Theatre 2: Unit 2 Test

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

What was the prize of the Festival of Dionysus?

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is dianoia?

Thespian, meaning actor, is derived from who?

Who added the third actor to the stage?

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

How many periods is Greek Comedy broken into?

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

Describe the Story of Antiogone

Who is considered the father of tragedy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What Greek City was a dominant military power?

Which comedy has been lost?

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is mythos?

Where did the audience sit in Greek Theatre?

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

Which comedy was mostly political satire with sexual innuendo?

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

How long did the Festival of Dionysus last?

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

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

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

What is an alter that was in the orchestra?

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is ethos?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is melos?

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is opsis?

What does the word tragedy mean?

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

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

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is lexis?

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

What did Ancient Greek literature focus primarily on?

True or False: Greek plays always used a chorus.

Who is the father of comedy?