English II Test - Drama

Everyman is a(n)...

- allegory - morality play

_______________________ openly ridiculed Greek gods in his comedies.

Aristophanes

___________________ was the least popular of the great Greek playwrights during his lifetime.

Euripides

A prototype is a kind of liturgical play. True or False?

False

Knowledge and Everyman step into the grave together. True or False?

False

The great Greek dramatists imitated their Roman predecessors. True or False?

False

______________ Wrote tragedies in Rome.

Seneca

___________________ had involved plots and emphasized internal struggles.

Sophocles

______________ was a freed Roman slave.

Terence

_______________ was the more sophisticated of the Roman writers of comedy.

Terence

Early church plays were used by priests to explain the meaning of hymns and Bible stories. True or False?

True

The Quem Quaeritis was an early liturgical play. True or False?

True

The climax of Everyman is reached when Knowledge leads Everyman to Confession. True or False?

True

cleansing of emotions =

catharsis

The group of twelve or more singers and dancers commenting on the action of a Greek play is called the _____________

chorus

English drama began in the _____________

church

the highest point of rising action =

climax

The explicit moral of Everyman is how to _______________

die well

when the audience knows what the characters do not know =

dramatic irony

the ending of a play =

epilogue

Attempts to instruct and edify the audience as well as entertain it by presenting a story with a Christian moral were called __________________________.

morality plays

Plays that dramatized Biblical events were called __________________________.

mystery plays

A play presented without words is known as a(n) _________________

pantomime

a literary work imitating the style of another =

parody

the introduction to a play =

prologue

The main character of a play is called the __________________

protagonist

Words that may have several meanings in a humorous situation are called _________.

puns

plot structure =

pyramid-shaped

A long monologue in which the actor is alone on stage is known as a(n) ________________

soliloquy

a play dealing with a serious subject =

tragedy

The main character having a flaw, error, weakness, or vice that brings about his downfall is the ___________________

tragic hero