History of Theater Questions
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27. We know a fair amount about theatre in the Byzantine Empire because many of their scripts were well preserved. TRUE or FALSE.
28. Most scholars believe that the resurgence of drama began as part of the EBLANK sometime in the 10th century CE. (8)
15. In the parabasis the chorus directly addresses who?
3. Frazer decided that theater "emerged as a sophisticated refining of BLANK"
21. What was the most popular form of Roman drama?
19. What was the name for the genre of comedy that lasted from about 400 BCE to 323 BCE?
5. What was the term for the songs sung during the procession for Dionysus?
18. Who is one of the people "to blame" for this?
6. What two Greek words does "tragedy" come from? (2 answers)
11. Aristotle felt that a tragedy should focus on one mostly BLANK character who is brought LOW.
16. Greek comedy is known for satirizing rituals and beliefs that were held sacred at the time. TRUE or FALSE. (4)
26. 533 CE is the date of the last recorded BLANK performance in Rome.
8. The seated section of the theater was called the BLANK, which means "seeing place."
14. "Comedy" comes from the Greek word Komoidia which means BLANK song.
4. The idea that all societies are on a path that will eventually lead them to Western civilization, "which in this view is getting better and better all the time," is called
10. Which of the 6 parts of tragedy did Aristotle feel was the most important?
2. "A theater is a place in which a BLANK is performed. If you trace the word back to its Greek origins it literally means the Blank place.
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