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Classical Greek Plays
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1Who wrote the play Medea?
- ASophocles
- BEuripides
- CSocrates
2When was Antigone first performed?
- A428 BCE
- B440 BCE
- C431 BCE
- D429 BCE
3When was Medea first preformed?
- A428 BCE
- B440 BCE
- C431 BCE
- D429 BCE
4When was Oedipus Rex first performed?
- A429 BC
- B430 BC
- C428 BC
- D440 BC
- E431 BC
5When was Hippolytus first preformed?
- A428 BCE
- B431 BCE
- C429 BCE
- D440 BCE
6What were Aristotle's ideas about tragedy?
- AIt had to produce catharsis greater understanding of the will of the gods and men.
- BSix main elements: plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle and song.
- CThe chorus should always disagree with the will of the main character to show rejection of reason.
- Dthe tragic flaw hamartia of the main character often leads to their downfall.
- EA bad person cannot come to a good end and vice versa in a tragedy.
7How many times did Sophocles win in the festival of Dionsysus competition
- A11
- B7
- C18
- D16
8How would the character of Antigone been viewed?
- AManly- because she was stoic and women were supposed to be irrational and emotional
- BUncivilised- law breakers were viewed as barbarians in Athenian society
- CCourageous- her act of defying human law for divine law, despsite facing death
- DSympathetic- she has such familial love (philia) for her brother that she is blinded to the law
9Contextually, when was Oedipus Rex written?
- AAround the time of the Peloponnesian war
- BA few decades after the Golden Age of drama
- CJust before the Great Plague of Athens
- DAround the same time Homer wrote the Illiad
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- Classics quiz about Ancient Greek plays. Include Medea, Hippolytus, Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
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- Kat Welsh
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- English
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