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Classical Greek Plays
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Classics quiz about Ancient Greek plays. Include Medea, Hippolytus, Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
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euripides
sophocles
greek
tragedy
aristotle
plays
athens
catharsis
antigone
oedipus rex
medea
hippolytus
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Question 1
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Who wrote the play Medea?
Answer
Sophocles
Euripides
Socrates
Question 2
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When was Antigone first performed?
Answer
428 BCE
440 BCE
431 BCE
429 BCE
Question 3
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When was Medea first preformed?
Answer
428 BCE
440 BCE
431 BCE
429 BCE
Question 4
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When was Oedipus Rex first performed?
Answer
429 BC
430 BC
428 BC
440 BC
431 BC
Question 5
Question
When was Hippolytus first preformed?
Answer
428 BCE
431 BCE
429 BCE
440 BCE
Question 6
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What were Aristotle's ideas about tragedy?
Answer
It had to produce catharsis greater understanding of the will of the gods and men.
Six main elements: plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle and song.
The chorus should always disagree with the will of the main character to show rejection of reason.
the tragic flaw hamartia of the main character often leads to their downfall.
A bad person cannot come to a good end and vice versa in a tragedy.
Question 7
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How many times did Sophocles win in the festival of Dionsysus competition
Answer
11
7
18
16
Question 8
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How would the character of Antigone been viewed?
Answer
Manly- because she was stoic and women were supposed to be irrational and emotional
Uncivilised- law breakers were viewed as barbarians in Athenian society
Courageous- her act of defying human law for divine law, despsite facing death
Sympathetic- she has such familial love (philia) for her brother that she is blinded to the law
Question 9
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Contextually, when was Oedipus Rex written?
Answer
Around the time of the Peloponnesian war
A few decades after the Golden Age of drama
Just before the Great Plague of Athens
Around the same time Homer wrote the Illiad
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