Drama A- Level

Question 1

Pathos?

Answer 1

awakening people’s emotions to sway their opinion towards that of the speaker.

Question 2

Most popular festival in Athens?

Answer 2

Dionysia

Question 3

What was Dionysia?

Answer 3

Celebration of god Dionysus

Question 4

When did Dionysia occur?

Answer 4

Every spring

Question 5

How many members of the chorus in traditional greek theatre?

Answer 5

50 chorus members

Question 6

How long did the festival Dionysia last?

Answer 6

Four days

Question 7

Audience members by late 5th Century BCE theater?

Answer 7

15,000 people

Question 8

What does “chorus” mean in Greek?

Answer 8

dance

Question 9

What is one way of describing chorus function?

Answer 9

An emotional bridge between spectators & actors

Question 10

Name the three Greek Tragedians?

Answer 10

1) Aeschylus
2) Sophocles
3) Euripides

Question 11

To what number did Sophocles add an actor?

Answer 11

3 actors

Question 12

How many times did Sophocles win the first prize for Dionysia?

Answer 12

18 first prizes

Question 13

Festival of Dionysia was a contest. Three dramatists on three successive days presented their plays to then be awarded First Second or Third?

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Who was the “choregos”?

Answer 14

Private citizen who paid for the expenses of the production.

NOT producer

Question 15

“logos”

Answer 15

Logic

Question 16

“parados”

Answer 16

Entrance of theatre

Question 17

“kurios”

Answer 17

Patriarchy

Question 18

“prologos”

Answer 18

First scene

Question 19

“teatron”

Answer 19

Audience seating

Question 20

“orkestra”

Answer 20

Round stage where chorus performs

Question 21

“agon”

Answer 21

Conflict

Question 22

“prosopon”

Answer 22

Mask

Question 23

“Rhesis”

Answer 23

Long speech

Question 24

“hubris”

Answer 24

excessive pride; arrogance

Question 25

“oikos”

Answer 25

Family/ home

Question 26

“stasimon”

Answer 26

Chorus sequence

Question 27

“hamartia”

Answer 27

Fatal flaw

Question 28

“miasma”

Answer 28

Spiritual pollution

Question 29

“gamos”

Answer 29

Wedding day

Question 30

US unemployment during Great Depression?

Answer 30

peaked 25% 15M unemployed

Question 31

US GDP fell by how much during GD?

Answer 31

fell by 15%

Question 32

Unemployment in St Loius?

Answer 32

peaked at 30%

Question 33

La Casa de Bernarda Alba what to include in intro?

Answer 33

``` ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ by Federico Garcia Lorca Teatro Tribueñe, Madrid 7 November 2020 Director: Irina Kouberskaya Live production ```

Question 34

Antigone physique?

Answer 34

``` black hair broad shoulders skinny angular face 5 feet 5 inches androgynous quality ```

Question 35

Antigone notes/personality?

Answer 35

``` martyr complex challenges patriarchy loyalty to 'oikos' absolutist powerful voice confident/arrogant ```

Question 36

Ismene notes/personality?

Answer 36

``` conventional royal figure QUASI-MATERNAL ROLE prudent vulnerable sororal love to A ```

Question 37

Ismene physique?

Answer 37

``` beautiful Greek standards blue eyes round cheeks=innocent dark blonde 5 feet 2 inches ```

Question 38

what is one theme of Antigone?

Answer 38

Knowledge & certainty Everyone knows what they do is right, yet it ends in disaster

Question 39

Antigone presents the philosophical debate that would have been familiar to many ordinary fifth-century BC Athenians:

Answer 39

which is more important, nomos (manmade law) or physis (natural or divine law)?

Question 40

It is a matter of supreme irrelevance to Antigone ... ?

Answer 40

that the act of burying her brother Polynices is forbidden by law.

Question 41

sanctimonious? tone

Answer 41

making a show of being morally superior to other people.

Question 42

Antigone the play survives through its dramatisation of an eternal conflict: ?

Answer 42

the inflexibility of state power confronts the instinctive morality of the individual.

Question 43

'Casa de Bernarda Alba' set?

Answer 43

1. spitting in jugs 2. atmosphere & iconogRAPHY reinforced by paintings 3. use of turning doors crucifixion 4. turning doors after Adela suicide