Classical Theater and Opera

The following are the usual themes for Roman theater plays except:

• Public executions

• Comedy

• Chariot races

• Gladiators

_____ out of 176 ludi publici were dedicated to a theater.

• 105

• 122

• 112

• 102

When did comedy plays went popular in the Roman Theater?

• 350 to 250 b.c.

• 500 to 450 b.c.

• 250 to 350 b.c.

• 300 to 250 b.c.

Who manages finances and organizes members of the theater?

• Lead actor

• Manager

• Director

• Playwright

All of the following EXCEPT one are works of William Shakespeare.

• Antigone

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• The Taming of the Shrew

• Romeo and Juliet

Liturgical dramas are based on:

• Fables

• The Bible

• Greek and Roman mythology

• Folklore

The private theater was for the nobility. For whom was the public theater?

• Common people

• Royalty

• Artists and playwrights

• Children only

Mansions in medieval theater are what?

• Large houses

• Movable stages

• Stages for performing plays

• Theaters inside an inn

Renaissance plays feature what ideology?

• Romanticism

• Hedonism

• Communism

• Humanism

A play in which the main character has his/her own downfall or demise.

• Tragedy

• Drama

• Comedy

• Satyr