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What is the inciting incident in ANTIGONE?
- Antigone's and Ismene's brothers are both killed in war.
- Antigone's and Ismene's father, Oedipus, dies.
- Ismene kills herself.
- Antigone and Ismene's mother, Jocasta, dies.
Antigone's and Ismene's brothers are both killed in war.
What is Haemon's relationship to Creon?
- Haemon is Creon's son
- Haemon is Creon's father
- Haemon is Creon's brother
- Haemon is Creon's advisor
Haemon is Creon's son
Which of these characters die in the course of Sophocle's ANTIGONE?
- Antigone, Haemon, and Creon
- Antigone, Haemon, Eurydice, and Creon
- Antigone, Ismene, and Haemon
- Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice
Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice
Who wrote Antigone?
- Aeschylus
- Aristotle
- Euripides
- Sophocles
Sophocles
What does ANTIGONE do that upsets KREON?
- She kills her brother.
- She marries Kreon's son.
- She buries her brother.
- She kills Ismene.
She buries her brother.
When was ANTIGONE written?
- 400s AD
- 400s BC
- 200s BC
- 900s BC
400s BC
In ANTIGONE, the blind prophet, Tiresias, says that death will come to Creon's family if he does what?
- Buries Antigone.
- Puts Antigone to death.
- Puts Ismene to death.
- Puts Haemon to death.
Puts Antigone to death.
What is Haemon's relationship to Antigone?
- He is her friend.
- He is her father.
- They are engaged.
- He is her brother.
They are engaged.
Who wrote LYSISTRATA?
- Aristophanes
- Euripides
- Sophocles
- Plato
Aristophanes
Who calls the secret meeting of women that opens the play, Lysistrata?
- Lysistrata
- Kalonike
- Myrrhine
- Lampito
Lysistrata
What is the problem that the women want to solve in their meeting at the opening of Lysistrata?
- War
- Crop Failure
- Famine
- Arrange Marriages
War
Lysistrata convinces the women of Athens that the only way to convince the men of Athens to end the war is to give up what?
- Power
- Food
- Sex
- Wine
Sex
Does Lysistrata's plan successfully end the war?
- Yes
- No
Yes
When questioned, what does Lysistrata say is the cause of the war?
- Money
- Language Barriers
- Land
- Sex
Money
In Terence's The Fair Adrian, which character says "if I'd kept myself quiet, no mischief would have happened,"?
- Pamphilus
- Charinus
- Simo
- Davus
Davus
As with Shakespeare, Roman Comedies often included soliloquies, in which one character is on stage speaking to themselves or to god.
- True
- False
True
Davus is Simo's...
- Brother
- Servant
- Friend
- Son
Servant
Who wrote Roman Comedy The Fair Adrian?
- Seneca
- Terence
- Aristophanes
- Sophocles
Terence
As with Shakespeare, Roman Comedies often included asides to the audience.
- True
- False
True
At the beginning of the play, what keeps Pamphilus from marrying Glycerium?
- Pamphilus' father has betrothed Pamphilus to Philumena.
- Pamphilus is in love with another woman.
- Glycerium is pregnant and Pamphillus cannot marry a woman who isn't a virgin.
- Glycerium is in love with another man.
Pamphilus' father has betrothed Pamphilus to Philumena.
After the king rejects Shakuntala, what miracle happens to her?
- She dies and them comes back to life
- She was taken into the sky
- She is transformed into a dragon
- She is suddenly pregnant with his child
She was taken into the sky
How was the royal ring recovered?
- by a child
- by a thief
- by a fisherman
- by a hunter
by a fisherman
Shakuntala is part of a larger collection of stories called the Mahabharata.
- True
- False
True
In Shakuntala, what is the king engaged in when the play opens?
- an ashram
- a marriage ritual
- a meal
- a hunt
a hunt
Kalidasa, author of Shakuntala, is from what ancient civilization?
- China
- Roman
- India
- Greece
India
Why does the holy guest curse the king?
- because Shakuntala was distracted by her love for the king when the holy guest arrived
- because Shakuntala's father told him to do so
- because he is from another tribe and should not be as the ashrama
- because he wants Shakuntala for himself
because Shakuntala was distracted by her love for the king when the holy guest arrived
What miracle happens when Dulcitius orders that the girls be stripped naked and humiliated?
- Their clothes stick to their bodies
- The girls stand naked, unashamed
- The girls kills themselves
- The girls fight the soldiers with the pans
Their clothes stick to their bodies
How does Hirena respond when she is told that she will be taken away to be tortured?
- She runs away
- She betrays her faith
- She beats them with pans
- She says that she wants to be martyred
She says that she wants to be martyred
What happens to Choinia and Agape when they are thrown in to the fire?
- They melt
- They explode
- They disappear
- Their bodies don't burn
Their bodies don't burn
What happens when the soldiers attempt to deliver Hirena to the w**** house?
- They are killed by bandits
- They are intercepted by two beings who take Hirena from the soldiers.
- Hirena kills herself
- Hirena runs away to the mountain
They are intercepted by two beings who take Hirena from the soldiers.
Hrotsvita's plays were inspired by the comedies of which Roman playwright?
- Sophocles
- Seneca
- Menander
- Terrence
Terrence
What does Dulcitius hope to do with the "girls" in the pantry.
- Kill them
- Torture them
- Feed them
- "Embrace" them
"Embrace" them
What act does Diocletian want the three virgins to perform (which they refuse)?
- eating meat
- Marriage
- getting drunk
- sex outside of marriage
Marriage
Do the Shepherds ever discover who stole the sheep?
- Yes
- No
Yes
Mak's wife disguises the stolen sheep as a...
- Christmas Tree
- Pillow
- New born baby
- Pig
New born baby
The Second Shepherd's Play is from which Mystery Play Cycle?
- The Wakefield Cycle
- The York Cycle
- The Towneley Cycle
- The Chester Cycle
The Wakefield Cycle
In the Second Shepherd's Play, who stole the sheep?
- Second Shepherd
- Mak
- First Shepherd
- Third Shepherd
Mak
By the end of Sor Juana's play, who is "the Great God of the Seeds"?
- the Dragon God
- The Judeo-Christian God
- Religion
- The Aztec God
The Judeo-Christian God
In this play, where does Religion want to perform the allegory?
- Athens
- Madrid
- Rome
- Mexico City
Madrid
What New Testament character does Religion say she will use as example to try and convert America and Occident?
- Matthew
- John the Baptist
- Jesus
- Paul
Paul
How does Religion, in Sor Juana's Divino Narciso, decide she will convert America and Occident?
- By healing them
- By killing them
- By showing them an allegorical play
- By force
By showing them an allegorical play
Which of Hamlet's friends sees the ghost before Hamlet does?
- Laertes
- Benvolio
- Horatio
- Fortinbras
Horatio
Who has Hamlet's mother married when the play opens?
- Hamlet's father's enemy at war
- Hamlet's uncle
- a stranger
- Polonius
Hamlet's uncle
What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern charged to do by the King?
- kill Hamlet
- spy on Hamlet
- kill Ophelia
- kill Horatio
spy on Hamlet
Does Hamlet tell Ophelia, his lover, what he learns about his father's death from the ghost?
- No
- Yes
No
What does the ghost charge Hamlet to do?
- Kill his mother
- Kill polonius
- Revenge his father's murder
- Kill Fortinbras
Revenge his father's murder
How does Hamlet learn of Ophelia's death?
- From Horatio
- He sees it happen
- By stumbling upon her burial
- From Laertes
By stumbling upon her burial
At the beginning of HAMLET Act 3, we discover that King Claudius feels guilt for murdering King Hamlet, his brother.
- True
- False
True
Which character survives this story of revenge?
- Laertes
- Hamlet
- Horatio
- Gertrude
Horatio
Why does Hamlet decline to kill Claudius when he has the chance in Act III?
- He still isn't sure of Claudius's guilt.
- Claudius has just repented and would go to heaven
- He wants witnesses to the killing.
- He wants to challenge Claudius to a fair duel.
Claudius has just repented and would go to heaven
When the ghost reappears in Act III, who sees it?
- Hamlet and Horatio
- Hamlet and Gertrude
- Gertrude and Claudius
- Only Hamlet
Only Hamlet
Who wrote the play, The Rover?
- Hrotsvitha
- Sor Juana
- William Shakespeare
- Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn
Why does Florinda's father disapprove of Belville as a potential husband?
- He is Catholic.
- He has no money
- He is a foreigner.
- He is divorced
He has no money
What is the big event in this play that most of the characters are planning to attend?
- A Feast
- A Duel
- A Carnival
- A Play
A Carnival
Match the couples who marry at the end of the play using these characters: Wilmore, Fredrick, Belleville
Hellena & ___
Valeria & ___
Florinda & ___
Hellena & Wilmore
Valeria & Fredrick
Florinda & Belleville
Which female character in The Rover disguises herself as a man?
- Florinda
- Moretta
- Hellena
- Angelica
Hellena
Which character is responsible for starting the rebellion against the King?
- Segismund
- Fife
- Clotaldo
- Rosaura
Rosaura
Why did the King lie and say his son died in childbirth?
- Because the King was afraid people would kill his son.
- Because there was a prophecy that the son would be terrifying and vicious.
- Because the child was illegitimate.
- Because the King didn't want to give up his throne to his son.
Because there was a prophecy that the son would be terrifying and vicious.
Why does Segismund "beat himself with unavailing rage"?
- He is innocent, but in chains
- His father was murdered
- Another man married the woman he loves
- The woman he loves died
He is innocent, but in chains
Who wrote the Spanish Golden Age play, Life is a Dream?
- Pedro Calderon De La Barca
- Moliere
- Aphra Behn
- William Shakespeare
Pedro Calderon De La Barca
At the end, who does Segismund say he will make his queen?
- Fife
- Rosaura
- Estrella
Estrella
In this play, Moliere himself is one of the characters, and one of the characters also plays Moliere in the play they are rehearsing.
- True
- False
True
When did Moliere write L'Impromptu de Versailles?
- 1663
- 1563
- 1763
- 1863
1663
Which character in Moliere's play, L'Impromptu, says "I don't want Moliere to put me in one of his plays"?
- Moliere
- Madam Moliere
- Brecourt
- La Grange
Moliere
Does the King ever appear in this play?
- Yes
- No
No
Who wrote the French play, I'mpromptu de Versailles?
- Lope de Vega
- Racine
- Moliere
- Calderon
Moliere
To her great shame, who is Phaedra in love with?
- Theseus, her husband
- Theramenes, Hippolytus's tutor
- Oedipus, her nephew
- Hippolytus, her step son
Hippolytus, her step son
Who is Hippolytus in love with?
- Phaedra, his step-mother
- Ismene, Aricia's best friend
- Oenone, Phaedra's nurse.
- Aricia, a Princess
Aricia, a Princess
Hippolytus was first banished by Phaedra. Who banished him the second time?
- Ismene, the new queen
- Theseus, his father
- Aricia, the woman he loves
- Phaedra, his step mother
Theseus, his father
At the end of Act I, who do the characters learn has died?
- Phaedra
- Hippolytus
- Aricia
- Theseus
Theseus
Who wrote the version of the Phaedra myth that we read for this class?
- Moliere
- Racine
- Calderon
- Aphra Behn
Racine
