Oedipus the King Quiz

Question 1

Prosthesis

Answer 1

1st part;

display of body

Question 2

Ekphora

Answer 2

2nd part;

procession/burial

Question 3

Perideipnom

Answer 3

3rd part;

feast

Question 4

amphitheaters

Answer 4

large open-air theater semi-circle;

classic Greek format

Question 5

chorus

Answer 5

summary;
narrators;
provides perspective of the community

Question 6

skene

Answer 6

backstage

Question 7

parodos

Answer 7

where chorus enters, in front of audience;

also entrance song

Question 8

orchestra

Answer 8

chore of theater;

chief performance place

Question 9

what were sophocles’ innovations?

Answer 9

3rd actor on stage;
backdrops/scene paintings;
larger chorus

Question 10

what were the 3 types of Greek drama?

Answer 10

comedy, tragedy, and satyr

Question 11

catharsis

Answer 11

emotional cleansing/purging;

balancing of emotions

Question 12

deus ex machina

Answer 12

determined by higher source/gods;

out of human control

Question 13

catastrophe

Answer 13

change of fortune

Question 14

peripeteia

Answer 14

reversal of plot/intention;
changes perspective;
character produces effect opposite to what he intended

Question 15

anagnorisis

Answer 15

recognition;

change from ignorance to knowledge

Question 16

mimesis

Answer 16

imitation;

what could happen

Question 17

hamartia

Answer 17

tragic flaw;
made a large mistake;
often comes from hubris

Question 18

tragic irony

Answer 18

actions lead to results diametrically opposed to those that were intended

Question 19

dramatic irony

Answer 19

full significance of characters’ words/actions is clear to the audience/reader but unknown to the character`

Question 20

tragic character qualities

Answer 20

good or fine;
fitness of character (true to type);
true to life (realistic);
consistency (true to themselves);
necessary or probable;
idealized or ennobled