Chapter 11 Quiz Munise

The speeches of the Greek chorus were sung and danced

He states in Ars Poetica that drama should both teach a lesson and entertain.

A ________ dramatizes a series of biblical events.

Which of the following demonstrated a skeptical attitude toward the gods?

Which of the following added a third actor to the play?

Who wrote Old Comedy, which made fun of social, political, or cultural conditions?

The Golden Age of Greece took place in the second century A.D.

Thespis is considered the first playwright.

Despite the popularity of medieval religious drama, secular theatre and drama also existed in the Middle Ages.

The Greek amphitheatre is the first example of a proscenium theatre space.

Who wrote The Menaechmi?

Which of the following is the author of Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry)?

The first significant dramatic criticism, The Poetics, was written by Horace.

The god Dionysus, to whom the Greek dramatic festivals were dedicated, was the god of war, death, and chastity.

The choregus is the lead actor in a Greek drama.

Of the following, who is considered the most modern?

Who is considered the first important Greek dramatist?

Old Comedy dealt with romantic and domestic problems.

Who wrote Oresteia?

The three great Greek tragic playwrights are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

A ________ dramatizes the lives of saints.

________ uses religious characters and religious themes to teach a lesson.

The comic playwright whose style is more literary and less exaggerated than that of the other Roman comic playwrights is

Which of the following is noted for his sympathetic portrayal of female characters?

Which of the following was considered to be most rebellious?

Comedies written by Plautus were quite similar to the Old Comedy written by Aristophanes.

Although ________ used a chorus in his plays, it did not play an integral part.

Whose tragedies were similar to those of the Greeks, except that they were considerably more violent?

Who wrote Lysistrata?

Which of the following added a second actor to the play, starting drama as we now know it?