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Antigone Test
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9th Grade
11/05/2008

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Term
Where did theatre originate?
Definition
Greece
Term
Who is Dionysis?
Definition
God of wine and fertility
Term
Who is Thespis of Athens?
Definition
The father of modern drama; created the first actor and dialogue when actor spoke with chorus
Term
What is the introduction-recounts background needed for understanding of the play more expository than dramatic; indicated the starting point of subsequent action?
Definition
Prologue
Term
What is it called when the chorus enters-gives further exposition, adds emotion?
Definition
Parados
Term
What is it called when the tragic hero has action part?
Definition
Episode
Term
What is the interlude performed by chorus after each episode?
Definition
Stasima
Term
What is the end of the play, after last stasimon?
Definition
Exodus
Term
What are the two major characteristics of the exodus?
Definition
Messenger speech and dues ex machina
Term
What is it called that lets the audience know what happened off stage, can't show violence, and gore on stage?
Definition
Messenger Speech
Term
What is a large crane used to enhance a dramatic ending, may carry characters off stage, and may suspend a dummy from it to serve as a god?
Definition
Dues Ex Machina
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What are the 3 unities?
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Time, Place, Action
Term
What is the unity time?
Definition
All action must occur in one day
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What is the unity place?
Definition
Must occur in one place; action comes to main character
Term
What is the unity action?
Definition
One central conflict
Term
What are the effects of unities on tragedy?
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Prologue and parados must give us background since it happens all in one day, exodus tells us what will happen
Term
What is the area where the audience sits, on hollowed out hillside, open air, seats of honor?
Definition
Theatron
Term
What is the circular dancing place for chorus?
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Orchestra
Term
What is on every stage to honor Dionysus?
Definition
Altar of Dioinysus
Term
What is the dressing room (dues ex machina on top of skene building)?
Definition
Skene
Term
What is the front wall of scene used for scenery to represent palace or temple?
Definition
Proskenion
Term
What is the place where chorus enters and exits?
Definition
Parados
Term
How many actors are there usually?
Definition
Three
Term
What type of actors are they?
Definition
Male
Term
What were masks made out of?
Definition
Linen, wood, cork
Term
What did wearing masks help?
Definition
Project voices
Term
How did wearing masks help the audience?
Definition
It helped them tell apart the different characters
Term
What did masks portray?
Definition
Emotion, age, gender
Term
Who were plays performed for?
Definition
Everyone
Term
What were plays based on?
Definition
Religion and stories people already knew
Term
How much was admission for a play?
Definition
Free or normal cost
Term
What were playwrights competed for?
Definition
Prizes
Term
Who tells what will happen?
Definition
Chorus
Term
Who does the chorus talk to?
Definition
Main character
Term
Who introduces characters?
Definition
Chorus
Term
What type of scenery does the chorus help with?
Definition
Visual and Auditory
Term
We hear singing in what?
Definition
Unison
Term
The chorus takes up space because of no props and is usually what?
Definition
Symmetrical
Term
Who gives advice to characters?
Definition
Chorus
Term
Who interprets events and significance of them?
Definition
Chorus
Term
The chorus shows what two things?
Definition
Foreshadowing and flashback
Term
What does the chorus relieve?
Definition
Tension
Term
What does the chorus represent?
Definition
Passage of time or place (no curtains)
Term
Who is the ideal audience?
Definition
Chorus
Term
Not all characters in a play have a what?
Definition
Mindset
Term
What were reactions usually?
Definition
Conservative
Term
Who were Oedipus' parents?
Definition
King Laios and Queen Iocaste of Thebes
Term
What does Oedipus' name mean?
Definition
Club foot
Term
What does Laios hear about his side and what does he do?
Definition
He will kill him; leaves him on the side of a mountain
Term
Who finds Oedipus?
Definition
Shepherd of King Polybus of Corith
Term
Who adopts Oedipus?
Definition
King Polybus of Cornith
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Who does Oedipus kill on the road to search for his family?
Definition
Laios
Term
Who guards Thebes? Who defeats it?
Definition
Sphinx; Oedipus
Term
What is a Sphinx?
Definition
A monster that asks a riddle and devourers anyone who gets it wrong?
Term
Who does Oedipus marry?
Definition
Oueen Iocaste of Thebes (his mom)
Term
What are the names of the kids that Oedipus and Iocaste have?
Definition
Eteolces (oldest son), Polynieces (second son), Antigone (oldest daughter), Ismene (second daughter)
Term
Who is Oedipus and Iocaste married through?
Definition
Prophet Tiresias
Term
What happens to Oedipus after he finds out he married his mom? What does she do?
Definition
Blind; Suicide
Term
Where does Oedipus flee to to escape Thebes vengence?
Definition
Colonus
Term
What is Sophocles'?
Definition
The second part of the Trilogy, Oedipus at Colonus
Term
Who battles of the kingdom?
Definition
The two sons
Term
Who is the queen's brother?
Definition
Creon
Term
Who does Creon support?
Definition
Eteocles
Term
What erupts in Thebes as a result of power?
Definition
Civil War
Term
Who dies in the Civil war?
Definition
Eteocles and Polyneices
Term
Who takes over Thebes as king?
Definition
Creon
Term
Who does Creon bury and who does he not?
Definition
Eteocles; Polyneices
Term
Who decides to break the law and bury him?
Definition
Antigone
Term
Where does Antigone take place?
Definition
Ancient Thebes Palace
Term
What part of Sophocles' is the third part?
Definition
Antigone
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