    • True
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    What was greek theatre inspired by?
    • Roman mythology
    • Greek mythology
    • Greek history
    • Norse mythology
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    How many viewers could the theatrons hold?
    • 12,000
    • 800
    • 14,000
    • 8,000
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    How many of Euripides' plays have survived?
    • 20
    • 23
    • 15
    • 18
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    Where is it believe that Euripides was born?
    • Rome
    • Florence
    • Athens
    • Cairo
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    Which one of these was not a famous playwright who regularly wrote plays in competition?
    • Aristotle
    • Sophocles
    • Aeschylus
    • Euripedes
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  • What is the meaning of Polytheistic?
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    What was notable about Ancient Greek religion?
    • It was practiced exclusively in the Middle East
    • It was monotheistic
    • It was atheistic
    • It was polytheistic
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    When was Euripides born?
    • 548 - 550 BC
    • 746 BC
    • 1986
    • 485 -480 BC
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  • What should a tragic hero be?
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    What is catharsis?
    • a clear storyline
    • A cleansing or purging of emotions
    • The response of the chorus
    • the person who collected the tickets
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    When did Greek Theatre begin?
    • 5th Century BCE
    • 8th Century BCE
    • 7th Century BCE
    • 6th Century BCE
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    What was Dionysus the god of?Wisdom and knowledge
    • Wine and theater
    • Greece
    • Love and beauty
    • Nature
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    True or false? Peripeteia is a reversal of fortune
    • False
    • True
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    True or False? Theaters were always open-air
    • True
    • False
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  • Who were the most important gods led by?
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    Where was Parthenon built on?
    • Acropolis
    • Athens
    • Pericicles
    • Socrates
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    What two emotions should a tragedy arouse in the audience?
    • Fear and loathing
    • disappointment and shock
    • Grief and sorrow
    • Pity and fear
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    What is agon?
    • pride
    • a reversal of fortune
    • Sophocles
    • conflict
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  • Why was Athens considered the greatest city-states?
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    True or False? The plays were free to watch.
    • True
    • False
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    When were Greek Tragedies generally written and performed?
    • On Socrates' birthday
    • For all religious holidays
    • During the Festival of Dionysius
    • In the springtime
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    Where was the music and dance of Dionysiac ritual most evident?
    • The theatron
    • Hubris
    • The tragic flaw
    • The Chorus
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    What kind of plays did Euripides write?
    • Romance
    • Horror
    • Comedy
    • Tragedy