M1- Greek drama - Ass.1

Question 1

While being of equal value to epic, tragedy surpasses epic in:

a. its more compressed format than long epics
b. all of the above
c. its grander style of writing and presenting
d. its more realistic presentation of life

Answer 1

a. its more compressed format than long epics.

Question 2

The leader of the Chorus is called

Answer 2

Choragos

Question 3

The part where the characters speak to one another.

Answer 3

Episodia

Question 4

He is said to be the “the first to build the towering words of tragedy”

Answer 4

Aeschylus

Question 5

Chapter 26 of the Poetics is one of the most interesting moments because of

Answer 5

the de-throning of Homer

Question 6

Of the six fundamental parts of tragedy which is the least essential to the art of poetry?

Answer 6

Opsis

Question 7

The dialogue where Plato refuted Aristotle’s concept of poetry.

Answer 7

The Republic

Question 8

Historians believed that realistic props were used in Greek theater

T or F

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What would keep the protagonist on a human plane?

Answer 9

hamartia

Question 10

The building that serves as a rest room or dressing room.

Answer 10

Skene

Question 11

A stylized mask is called

Answer 11

Persona

Question 12

The works submitted by the dramatists were evaluated by commoners or ordinary Greek citizens

T or F

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Aristotle said that poetic mimesis is imitation of things as they are, and not as they could be.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Backdrops in ancient drama were most likely decorative than realistic.

T or F

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The emotions of the actors were conveyed more by gestures than by actions.

T or F

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Aristotle insisted that reading alone is enough condition for tragedy to achieve all its effects.

T or F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

For Plato mimesis is something inferior and disreputable, something one must avoid.

T or F

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Tragedy is an imitation of men, of happiness and misery.

T or F

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Alleged “founder” of tragedy in B.C

Answer 19

THESPIS

Question 20

How are the emotions of pity and fear achieved?:

a. Through some error or frailty of the character
b. through the character’s tragic flaw
c. alteration in the status of the protagonist
d. through the nobility of character of the tragic hero

Answer 20

c. alteration in the status of the protagonist

Question 21

The part in which an actor gave the background that the audience needed to follow the rest of the play.

Answer 21

Prologos

Question 22

The incidents and the plot are not the end of the tragedy, and the end is the chief thing of all.

T or F

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The purpose of action in tragedy is the representation of character.

T or F

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The part where the conflict was resolved.

Answer 24

Exodos