5.01 Greek Theatre

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Greek Theatre Review 1

Answer the following questions to test your understanding of Greek theatre.

1. God of wine and the grape harvest
   
   1. Thymele
   2. Thespis
   3. Archon
   4. Dionysus
   
   Answer: d. Dionysus



2. Where the action of the play takes place
   
   1. Thymele
   2. Orchestra
   3. Parados
   4. Chorus
   
   Answer: b. Orchestra



3. The altar to Dionysus
   
   1. Thymele
   2. Parados
   3. Thespis
   4. Chorus
   
   Answer: a. Thymele



4. A group of chanters
   
   1. Chorus
   2. Orchestra
   3. Parados
   4. Orchestra
   
   Answer: a. Chorus



5. The word for "goat-songs”
   
   1. Theatron
   2. Archon
   3. Thespis
   4. Tragos
   
   Answer: d. Tragos



6. The first actor
   
   1. Thespis
   2. Dionysus
   3. Periatoi
   4. Thymele
   
   Answer: a. Thespis



7. The two entrances for the chorus
   
   1. Skene
   2. Parados
   3. Periatoi
   4. Theatron
   
   Answer: b. Parados



8. Word for "seeing place”
   
   1. Periatoi
   2. Skene
   3. Theatron
   4. Archon
   
   Answer: c. Theatron



9. A dressing room
   
   1. Pinakes
   2. Stasimon
   3. Skene
   4. Theatron
   
   Answer: c. Skene



10. The saying "god from the machine”
    
    1. Deus ex Machina
    2. Vini Vidi Vici
    3. Exodus ex Machina
    4. Carpe Diem
    
    Answer: a. Deus ex Machina

You've completed this review of Greek theatre! Understanding Greek theatre is important to the understanding of theatre today.