What best describes greek theater

Question 1

Choose one word that best explains why the people have rejected the “multitude of mercy” offered by the speaker?

Humanism

Pleasure

Materialism

Science

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Question 2

Choose one word that best describes how the speaker feels about those of whom he speaks.

Indifferent

Disappointed

Shame

Apathetic

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Question 3

Death’s vow to search for “both great and small,” never to relax at any point, means that

Death is universal and inescapable.

Humanity is at war with death.

Cruelty is all Death knows.

Death is cruel to both great and small.

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Question 4

The speaker characterizes the “creatures” about whom he speaks as __________.

physically blind

spiritually poor and lost

successful

deists

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Question 5

According to the excerpt, __________.

evil is popular and well-spoken of.

pride goeth before the fall.

people acknowledge God.

people pray to God for deliverance from evil.

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Question 6

Episodic Bible stories were the sources of miracle plays.

True

False

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Question 7

Which character in Everyman says to Everyman: "Fear not; I will speak for thee."

Good Deeds

Goods

Knowledge

Beauty

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Question 8

Confession gives Everyman a

vow

scourge

petition

voucher

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Question 9

The name "Oedipus" means swollen hand.

True

False

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Question 10

In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Majestic Oedipus! / No prince in Thebes had ever such renown, / No prince won such grace of power. / And now of all men ever known / Most pitiful is this man’s story: / His fortunes are most changed, his state / Fallen to a low slave’s / Ground under bitter fate.” The excerpt uses __________ as its organizing principle.

Opposites

Cause and effect argument

Verisimilitude

Analogy

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Question 11

"Quem Quoeritis" means "Whom Do You Seek."
True

False

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Question 12

Greek tragedy encouraged the use of comedy and tragedy in the same play to show the duality of human nature.
True

False

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Question 13

Greek actors used giant masks to indicate their character types or emotions.
True

False

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Question 14

In Everyman, who does not speak?

God

Everyman

Faith

Death

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Question 15

Which convention is a device for rolling out onto the stage evidence of actions which cannot be depicted on stage?

antigone

strophe

parados

parados

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Question 16

Miracle plays became obsolete largely from the re-emergence of Roman models of drama.

True

False

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Question 17

Strength speaks in Everyman saying: “You spend your speech and waste your brain.” In context, this means that

One is entitled to free speech.

Time has passed for action.

Strength does not care. Effort is useless.

Idleness is the result.

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Question 18

The Greek scene (skene) building had no drop curtain.
True

False

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Question 19

Greek audiences had a knowledge of Homer's works.
True

False

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Question 20

Goods states in the play Everyman: “Who calleth me? Everyman? What hast thou hast! / I lie here in corners, trussed and piled so high, / And in chest I am locked so fast, / Also sacked in bags, thou mayst see with thine eye, / I cannot stir; in packs low I lie. / What would ye have, lightly me say.”
Words and phrases such as “trussed,” “locked,” “sacked in bags,” and “cannot stir” allude to someone who is

A miser

Generous

Princely

Anti-materialist

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Question 21

A messenger tells Oedipus that the king's (Oedipus's) father, _____, is dead.

Polybos

Kreon

Jokasta

Teiresias

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Question 22

In Greek theater, all roles were performed by males.
True

False

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Question 23

Othello is known to be honest, open, sincere, and overly trusting.
True

False

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Question 24

In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Majestic Oedipus! / No prince in Thebes had ever such renown, / No prince won such grace of power. / And now of all men ever known / Most pitiful is this man’s story: / His fortunes are most changed, his state / Fallen to a low slave’s / Ground under bitter fate.” The speaker uses opposites in this excerpt. This is an example of the use of ________________.

Contrast.

Cause and effect argument.

Verisimilitude.

Analogy

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Question 25

Greek theatre invented the drop-curtain device.
True

False

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Question 26

The scene (skene) could not be used for action because the audience could not see inside it.
True

False

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Question 27

Have you read the syllabus as posted in this course?

Yes

No

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Question 28

Bolbus and Nerope are the childless couple in Oedipus Rex who adopt a child.

True

False

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Question 29

Everyman states in the play Everyman: “ O gracious God, in the high seat celestial, / Have mercy on me in this most need; / Shall I have no company from this vale terrestrial / Of mine acquaintance that way to me lead?”
In this excerpt, Everyman pleads to God for ________.

Longer life and strength

Help from heaven

Redemption and companionship

Help from above

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Question 30

Morality plays flourished until late in the nineteenth century.
True

False

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Question 31

Ancient drama grew out of the religious ceremonies of the ancient Greeks.
True

False

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Question 32

Richard Caxton printed Everyman in English in the early 1600's.
True

False

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Question 33

Everyman states in the play Everyman: “ O gracious God, in the high seat celestial, / Have mercy on me in this most need; / Shall I have no company from this vale terrestrial / Of mine acquaintance that way to me lead?”
In this excerpt, Everyman pleads to God to allow help from ________.

Extraterrestrial forces

Heaven

Earth

Angels

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Question 34

Goods states in the play Everyman: “Who calleth me? Everyman? What hast thou hast! / I lie here in corners, trussed and piled so high, / And in chest I am locked so fast, / Also sacked in bags, thou mayst see with thine eye, / I cannot stir; in packs low I lie. / What would ye have, lightly me say.” In context, this best satirizes

Savings

Wealth

Generosity

Materialistic devotion to gathering goods

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Question 35

Goods states in the play Everyman: “Who calleth me? Everyman? What hast thou hast! / I lie here in corners, trussed and piled so high, / And in chest I am locked so fast, / Also sacked in bags, thou mayst see with thine eye, / I cannot stir; in packs low I lie. / What would ye have, lightly me say.”
Words and phrases such as “I lie,” “trussed,” “locked,” and “cannot stir” allude to the truth of the popular adage that

“you can’t take it [wealth] with you [when you die]”

“money is the be all and end all”

“money is the fuel of life”

“money is power”

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Question 36

A function of the Greek chorus was to reveal the lead character's thoughts.
True

False

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Question 37

Because so much of the Greek population desired to enjoy the benefits of royalty, there were often on-stage conflicts between actors playing commoners and kings.
True

False

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Question 38

The Greek stage was limited in the use of props and scenery.

True

False

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Question 39

The end of a Greek play is called Exodos.

True

False

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Question 40

Antigone and Ismene are Oedipus' daughters.
True

False

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Question 41

The beggar in "Quem Quoeritis" pleads that he be included in Christ's resurrection.

True

False

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Question 42

Dionysus was the god of dance.
True

False

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Question 43

Both men and women served in the Greek chorus.
True

False

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Question 44

According to Greek theater, it is not any extrinsic problem or challenge that determines outcome.
True

False

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Question 45

Setting can be a determining influence of a story.

True

False

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Question 46

Have you read the information provided through the Student Expectations link?

Yes

No

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Question 47

Sophocles is noted for his clear and logical action that used political, religious, and personal elements.
True

False

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Question 48

Goods speaks in the play Everyman saying: “Who calleth me? Everyman? What hast thou hast! / I lie here in corners, trussed and piled so high, / And in chest I am locked so fast, / Also sacked in bags, thou mayst see with thine eye, / I cannot stir; in packs low I lie. / What would ye have, lightly me say.”
An inanimate object, Goods, speaks in this excerpt. This technique is called ____________.

Assonance

Alliteration

Alliteration

Personification

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Question 49

With the decline and fall of Rome, drama - either as an institution or a literature - ceased to exist.

True

False

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Question 50

The Greeks were a war-like culture and enjoyed seeing bloodshed on the stage.
True

False