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Oedipus Test Study Guide Questions & AnswersTragic Hero - ✔✔The main character (usually loyalty) who falls from a tragic flaw
The release of pity and fear as a result of watching a tragedy is called - ✔✔Purgation
A fatal weakness that causes a character's downfall - ✔✔Tragic Flaw
A horrible realization that completely changes a character's outlook is knows as... -
✔✔Anagnorisis
The spring festival in ancient Greece that featured three days of plays - ✔✔Dionysia
A functioned which was a stagehouse and a backdrop in ancient Greek plays - ✔✔Skene
A song for the entrance of the chorus - ✔✔Pardos
, The part of the theater that inclouded the dancing space and the raised stage was called the
- ✔✔Orchestra
What was the place where the three roads met called? - ✔✔Phocis
Protagonist - ✔✔The main character in a greek tragedy that has a downfall
Prologue - ✔✔The intro to the story, know the scene, introduce characters, where it
takes place
Purgation - ✔✔The release of pity, fear as a result of watching a tragedy
Hubris - ✔✔Excessive pride that leads to a characters downfall
Anagnorisis - ✔✔A horrible realization that completely changes a character's outlook
Sophocles was born in... - ✔✔496 B.C
Sophocles died in... - ✔✔406 B.C
Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King in... - ✔✔430 B.C
What is the riddle of the Sphinx? - ✔✔Question- What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2
legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs at night?
Answer- A man. A baby crawls so it has four legs, a man walks on two legs and an old man
walks on two legs with a cane so it makes it 3
What are 2 specific characteristics in a Greek Tragedy? - ✔✔1. Serious
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