Greek Drama Quiz Block 3

Greek drama was presented exclusively at festivals honoring ___________.

• Odysseus

• Dionysus

• Athena

• Zeus

Roles were played by both males and females.

• True

• False

The Greek chorus wore these to display emotion.

• crowns

• sandals

• togas

• masks

Antigone is a Greek

• tragedy

• comedy

• romance

• horror story

___________ is the author of Antigone.

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Plato

This causes a purging of emotions -

• Catharsis

• Episode

• Prologue

• Pathos

The tragic figure should possess a _________.

• child

• husband

• tragic flaw

• power

Sophocles wrote ________ tragedies about King Oedipus and his family.

• two

• three

• five

• ten

Which dysfunctional family member married his mother?

• Laius

• Polynices

• Creon

• Oedipus

Where the audience sits

• theatron

• skene

• orchestra

• parados