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What words do scholars use to identify early Greek comic plays (i.e., plays that happened before the end of the Peloponnesian war when there was still a relatively high degree of freedom of speech in Athens)?
 
  A) Old Comedy
  B) New Comedy
  C) Goat song
  D) Freedom comedies
  E) None of these choices

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Which phrase means god from a machine and is used to describe a contrived or unimaginative ending during which an unbelievable coincidence or implausible twist (like a god flying in) sets all the problems of the play right?
 
  A) E pluribus unum
  B) Deus ex machina
  C) In flagrante delicto
  D) Habeas corpus
  E) Nullus-a-um abdico ab despecto


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bulacsom

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Reply #1 on: Aug 26, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Aug 26, 2018
Excellent

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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