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Primitive And Greek Theater Quiz
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1) How have people discovered what they do know about primitive tribes?
A
Through scripts
B
Through written records
C
Through cave drawings
D
Through word of mouth
2) Why do we know so little about primitive tribes?
A
Because all of the scripts/records were lost
B
Because it was before writing
C
Because they wanted to keep their traditions a secret
3) Theater is based off of this thing, a thing that results in most of our learning
A
acting
B
imitating
C
reading
D
writing
4) What is a ritual?
A
A tribal dance
B
Something performed repeatedly in exactly the same way.
C
Someone who oversees tribal events and holds a high position in the tribe
D
The act of performing a play
5) What is imitation?
A
Cave drawings
B
Copying a person's action
C
A religious ceremony performed in ancient tribes that is repeated many times
D
A written record
6) When did Greek Theater begin?
A
12,000 years ago
B
400 years ago
C
7,000 years ago
D
2,500 years ago
7) Who is the god of Greek wine that religious festivals honored?
A
Socrates
B
Plato
C
Thespis
D
Dionysus
8) The earliest plays were stories told by
A
Famous actors
B
A single person
C
A chorus of men
D
A whole festival
9) Who was the first actor?
A
A Chorus
B
Shakespeare
C
Thespis
D
Plato
10) What are actors called?
A
Actors
B
Thespians
C
Performers
D
Speakers
11) How did actors play many different roles?
A
They wore masks for each different character
B
They performed behind a curtain so that the audience could not see the characters
C
They only played one role per actor
D
They had a lot of actors playing different roles
12) What are the two types of Greek plays?
A
Tragedy and Drama
B
Comedy and Tragedy
C
Drama and Romance
D
Romance and Comedy
13) What is a Comedy?
A
A dramatic play
B
A serious play
C
A suspenseful drama with a cliff hanger ending
D
Light, humorous drama with a happy ending
14) What is a tragedy?
A
A horror themed drama
B
A drama in which the main character suffers a disastrous end
C
A suspenseful drama with a cliff hanger ending
D
A happy, light-hearted drama
15) What type of play made fun of greek legends?
A
Comedy
B
Tragedy
C
Satire
D
Horror
16) Who became the first literary critic?
A
Socrates
B
Plato
C
Aristotle
D
Shakespeare
17) What is the Skene?
A
The dressing room behind stage
B
The place where the orchestra played
C
The front of the stage
D
The place where the audience sits
18) What is the Orchestra?
A
Between the skene and the orchestra, from which developed what we now call the stage
B
Two broad isles that extended from the orchestra on each side of the theatron
C
A circular space at the foot of a hill which was a level structure where the ceremony took place
D
The setting, seeing place, the entire area
19) What is the Arados
A
Two broad isles that extended from the orchestra on each side of the theatron
B
Circular space at the foot of a hill which was a level structure where the ceremony took place
C
A building where the actors could change costume and often provided the backdrop of the play
D
Between the skene and the orchestra, from which developed what we now call the stage
20) What is the Proskenion?
A
Circular space at the foot of a hill which was a level structure where the ceremony took place
B
The setting, seeing place, the entire area
C
Between the skene and the orchestra, from which developed what we now call the stage
D
A building where the actors could change costume and often provided the backdrop of the play
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