History Of Theater

Question 1

Greek God of wine and fertility

Answer 1

Dinoysus

Question 2

Group of chanters that dance around altar

Answer 2

Greek chorus

Question 3

First actor as performed dialogue to chorus

Answer 3

Thespis

Question 4

Name of actors during time of Thespis

Answer 4

Thespian

Question 5

Ritualistic chant by goat singers

Answer 5

Tragos

Question 6

Plays with tragic and comedy elements

Answer 6

Tragicomedies

Question 7

Circled area in middle of theater where chorus would dance

Answer 7

Orchestra

Question 8

Small hut where actors changed mask and costume

Answer 8

Skene

Question 9

Crane hoist device that made actors look like flying

Answer 9

Machina

Question 10

“God From Machine”

Answer 10

Deus Ex Machina

Question 11

3 plays related in theme

Answer 11

Trilogy

Question 12

Plays where actors read out rather than act out

Answer 12

Closet dramas

Question 13

Added the third actor, introduced dramatic action “one of the greatest playwrights of all time”

Answer 13

Sophocles

Question 14

Written in dramatic form producing dramatic presentations

Answer 14

Book of job

Question 15

Writer of warrior plays, introduced second actor, reduced chorus to 12

Answer 15

Aeschylus

Question 16

Chief writer of Old Comedy, gave way to sentimental comedy based on love story

Answer 16

Aristophanes

Question 17

Roman comedy writer that stood out when country had no theaters

Answer 17

Plautus

Question 18

Playwright that emphasized human relationships in plays, master of patrons, humans sorrow, and depression

Answer 18

Euripides

Question 19

Tragedy of Oedipus’s daughter and 2 brothers

Answer 19

Antigone

Question 20

Story of man in search of truth, known as most powerful play of dramatic irony

Answer 20

Oepidus Tyrannus

Question 21

Greek trilogy telling story of Agamemnon children

Answer 21

Orestia

Question 22

Writer influenced by new comedy, created comedies that seemed gentle compare to Aristophanes

Answer 22

Menander

Question 23

Kept drama alive after fall of Roman Empire using dancing, singing, juggling, acrobatics and marionette shows

Answer 23

Wandering players and minstrels