Review for Test one

1. Review for Test one Greeks, Romans and Conventions

2. Sophocles is know for writing which play: • Oresteia • Medea • Lysistrata • Oedipus Rex

3. The orchestra that was originally used in Greek Drama was • A tent or building to change masks in • The aisle that the audience entered and exited through • The flat circular space at the foot of a hill • Where the audience sat

4. The flaw that a hero had in Greek Tragedies was called: • Hamartia • Hubris • Oresteia • Thespis

5. The book that had “rules” for creating good Greek Drama was • The Poetics • Oedipus Rex • Aeschylus • Parados

6. This playwright was a rival of Aristophanes and won many dramatic contests: • Euripedes • Aristotle • Sophocles • Aeschylus

7. The parados in Greek Theatre is • A tent or building to change masks in • The aisle that the audience entered and exited through • The flat circular space at the foot of a hill • Where the audience sat

8. Hubris is the most common hamartia. What is another term for hubris? • Envy • Greed • Pride • Sloth

9. Greek plays were funded by the polis. Who was the polis? • Church • Government • Private investors • Playwrights

10. Theatron is which part of the traditional Greek Theatre? • A tent or building to change masks in • The aisle that the audience entered and exited through • The flat circular space at the foot of a hill • Where the audience sat

11. The first actor to step out from the chorus was named? • Thespis • Aristotle • Sophocles • Aeschylus

12. Aristotle wrote in Poetics that that a plot was • A mystery that a person must solve • the series of actions in the story • an essential element of good Drama • both B & C

13. The Greeks used the skene for what purpose? • A tent or building to change masks in • The aisle that the audience entered and exited through • The flat circular space at the foot of a hill • Where the audience sat

14. Action movies rely on what essential element of drama? • Character • Plot • Spectacle • Music

15. Tragi-comedy is the genre • Most like life • That is ludicrous or absurd • The hero always dies • Where the hero is a victim of circumstance

16. Who was the god of wine and fertility? • Thespis • Aristotle • Sophocles • Dionysius

17. Melodrama is a Greek genre that is most like • Disney Cartoons • CSI • Grey’s Anatomy • American Idol

18. The group of men and boys that performed with the actor in Greek Theatre, but was abolished in Roman Drama. • Orchestra • Chorus • Skene • Parados

19. Aristotle wrote that diction is • The language the playwright uses • The genre most plays written • All the visual elements of the play • the music and underscore of the play

20. Which conflict is an internal conflict? • Human vs. Human • Human vs. Nature • Human vs. Society • Human vs. Self

21. Thought is essential to Greek Drama, since all plays were to have a purpose. What is another term for Thought? • Hamartia • Hubris • Theme • Thespis

22. Comedy is the genre • Most like life • That is ludicrous or absurd • The hero always dies • Where the hero is a victim of circumstance

23. The Romans increased this activity on stage • Violence • Romance • Oratory • Cause and Effect

24. The Romans played music under the action of the play. We call this • Overture • Soundtrack • Underscore • Interludes

25. The hero of a Greek tragedy always • Lived • Takes responsibility for his actions • Kills a monster • Is afraid and pitiful

26. The Romans created a street front scene on the upstage building. What did they call the building? • Seneca • Plautus • Dues ex Machina • Scaenae Frons

27. Why do we watch Movies, TV and Plays? • Conflict • Language • Theme • All of the above

28. The main character of the play is called • Antagonist • Character • Diction • Protagonist

29. The invisible fourth wall is called • Proscenium • Parados • Onstage • Orchestra

30. Monologue is a • Long speech that a character delivers while other characters are onstage • a long speech by a character onstage by themselves • a conversation between characters • the lines the chorus performed

31. A stage with audience around 3 sides is called • Arena Stage • Black Box or Flexible Stage • Proscenium Stage • Thrust Stage

32. “To be or not to be. . .” is an example of what kind of writing • Dialogue • Monologue • Soliloquy • Pantomime

33. Aristotle diagrammed unified plot with • Conflict, resolution • Beginning, middle, end • Exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

34. Who explained the unified plot further? • Aeschylus • Aristophanes • Freytag • Plautus

35. In melodrama the _____ are always rewarded, and the ____ are always punished. • Bad, good • Evil, innocent • Godly, sinful • Good characters, bad characters

36. The basketball court in Freedom Hall is an example of what kind of staging? • Proscenium Stage • Flexible or Black Box Stage • Thrust Stage • Arena Stage

37. Many caper movies like Ocean’s Eleven focus on what element of drama? • Character • Theme • Song / Music • Plot

38. The Poetics written by Aristotle outlined six elements of Greek drama. • List 5 of the 6 elements • Define the five you listed • Categorize a movie for each of the five you listed that focuses on that element.

39. Our auditorium is built as a traditional Proscenium Stage theatre. • Draw the stage as if you are looking down from the ceiling and label the wings, proscenium, audience, and back stage. • Draw a square on stage left, a triangle stage right, and a circle upstage center, and a star downstage center. • If you were directing the play Romeo and Juliet, where on the stage would you have the climactic death of Romeo and Juliet? • Why would you place the scene there?

40. Aristotle wrote that conflict was the reason we watch plays. • List the four types of conflict • Describe each of the four types • Categorize a movie for each type of conflict

41. I hope you paid attention.