Which of these are ALL mentioned in Frogs?

Battle of Arginusae, worsening coins, playwright Phrynicus,

Revelrous procession with singing, dancing and phallus waving

Who does the REAL chorus of the Frogs consist of?

initiates of the Eleusinian mysteries

Which statement doesn't apply to comedy?

it focuses of the main character's hamartia

What is one difference between tragedy and comedy

tragedy uses carefully constructed plots, comedy = working out of an idea

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1
Which of these are ALL mentioned in Frogs?
Battle of Arginusae, politician Cleophon, playwright Menander
Politician Phrynicus, tyranny of the thirty, playwright Phrynicus,
Politician Theramenes, end of Peloponnesian war in 404BC, actor Cephisophon
Battle of Arginusae, worsening coins, playwright Phrynicus,
2
Comedy chorus could be twice as big as tragedy one and could be split in half to argue between the two parts
True
False
3
What type of play is Frogs?
New Comedy
Old Comedy
Dithyramb
Satyr Play
4
Aristophanes lived a long time after Sophocles and Euripides
True
False
5
What wasn't used in comedy?
padded costumes and exaggerated masks
commentary on political issues
carefully designed plot
breaking of the fourth wall=addressing the audience directly
6
What is Komos
Prosperous area of Athens
Revelrous procession with singing, dancing and phallus waving
Part of comedy where chorus addresses audience
A religious ceremony of eating sacrificed animals
7
Who does the REAL chorus of the Frogs consist of?
inhabitants of the underworld
foreign women
initiates of the Eleusinian mysteries
some amphibians
8
How many plays did Aristophanes write?
about 40
23
11
nearly a 100
9
What god/demigod doesn't appear in Frogs?
Dionysus
Hades
Zeus
Heracles
10
Which statement doesn't apply to comedy?
audience needs to know people and events of the time it was performed in
often focused on the war, democracy, contemporary intellectual movements
not afraid to afraid to present gods as cowardly and ridiculous
it focuses of the main character's hamartia
11
What is one difference between tragedy and comedy
tragedy uses mythology, comedy doesn't
tragedy has a teaching role, comedy doesn't
tragedy is much longer than comedy
tragedy uses carefully constructed plots, comedy = working out of an idea
12
Frogs was performed soon after the death of Sophocles and Euripides
True
False
13
The name comedy (comedia) comes from Greek Komoidia which means:
being silly
happy dance
song of the komos
large gathering
14
The part of comedy where chorus directly addresses the audience is:
aulos
monody
neologism
parabasis
15
Who do we derive most of our knowledge of Old Comedy from?
Aristotle
Aeschylus
Euripides
Aristophanes

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