Oedipus Rex Quiz: The Greek Theater
A short quiz on the Greek theater and on the endings of tragedy and comedy.
ENGLISH 11AP - Literature and Composition:
Quiz ‑ The Greek Theater
Name
Date Per.
Mr. Reed
1.What is the typical ending for a tragedy?
2.What is the typical ending for a comedy?
3.Who was the first great theorist of dramatic art?
4.According to him, the misfortunes of the protagonist result from a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or even for the sake of a greater good. What term does he use for this act?
5.Historically, what are the two chief kinds of comedy? [Use blanks 5 & 6.]
6.
7.What dramatic form attempts to arouse feelings of fear and pity, but does so ordinarily through cruder means by describing a conflict between good and evil in absolute terms?
8.With which of the dramatic “masks” is it associated?
9.What dramatic form aims at rousing explosive laughter by cruder means through conflicts that are violent and usually at the physical level?
10.With which of the dramatic “masks” is it associated?
BONUS: Fill in the blanks with the missing term.
A.The tragic hero is a man of stature.
B.The tragic hero is good, though not , and his fall results from his committing “an act of injustice.”
C.The hero’s downfall is the result of his own , not the result of pure accident or someone else’s villainy or some overriding malignant fate.
D.The punishment of the hero the crime.