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Study Guide Answers
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1.
What is the original meaning of the term "drama?"
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a thing done |
2.
What is the original meaning of the term "theatre?"
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a seeing place |
3.
How were the satyrs depicted in Greek art?
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half man, half goat |
4.
What were Dionysus's mad women followers called?
a. Panickers b. Maenads c. Dramaturges d. the Muses
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b. Maenads |
5.
Where were the early celebratory dances in honor of Dionysus held?
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threshing floors |
6.
The term ,"comedy," derives from the Greek for "song of revel.ä" True or false?
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true |
7.
What did the word, "tragedy," originally mean?
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goat song |
8.
Which form of drama (comedy or tragedy) originated from springtime celebrations?
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tragedy |
9.
Which form of drama (comedy or tragedy) originated from winter celebrations?
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comedy |
10.
What were the hymns that celebrated Dionysus's life and adventures called?
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dithyrambs |
11.
Which Greek city converted the old rural festivals into dramatic spectacles?
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Athens |
12.
Which dramatist introduced a second actor to Greek drama?
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Aeschylus |
13.
Which Greek dramatist added a third actor and reduced the role of the chorus in the tragedy?
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Sophocles |
14.
Which Greek dramatist wrote to encourage social reform, while making fun of the gods?
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Euripides |
15.
What was performed following the tragic trilogy, in order to provide comic relief?
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a satyr play |
16.
What was the original prize for the best tragic trilogy in the Athenian festival?
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a goat |
17.
How many people did the theatre of Dionysus at Athens hold?
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17,000 |
18.
Athen's drama season lasted from spring through summer to take advantage of vacationing tourists from other Greek cities. True or false?
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false |
19.
Music was an essential part of Greek drama. True or false?
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true |
20.
How did the audience know whom the members of the small, all-male casts were supposed to be representing?
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The performers wore large masks. |
21.
Greek theatres evolved from the origin of presenting entertainment on rural threshing floors.
True or false?
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true |
22.
To make viewing better for the most people, where were Greek theatres usually built?
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into hillsides |
23.
What was the "viewing place" of the early theatres called?
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theatron |
24.
Where did the chorus sing and dance?
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orchestra |
25.
The small hut where actors costumed themselves eventually developed into a stage. True or false?
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true |
26.
Why were all people expected to attend the theatre?
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religion |
27.
The theatre was one of the few public spectacles open to women. True or false?
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true |
28.
What did spectators wear in honor of Dionysus?
a.) laurel wreaths b.) bay leaves c.) sprigs of hawthorn d.) shamrocks
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b. bay leaves |
29.
theatre was considered to be so important that tickets were bought for poor people, thus ensuring that they could attend. True or false?
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true |
30.
In addition to helping to identify characters, what other function did the large masks serve?
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They served as megaphones. |
31.
Who modified the Greek theatres for gladiatorial contests?
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the Romans |
32.
Who was honored at the theatre of Epidaurus?
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Asclepias, god of medicine |
33.
Some ancient Greek theatres are still preserved well enough to permit modern performances. True or false?
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true |
34.
Would a circular orchestra indicate predominantly Greek or Roman styling?
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Greek |
35.
Some ancient theatres even included loudspeaker systems. True or false?
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true |
36.
The Romans usually built their theatres in the center of their towns. True or false?
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true |
37.
Would the Greek or Roman theatres be considered more religious-oriented?
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Greek |
38.
Where did later Western drama resurface, after a long dark age following the fall of the Roman Empire?
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churches |
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