S2S Final Review

What can the Choragus do that other chorus members cannot do?

Plays that remind us that we are responsible for our own existence are which?

The Poetics, the earliest dramatic theory, was written by which ancient Greek philosopher?

Which of Shakespeare's life events occurred on the same month and day of different years?

Who represents the people and gives background to move the plot in a Greek play?

The main ______________ in Greek tragedies stems from hubris and the gods men offend.

Well-developed characters, a strong build to the climax, & no loose ends is called what?

Harold Pinter's dialog suggests the underlying, real meaning of what a character says.

When an actor speaks directly to the audience, he is performing what?

Which of the following could not be found in Elizabethan theatres?

Scientific determinism influenced this genre?

This intimate, noncommercial theatre movement took the place of large spectacles.

Which of Shakespeare's characters speak in iambic pentameter?

Mean jokes aimed at people, ideas, or things to improve, correct, or prevent something:

Who was the first actor to step out of the chorus to speak as an individual?

This modern acting style creates life-like, honest performances.

Which of the following does NOT represent a type of Experimental Theater?

A play that motivates people to act on an idea and support a movement is called what?

Using artistic forms to create effects, rather than realistic or spontaneous action:

Crude, low comedy with lots of belly laughs and physical humor.  

The following are all types of modern what: proscenium, thrust, arena?

What is the name of a 16 lined-poem in iambic pentameter ending with a rhyming couplet?

The audience and only a few characters know something that most characters don't know.

What does Shakespeare often use to indicate a major character will exit and/or a scene change?

What device does Shakespeare use when Macbeth's witches say, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair?" 

"To begin in the middle of the action" describes which term?

Which is NOT a Greek theater tragic playwright?

Which is NOT a Shakespearean comedy?

What kind of character contrasts with and highlights qualities ofthe protagonist? 

Television program or series with serious and comic unconventional plots without laugh tracks:

Recycled story lines & characters used often in comedies & sometimes in musicals and tragedies:

When modern writers refer to Shakespeare's work they are using which literary device?

When Shakespeare's lower classes use prose, they distinguish class differences and...

Name the Greek man whose story became a trilogy about incest and fratricide.

What does an author employ when he strays away from romance toward the negative real life?

Which is not a good reason for adding stage directions to a play?

Russian theatrician who subjected acting to a rigorous artistic self-analysis & reflection:

Which god was mostly honored at Greek tragic festivals?

Comedy that focuses on a troubled love affair that wins out in the end

Which of Shakespeare's characters speak in prose?

"The frailty of women facing turmoil" is part of which of the following devices in Hamlet?

Comedy that focuses on behavior of people who violate rules of upper-class society.

Plays that reflect the beauty of nature and love employ which of these?

A playwright who resolves a problem or concludes a play miraculously employs which technique?

Emerging in the 19th Century, this popular theatre form emphasizes music and dance.

What did actors in Greek plays wear to help express mood and to amplify voices?

Aristotle's tragic heroes share all but which of these?

The alternative name for "Shakespearean" was coined because this monarch supported the arts.

Everything on the stage is from which perspective?

Which of the following were not permitted to act in Elizabethan theatres?

Shakespeare uses which lit device: "Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man?"

The play that came after a tragic trilogy to make the audience laugh was called which?

Dark, uncomfortable comedy that portrays the world as unstable and usually ends unhappily.