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Plautus Flashcards

1
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Plautus derives from the Umbrian Plotus, what does Plotus mean?

A

Flat-footed or big-eared

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What is Plautus’ full name

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Titus Maccius Plautus or Marcus Accius/Attius Plautus

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3
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Where was Plautus born

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Sarsina, Umbria

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4
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When did Plautus die, obtained by Cicero

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184 BC

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5
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When approximately was Plautus born

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255-250 BC

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6
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What were production notices equipped with lists of the characters called

A

didascalia

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7
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How many extant Plautine plays are there

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21

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8
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of Asses

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Asinaria

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9
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant the Comedy of the Pot or The Pot of Gold

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Aulularia

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10
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Prisoners or The Captives

A

Captivi

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11
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Chest

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Cistellaria

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12
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Ghost

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Mostellaria

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13
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Braggart Soldier

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Miles Gloriosus

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14
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Merchant

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Mercator

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15
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Man from Carthage

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Poenulus

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16
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Persian

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Persa

17
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Three Coins

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Trinummus

18
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Satchel

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Vidularia

19
Q

Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Cable or The Rope

A

Rudens

20
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Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Weevil

A

Curculio

21
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Other Plautus plays that you need to know

A

Amphitruo, Casina, Epidicus, Bacchides, Menaechmi, Pseudolus, Stichus, and Truculentus

22
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When was Stichus staged for the first time

A

200 BC

23
Q

Which of Plautus’ plays is the longest and has 1,437 verses

A

Miles Gloriosus

24
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Which play of Plautus is the shortest and has 729 verses

A

Curculio

25
Q

Which play of Plautus is the only to have a mythological subject

A

Amphitruo

26
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When was Pseudolus first staged

A

191 BC

27
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What work of Menander’s is Plautus’ Bacchides based on

A

Dis Exapaton

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