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Year 8 CAPA Drama
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Euripides, Sophocles & Aristophanes are
Greek Gods
Greek Playwrights
Greek Citizens
Greek Warriors
2
The word drama comes from the Greek verb meaning
To sing
To Perform
To play
To Do or to Act
3
A lusty creature in Greek Mythology often associated with the pastoral god
Pandora
Pan
Athena
Faun
4
The scene building is called...
Parados
Theatron
Orchestra
Skene
5
A thymele placed in the middle of the orchestra is also known as
Step
Riser
Altar
Stage
6
Plays were bawdy comedies: drunkenness, pranks, dirty jokes, sight gags, naughty props
Tragedy
Political
Comedies
Satyr
7
The definition of Thespian is...
A drama
A play
A person of Theatre
A story teller
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The Parthenon, is a temple to the city’s patron Goddess...
Athena
Hermes
Artemis
Helena
9
Ancient Greece was a collection of rival city-states surrounded by villages that paid these cities for...
Gold
Entertainment
Protection
Food
10
The first plays were...
Comedies
Tragedies
Satyrs
History
11
Mask allowed actors to play many roles including...
Insects
Plants
Gods
Animals
12
Oedipus, Medea & Antigone are all famous Greek...
People
Gods
Plays
Politicians
13
Greek tragedy developed from...
oral storytelling traditions.
war stories
Sophocles
Dionysus
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The main character in Greek plays always had to face their...
Truth and Love
God
Fate or Destiny
Consequences
15
The side entrances
Skene
Theatron
Orchestra
Parados
16
Acropolis was built in...
600 AD
1900's
a day
400s BC
17
God of wine, rebirth, ecstasy, theatre, and madness is...
Zeus
Dionysus
Hades
Poseidon
18
The stage where the actors and chorus performed
Parados
Theatron
Orchestra
Skene
19
Wings of the Skene that flank the stage.
Theatron
Altar
Skene
Parascenium
20
Which is incorrect about Greek tragedies?
Feature human suffering
Written in cycles of three
has a happy ending
political or social issues told through mythology
21
Greek drama was presented at festivals honouring the God
Athena
Dionysus
Zeus
Artemis
22
Which word is not of Greek origin
Performance
Drama
Chorus
Theatre
23
Making fun of the Gods resulted in
Promotion
Death
Rewards
Exile
24
The auditorium with raked seating and excellent acoustics. Seated tens of thousands.
Theatron
Stage
Orchestra
Skene
25
The word chorus in Greek means
to dance
to follow
to be in sync
at the same time
