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How many of Lucius Seneca’s play were produced?
21
6
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9
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Is sometimes mean & strict. She is always suspicious of her husband being out with other women!
The Harsh Wife
Pair of Servants
An old man
The Courtesan
3
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) is known for his witty, simple style, and moral tone comedies?
False
True
4
Is absolutely beautiful, but has no brains what so ever who can be tricky and clever at times
The Courtesan
The Harsh Wife
A Young Lover Boy
Pair of Servants
5
At which Ancient Roman Amphitheater are there still performance held today?
Teatro Romano di Volterra
Teatro Marcello
Roman Colosseum
Verona di Arena
6
Very egotistical & is always chasing after women, He believes all women are in love with him
A Young Lover Boy
The Arrogant Soldier
An old man
Pair of Servants
7
In an aside a character, on an empty stage, speaks directly to the audience
False
True
8
How many of Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)’s plays survived?
0
21
9
6
9
Pulpitum is
The Stage
The Backdrop
The wall that is in front of the stage
The Audience seating
10
Handsome and dumb! He would not be able to survive without the help of his parents and friends.
An old man
A Young Lover Boy
The Courtesan
The Arrogant Soldier
11
How many entrances were in the Roman scaena?
5
6
2
3
12
To listen to and advise others is the role of?
A Confidant
A Courtesan
An Emperor
A Hypogeum
13
Cavea is….
Anaudience seating area
Apassage situated below a tier of seats in an amphitheatre
Anarched Entry to Orchestra
The area below the arena floor
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Orchestra is…..
Used mainly for high authority seating
A colonnade at the entrance of a building
Arched Entry to Orchestra
The Stage
15
Aditus Maximus is
An audience seating area a
The area below the arena floor
A passage below a tier of seats in an amphitheatre
An arched Entry to Orchestra
16
Lucius Seneca divided his plays into how many acts?
4
5
3
2
17
Vomitoria is….
An arched Entry to Orchestra
A passage situated below or behind a tier of seats
An audience seating area
The area below the arena floor
18
One smart, the other less smart. The source of most of the humor
The Arrogant Soldier
The Harsh Wife
Pair of Servants
The Courtesan
19
Greek Theatre and Roman Theatre are exactly the same
True
False
20
Sometimes he is silly, sometimes foolish, over protective of his daughters.
The Harsh Wife
The Arrogant Soldier
A Young Lover Boy
An old man
21
In a soliloquy a character speaks to the audience, but the other characters are on stage
True
False
22
Proscaenium is…..
A colonnade at the entrance of a building
The elaborately decorated background
The Stage
A wall that supported the front edge of the stage
23
Porticus post scaenam is ……
A wall that supported the front edge of the stage
The elaborately decorated background
The Stage
A colonnade at the entrance of a building
24
The Roman Philosopher that believed comedy and tragedy should be distinct forms?
Socrates
Aristotle
Horace
Plato
25
What main Greek playwright did Lucius Seneca borrow his stories from?
Euripides
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Aeschylus
26
How many plays of Lucius Seneca (ca. 5 BCE - 65 CE) survived?
0
6
21
9
27
Titus Plautus (254 to 184 BCE) is known for his farcical comedies
True
False
28
Three of the six major characteristics of Lucius Seneca’s dramas are?
violent action, unity of time and place, 3 acts
elaborate rhetorical speeches, dominated by 1passion, 3 acts
violent action, unity of time/place, dominated by 1 passion
elaborate rhetorical speeches, moral philosopher, 3 acts
29
The Menaechmi is one the best know Roman Comedies. William Shakespeare borrowed this play?
The 12th Night
Comedy of Errors
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Pot of Gold
30
Scaenae frons is...
A colonnade at the entrance of a building
A wall that supported the front edge of the stage
The Stage
The elaborately decorated background
31
How many of Titus Plautus’ plays survived?
0
21
9
6
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Hypogeum is
The area below the arena floor
An arched Entry to Orchestra
A passage below a tier of seats in an amphitheatre
An audience seating area
