Greek Theater Quiz Review

Vocab

100

This is the most common hamartia; this means excessive arrogance or pride

hubris

200

This is the adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct.

Honor

300

This could mean mortal enemy or a fate that cannot be escaped

Nemesis

400

This is an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

Conscience

500

This is the public, non-violent and purposeful breach of law

Civil disobedience

Greek Society

100

This is the name of the ancient citadel located in the heart of Athens; it is one of the most famous and iconic archaeological sites of the world

The Acropolis

200

This is a term to describe a person of the theater; it originates from the legendary Thespis, the first person to take on a character's role to tell a story. 

Thespian

300

This is the wise protector goddess to whom the Acropolis is dedicated.

Athena

400

Ancient Greeks believed this was a human right, and it was needed for a soul to be put to rest and enter the Underworld

A proper burial

500

This is the kind of government under which the arts in Athens flourished and the demos took control of the gov't

Democracy

Greek Theater

100

In ancient Greek theater, this was the name of the stage where the actors would perform

Orchestra

200

In ancient Greek theater, this was the name of the back building that hung painted panels (aka the first backdrop)

Skene

300

This group of performers would sing, chant and dance in unison; they would comment upon the action of the play

Chorus

400

These were used to amplify actor's voices, to make character emotional states more visible and to allow actors to play multiple roles

masks

500

Which type of play came first to Greek theater?

tragedy

Dionysia

100

This is the ancient Greek city-state that would hold the festival Dionysia

Athens

200

To the Greeks, theater was religious in nature because it was a celebration of this god.

Dionysus

300

During Dionysia, plays would be put on in this theater featured in the acropolis

The theater of Dionysus

400

This is how the Greeks kept a unity of place in their plays

One setting

500

This is the number of tragedies a playwright would have to submit to be a contestant in Dionysia

Three (3)

Tragedy & Antigone Intro

100

In tragedies, who would bring about suffering in ways that men cannot understand nor control?

the gods

200

This author of Antigone wrote 120 plays in his lifetime, yet only 7 plays survive in full to this day

Sophocles

300

This causes a tragic hero's downfall

Their tragic flaw or mistake

400

This is the name of the scene in Greek Theater in which the conflict of the play is introduced

Prologue

500

These are the two emotions that a tragedy evoke in it's audience.

Pity and Fear