Overview of Greek Theater

According to Bronislav Malinowski, ____ is a statement of primeval reality which lives in the institutions and pursuits of a community.

• theater

• ritual

• play

• myth

Ritual is ______, while theater is usually _______

• sacred, secular

• quiet, noisy

• gloomy, lively

• boring, entertaining

Aeschylus' "The Persians" was based on a myth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Theater is a deliberate performance created by ____ ______ and intended for a live audience, typically making use of scripted language.

• playwrights

• poets

• live actors

• performers

Sometimes plays are performed in places that aren't the theater.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to Aristotle, "humans have an in-built desire to imitate, to act, to pretend - that's how we learn"

• imitation

• mimetic impulse

• mimic impulse

• parody

"the seeing place"

• theater

• teather

• theather

• thaeter

Theater has no definite origin theory that everyone can agree on.

• TRUE

• FALSE

______ are often ways of mediating between humans and the supernatural.

• rituals

• ritual

• theater

• play

Some theorize that some parts of theater were derived from the _____ figure, which is the secular equivalent of ______ in early societies.

• jester, actor

• father, priest

• hero, knight

• clown, shaman