Greek Comedy
Greek and Roman Comedy
Greece and Rome
Roman Theater
Potpourri
100
Which is closest to Mardi Gras today? A Parabasis, a Komoidia, a Lenaia, or a Dionysia?
A Komoidia
100
Which playwright was admired by John Adams for his poetry and morality?
Terence
100
Which event survived in performance the longest: the Dionysia, the Lenaia, the Naumachiae, or Roman Tragedies?
The lenaia.
100
Who may have been the first playwright of color in the Western canon?
Terence
100
True or False: Three different Roman Emperors ordered Seneca the Younger to commit suicide.
True
200
A parabasis is a conversation between an actor and ____________.
The audience.
200
Who won the most dramatic competitions: Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, or Terence?
Menander
200
Who is this guy taking a sword from Orlando Bloom in the 2004 movie Troy?
Aeneas
200
What was the most sexually explicit form of Roman performance?
Mime
200
Which God taught Bharati Muni the principles of theatre?
Brahma
300
Who used the chorus in the most interesting and significant ways: Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, or Terence?
Aristophanes
300
Which came First in Ancient Rome: Communism, The Republic, Imperialism, or Fascism?
The Republic
300
Who is this building named after?
Pompey
300
Which is the longest: the Natyasastra, the Poetics, the Republic, or the Oresteia?
The Natyasastra.
400
Who wrote the most plays that directly influenced Shakespeare and Moliere: Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, or Terence?
Plautus
400
How did the Romans make their buildings so much taller than the Greeks? (2 acceptable answers)
Arches and Concrete!
400
Plautus got his start in theatre as a/an____________.
Carpenter.
400
Seneca was a foundational figure in which Philosophical belief system?
Stoicism.
500
Which playwright covered current events the most: Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, or Terence?
Aristophanes
500
True or False: The Circus Maximus had the highest capacity of any sporting arena for nearly 2,000 years.
True.
500
TRUE or FALSE: For centuries, most scholars believed that Seneca's plays were not performed during his lifetime.
True
600
Which playwright developed a fierce rivalry with Philemon for festival wins and romantic interests?
Menander
600
1.) Put the four comic playwrights in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST (MOST ANCIENT to MOST RECENT):
Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence