Chapter 11 Quiz Munise
Who wrote Lysistrata?
Aristophanes
The choregus is the lead actor in a Greek drama.
False
A ________ dramatizes a series of biblical events.
Mystery Play
Which of the following added a second actor to the play, starting drama as we now know it?
Aeschylus
Who is considered the first important Greek dramatist?
Aeschylus
Who wrote Oresteia?
Aeschylus
Who wrote Old Comedy, which made fun of social, political, or cultural conditions?
Aristophanes
Of the following, who is considered the most modern?
Euripedes
Which of the following demonstrated a skeptical attitude toward the gods?
Euripedes
Which of the following was considered to be most rebellious?
Euripedes
Which of the following is noted for his sympathetic portrayal of female characters?
Euripides
Comedies written by Plautus were quite similar to the Old Comedy written by Aristophanes.
False
Old Comedy dealt with romantic and domestic problems.
False
The Golden Age of Greece took place in the second century A.D.
False
The Greek amphitheatre is the first example of a proscenium theatre space.
False
The first significant dramatic criticism, The Poetics, was written by Horace.
False
The god Dionysus, to whom the Greek dramatic festivals were dedicated, was the god of war, death, and chastity.
False
Thespis is considered the first playwright.
False
He states in Ars Poetica that drama should both teach a lesson and entertain.
Horace
Which of the following is the author of Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry)?
Horace
________ uses religious characters and religious themes to teach a lesson.
Morality play
A ________ dramatizes the lives of saints.
Mystery play
Who wrote The Menaechmi?
Platapus
Although ________ used a chorus in his plays, it did not play an integral part.
Seneca
Whose tragedies were similar to those of the Greeks, except that they were considerably more violent?
Seneca
Which of the following added a third actor to the play?
Sophacles
The comic playwright whose style is more literary and less exaggerated than that of the other Roman comic playwrights is
Terence
Despite the popularity of medieval religious drama, secular theatre and drama also existed in the Middle Ages.
True
The speeches of the Greek chorus were sung and danced
True
The three great Greek tragic playwrights are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
True
