Why was Antigone in trouble with the Creon?

She buried her brother against his order

The Greek Chorus was used what 3 ways?

character, narrator, philosopher

Today, "deus ex machina" is used to criticize scripts for:

resolving problems with things that come out of nowhere

all of the above and the one on the left, too

What drove the plot in Greek tragedies?

conflicts between man's desires and the will of the gods

Modern Theatre evolved from:

rituals for Dionysus, god of wine & fertility.

Why were the gods angry with Antigone's family?

Antigone's brother accidentally married their mother

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1
Why was Antigone in trouble with the Creon?
She buried her brother against his order
She had poor hygiene
She got pregnant and tried to blackmail him
She ghosted him
2
The area inside the skene where actors changed is called (in English) the:
rack
green room
dresser
tiring house
3
The Greek Chorus was used what 3 ways?
character, producer, prompter
usher, narcoleptic, philosopher
director, narrator, curator
character, narrator, philosopher
4
Who was Antigone?
King of Thebes
Prince of Thieves
Prince of Denmark
Daughter of King Oedipus
5
The mechanism that lifted gods (and horses, chariots, etc.) up and down to the stage was:
dangerous
deus ex machina
days too arachnia
a bad idea
6
Today, "deus ex machina" is used to criticize scripts for:
being too long
tall cranes used to construct high-rise buildings
resolving problems with things that come out of nowhere
being too Greek
7
The two-story structure that was used as a set and for a changing area/storage area was:
askew
a coliseum
massive
a skene
8
For Greek contests, the three related tragedies by the same author were called:
tricycles
trifectas
trilogies
sets
9
What word meaning "actor" came from the name of the "first actor"?
Troop
Vagabond
Performer
Thespian
10
What was Creon?
a servent to Hamlet
a colored wax stick for drawing
King of Thebes
A pirate in New Orleans
11
What was Creon's "tragic flaw"?
Hubris (excessive pride)
Hypoglycemia (excessive insulin)
He drank too much (excessive alcohol)
Hyperkenesis (too much energy)
12
"Satyr plays" were
comdies that give us the modern word "satire"
plays that were comedies like modern sitcoms, sort of
used to lighten the mood after tragic trilogies
all of the above and the one on the left, too
13
How did the gods punish Creon?
Put him on a stict diet of green vegetables
Took away the throne
Stuck him down with lightening
Made sure his son died
14
The "first actor" to say a line individually was:
William Shakespeare
Thespis
Barrymore
Aristotle
15
What drove the plot in Greek tragedies?
pilots
conflicts between man's desires and the will of the gods
the contests between Roman mythical heros
money, same as today
16
Modern Theatre evolved from:
procedures for Dialysis, the Greek god of kidneys.
Shakespeare in London in the late 1500s.
Ben Franklin in the late 1700s.
rituals for Dionysus, god of wine & fertility.
17
The upper level of the skene represented:
hades
death
purgatory
the heavens, or Mt. Olympus
18
Why was Creon in trouble with the gods?
There is no right answer
He ordered to leave a dead body unburied
He's too full of himself
Red and blue are both right
19
The name of the Greek ritual, "tragos", became our modern word:
agostafarianism
tragedy
traffic
dragon
20
Why were the gods angry with Antigone's family?
They never went to church
Antigone's brother accidentally married their mother
They converted to Catholicism
They followed the Kardashians on twitter

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