Theatre 2: Unit 2 Test

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is melos?

Who is the God of wine, fertility, divine madness, and later theatre?

Who added the second character to allow for conflict and dialogue. 

Who was the first Actor to step out of the chorus?

What does the word tragedy mean?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is opsis?

What was the prize of the Festival of Dionysus?

What was a hut or building at the back of the playing space called?

What did the Greeks view as the best subject for art? Most statues resemble this. 

What was a crane that lowered the gods from the heavens to resolve unsolvable problems?

Thespian, meaning actor, is derived from who?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is ethos?

What was a rolling platform used to reveal something that happened offstage?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is mythos?

What is an alter that was in the orchestra?

Which comedy has been lost?

Who wrote Medea? Not MA to the **** dea...

What festival was celebrated in the spring at the equinox, a time often associated with fertility?

What did actors wear to transform into women, heroes, an old man, a lusty satyr, or a god?

What was the dancing place, and also a semicircular area where the action took place?

What was a half-circle, open-air venue that sat thousands of people for performances?

What play by Euripides is the only surviving complete satyr play?

Which comedy has the most modern feel with its focus on situations of the people?

Who is the father of comedy?

What is a choric hymn accompanied by a dance and became the basis for the chorus in classic Greek plays?

Who is costumed and masked the same, and spoke in unison that narrates and comments on the story in a Greek play?

Plays were performed throughout the day featuring a trilogy (3) of what?

Describe the Story of Antiogone

How long did the Festival of Dionysus last?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is lexis?

What Greek City was known as the Cradle of Democracy, and the center of power, science, art, and philosophy? 

Which comedy was mostly political satire with sexual innuendo?

Where did the audience sit in Greek Theatre?

Who is considered the father of tragedy?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is dianoia?

What festival on the countryside celebrated wine, turning of the year, and the promise of spring?

What did Ancient Greek literature focus primarily on?

True or False: Greek plays always used a chorus.

What festival featured three plays with a mythos-based story line, plus a humorous satyr play?

What Greek City was a dominant military power?

What is half man, half beast known for rude behavior and companion of Dionysus?

What is the original Greek word for Comedy, meaning merrymaking singer?

True or False: Masks worn by actors were made of marble and terra-cotta clay.

Who added the third actor to the stage?

How many periods is Greek Comedy broken into?

What is a passageway that the chorus used to enter and exit on either side of the skene?