Greek Theater

Question 1

Means “place of seeing”, but it is more than the buildings where performance takes place.

Answer 1

Theater

Question 2

Who are the three well-known Greek tragedy playwrights?

Answer 2

Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus

Question 3

Who said, “Experience travel – these are as education in themselves.”? (This question is so useless ugh)

Answer 3

Euripides

Question 4

Who said, “Always desire to learn something useful”? (Seriously, it this even beneficial to our future?? Knowing who said these quotes??)

Answer 4

Sophocles

Question 5

Who said, “Memory is the mother of all wisdom”?

Answer 5

Aeschylus

Question 6

What are the three types of drama?

Answer 6

Tragedy, Comedy, Satyr

Question 7

Is a compound of two Greek words, “tragos” meaning “goat” and “ode” meaning song, referring to goats sacrificed to Dionysus before performances, or to goat-skins worn by the performers.

Answer 7

Tragedy

Question 8

Was the most admired type of play

Answer 8

Tragedy

Question 9

It dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.

Answer 9

Tragedy

Question 10

Who is the first actor and introduced the use of masks and was called as the “Father of Tragedy”?

Answer 10

Thespis (according to sir)

Question 11

Were driven from imitation; there were no traces of origin

Answer 11

Comedy

Question 12

Who wrote most of the comedy plays?

Answer 12

Aristophanes

Question 13

A humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in Greece.

Answer 13

Lysistrata

Question 14

What did Euripides wrote which is an adventurous comedy?

Answer 14

Cyclops

Question 15

Contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood or serious play with a happy ending.

Answer 15

Satyr (according to sir, this is the correct spelling)

Question 16

This play is a short, lighthearted tailpiece performed

Answer 16

Satyr

Question 17

It is an ancient Greek form of tragic comedy

Answer 17

Satyr

Question 18

This featured half-man/half-goat characters known as Satyrs. They were awful, ridiculous, and usually drunk.

Answer 18

Satyr

Question 19

A large, open-air structure constructed on the slopes of a hill. It consists of three main elements: the orchestra, the skene, and the audience

Answer 19

Theater

Question 20

A large, circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theater, where the play, dance, religious rites, and acting took place.

Answer 20

Orchestra

Question 21

Viewing place on the slope of the hill

Answer 21

Theatron

Question 22

The stage.

Answer 22

Skene

Question 23

The side entrance.

Answer 23

Parados

Question 24

When did this start?

Answer 24

700 BCE - 410 CE

Question 25

A three-legged furniture that serves as a trophy in the modern times, displayed on monuments that surround the theater

Answer 25

Tripod

Question 26

Painted panels which serve as scenic elements and are placed in front of openings

Answer 26

Pinakes

Question 27

A crane which is used to make an actor appear that he is flying

Answer 27

Mechane

Question 28

A platform used wheel in a dead character for the audience to see.

Answer 28

Ekkyklema

Question 29

Are masks that had exaggerated facial expressions

Answer 29

Prosopon

Question 30

Which Euripides wrote, which is a Greek mythological tale of a wife taking revenge against a cheating husband.

Answer 30

Medea

Question 31

Written by Aeschylus, it is a tragedy about the curse that befall the house of Atreus

Answer 31

Oresteia

Question 32

One of the most important plays done during the Greek era which was written by Sophocles

Answer 32

Oedipus Rex