Theatre 2: Unit 2 Test

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

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is dianoia?

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

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

Which comedy has been lost?

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is opsis?

How long did the Festival of Dionysus last?

Thespian, meaning actor, is derived from who?

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

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

Who is considered the father of tragedy?

Who added the third actor to the stage?

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

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

Who is the father of comedy?

What was the prize of the Festival of Dionysus?

What is an alter that was in the orchestra?

True or False: Greek plays always used a chorus.

How many periods is Greek Comedy broken into?

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

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

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is lexis?

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

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is ethos?

Which comedy was mostly political satire with sexual innuendo?

What did Ancient Greek literature focus primarily on?

What Greek City was a dominant military power?

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

Where did the audience sit in Greek Theatre?

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

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

Describe the Story of Antiogone

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is melos?

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

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

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

According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is mythos?

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

What does the word tragedy mean?

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

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