Greek Drama Test Practice

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  1. 5. The part of the Greek tragedy when the Chorus speaks in unison about something connected with the theme of the story. This moves the story forward and connects each episode to the next episode.
  2. 7. She was a human huntress. She was suckled by a bear and raised by hunters after her father, disappointed that he did not have a son instead, left her on a mountaintop as an infant.
  3. 10. The oldest and wisest of all the Centaurs. He was the teacher of the heroes Jason, Hercules, Asklepios, and Achilles.
  4. 11. The leader of the chorus.
  5. 12. A payment for a wrong.
  6. 13. The mother of Jason.
  7. 14. rebellious
  8. 15. Jason is the son of the lawful king of Iolcus, but his uncle __________ usurps the throne.
  9. 16. The part of the Greek tragedy when the characters act out the end of the story.
  10. 21. The father of Medea and the brutal king of Colchis.
  11. 22. Jason is able to pass through the __________ by sending a bird between the crags first, causing them to clash together, so the Argo can follow quickly behind passing through safely before the crags are ready to snap shut again.
  12. 24. a cliff
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  1. 1. Hera has been looking out for Jason's interests, and she succeeds in persuading her fellow god _____ to intervene on Jason's behalf in order to win Medea's love.
  2. 2. Destination of the Argonauts, as well as the home to Medea and the Golden Fleece.
  3. 3. A strong place.
  4. 4. A device originally used in Greek drama; the device refers to an improbable event or forced invention that a playwright or author employs to achieve resolution in a work. This event is something that could not happen in real life.
  5. 6. Greek term for ode; takes place between dramatic episodes.
  6. 8. A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an inanimate object, idea, or absent person.
  7. 9. During Hera's test to see if Jason will help her, Jason loses a(n) _____ in the swift-moving stream.
  8. 13. The part of the Greek tragedy when a character or characters speak, perhaps directly to the audience, to tell the audience what the play is going to be about, and what the audience might learn from the play.
  9. 17. A wheeled cart on which dead bodies are usually brought out.
  10. 18. The part of the Greek tragedy when as or after the characters leave, the chorus tells us what we should have learned from the story (the theme).
  11. 19. She is the Goddess of Marriage, Family and Childbirth. She is married to Zeus.
  12. 20. The actors enter and exit the stage through this.
  13. 23. The part of the Greek tragedy when the characters, in costume or masks, act out the action of the play.