The History of Theater

Dionysus was the god of:

• Wine, fertility, and the arts
• the sun
• the sea
• the earth

Lysistrata was written during which time period?

• Roman
• Greek
• Medieval
• Renaissance 

Who wrote the play Romeo & Juliet?

• Shakespeare 
• John Shakes
• Shakey Spear
• Ben Johnson 

Commedia Dell'Arte is:

• Greek Tragedy 
• Roman Comedy 
• Medieval Morality Play
• Slapstick Comedy 

He was a slave brought to Rome who was considered to be gifted and talented.  He went on to become one of the most famous Roman playwrights.

• Sophocles 
• Plautus 
• Terence 
• Seneca

800 B.C. - 200 B.C. 

• Greek 
• Roman 
• Medieval 
• Renaissance 

This type of play focused on a person of noble birth who in some cases had risen to a great height and then fell precipitately.

• Comedy 
• Tragedy 

Drama took its place beside many other forms of entertainment in Roman Culture, which of the following was NOT one of them:

• Chariot Races 
• Sacrifices of Christians 
• The Opera
• Gladiator Battles 

200 B.C. - 300 A.D. 

• Greek 
• Roman 
• Medieval 
• Contemporary 

This play was the best known of the morality plays and was performed in many nations in various languages.

• Everyman 
• All the Men
• Of Men and Mice 
• Oedipus Rex