5 Written Questions

1. a cleansing the viewer receives from watching; a release from tension
2. portion immediately in front of the skene was used as an acting area
3. composed of 15 men that express opinions, gives advice, and author's point of view
4. as defined by Aristotle, a play in which suffering brings about self-knowledge; serious treatment of religious and moral questions.
5. crane mounted on skene; used to bring about the appearance of gods. usually a stuffed dummy suspended in air.

5 Matching Questions

1. Peripeteia
2. Aristeia
3. Three Unities
4. Thymele
5. Oracle

1. a Altar of Dionysus that sits in the center of Orchestra
2. b of Apollo at Delphi; one who delivers god's message to man.
3. c reversal of fortune
4. d One Day, One Setting, One Plot (Aristotle)
5. e excellence

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. leader of the chorus that can play a individual role in the play
   1. Chorus
   2. Choragos
   3. Prologos
   4. Parados
2. giving human qualities to the gods
   1. Antistrophe
   2. Anthropomorphism
   3. Tritagonist
   4. Anagnorisis
3. choral hymn in praise of a god (Dionysos)
   1. Ode
   2. Parados
   3. Skene
   4. Paean
4. setting up of self as superior to all humans, even equal to God (gods); extreme pride; arrogance
   1. Stasima
   2. Hubris
   3. Exodos
   4. Chorus
5. was an ode to Dionysus
   1. Dithyramb
   2. Katharsis
   3. Chorus
   4. Thymele

5 True/False Questions

1. Dramatic irony → Spectator seating; "seeing place" (embankment)

   True        False

2. Strophe → part of the ode moving from right to left

   True        False

3. Skene → separated each scene; no curtain; also response to scene

   True        False

4. Tritagonist → a third character which allowed more complex interactions of dialogue (Sophocles)

   True        False

5. Episode → main action, equivalent of an "Act"

   True        False