Test 3

Question 0

Aeschylus

Answer 0

Added a second actor; the flowering of drama

Question 1

Thespis

Answer 1

Created a principal actor and added the idea of conflict; he is called the “Father of the Drama”

Question 2

Sophacles

Answer 2

Added a third actor

One actor was the central figure; the other two actors played multiple parts

Question 3

Prologue

Answer 3

Opening speech of the principal actor

Question 4

Parados

Answer 4

The entrance of the Chorus

Question 5

Strophe

Answer 5

Chant by half the Chorus

Question 6

Antistrophe

Answer 6

Answer by the remainder of the Chorus

Question 7

Episodes

Answer 7

Body of the play

Question 8

Stasima

Answer 8

Choral odes, comments by the Chorus

Question 9

Commus

Answer 9

Alternate dialogue between the principal actor and Chorus

Question 10

Exodus

Answer 10

Departure of the chorus

Question 11

Tetralogy

Answer 11

Three serious plays followed by a satyr-play (comic)
Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone follow a plot sequence but are NOT part of the same tetralogy. There are no surviving tetralogies.

Question 12

Hubris

Answer 12

The fall that follows pride and arrogance

Question 13

Peripeteia

Answer 13

The turning point in the play

Question 14

Anagnorisis

Answer 14

The “Aha” moment of understanding

Question 15

Catharsis

Answer 15

Purging of pity and fear of the audience

Question 16

Hypocrite

Answer 16

Actors who doubled parts

Question 17

7 Objectionable Elements

Answer 17

Profanity
Scatological Realism
Erotic Realism
Specific references
Sexual Perversion
Lurid Violence
Occultism
Religious/Ethical Assumptions

Question 18

Permissivist Viewpoint

Answer 18

Everything is permissible

Question 19

Exclusivist Viewpoint

Answer 19

All objectionable elements are avoided

Question 20

Pragmatic Viewpoint

Answer 20

When practical, objectionable elements are allowed