Deck 2: Greek Drama and Philosophy: Terms and Concepts

Question 1

The term -------- is applied to the falling action in atragedy

A)catastrophe
B)catharsis
C)crisis
D)none ofthese

Answer 1

catastrophe

Question 2

The term anagnorisis means----------

A)recognition
B)reversal
C)both"a'and"b"
D)neither"a" nor"b"

Answer 2

recognition

Question 3

The term peripetiameans----------

A)recognition
B)reversal
C)both"a'and"b"
D)neither"a" nor"b"

Answer 3

reversal

Question 4

In Greek drama, the hero iscalled------

A)theprotagonist
B)a foil
C)aconfidant
D)none ofthese.

Question 5

---------is someone in whom the central characterconfides

A)theprotagonist
B)a foil
C)aconfidant
D)none ofthese.

Question 6

Character types that occur repeatedly in comedies are called------

A)stockcharacters.
B)roundcharacters
C)flatcharacters
D)fools.

Question 7

A character who serves as the mouth piece of the playwright iscalled--------

A)raisonneur
B)confidant
C)stockcharacter
D)foil.

Question 8

Plato was the most celebrated disciple of-----

A)socrates
B)aristotle
C)aristophanes
D)none of theabove

Question 9

Which among the following books contains Plato'sideas?

A)poetics
B)thenewatlantis
C)on thesublime
D)republic

Question 10

Who is the author of"Dialogues"

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)longinus
D)francisbacon

Question 11

Art, according to ---------is twice removed fromreality

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)longinus
D)francisbacon

Question 12

Who said "the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor to promote thewell-being of thestate"

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)longinus
D)francisbacon

Question 13

Plato's view of art is closely bound up with his theory of------

A)rasa
B)ideas
C)sublimity
D)decorum

Question 14

Who is the author of the book"Rhetoric"

A)socrates
B)aristotle
C)aristophanes
D)plato

Question 15

Who is the author of the book"Poetics"

A)aristotle
B)aristophanes
C)plato
D)socrates

Question 16

---------arouses the emotions of pity andfear

A)tragedy
B)comedy
C)epic
D)revengeplay

Question 17

In tragedy, the emotions of pity and fear are aroused with a view to-------

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 18

Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred toas------

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 19

The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is----

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia.

Question 20

The term used by Aristotle to mean "reversal of situations" in a tragedy.

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 21

Aristotle classified plot into simple and complex plot on the basis of ------

A)hamartia & catharsis
B)anagnoris&peripetia
C)sublimity & decorum
D)all the above.

Question 22

The English equivalent of the term "hamartia"

A)tragedy
B)tragic flaw
C)tragic hero
D)tragic mistake

Question 23

Who made the distinction between simple and complex plot on the basis of Anagnorisis and Peripetia.

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)words worth
D)coleridge

Question 24

According to Aristotle, tragedy was born from ------

A)comedy
B)satire
C)the nobler actions of good men
D)the mean actions of bad men.

Question 25

The author of Illiad.

A)homer
B)aristotle
C)virgil
D)dante