The word "________" originates from the Greek "dran", meaning "to do" or "to act".
A. poetry
B. drama
C. novel
D. story
The history of drama began with Greek tragedies and comedies from the _______.
A. seventh B.C.
B. sixth century B.C.
C. fifth century B.C.
D. eighth century C.
In the Poetics, ________ set down a detailed analysis of tragedies. The tragic heroes are high-born individuals whose personalities develop out of moral choices under extreme pressures.
A. Eric Bentley
B. Aristotle
C. G.Tennyson
D. Susan Glaspell
Sophocles, (born c. 496BCE, Colonus, nearAthens[Greece]—died 406,Athens).The best known of his 123 dramas is ______.
A. Trachinian Women
B. Oedipus the King
C. King Lear
D. Macbeth