Arts Quiz 1

This theater began in Ancient Greece around 700 B.C. with festivals honoring their many Gods.

• Neoclassical Theater

• Ancient Theater

• Medieval Theater

• Romantic Theater

What do you call a large circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theater, where the play, dance, religious rites, and acting took place?

• Opera

• Theatron

• Orchestra

• Parodos

In this era, audiences love the plays on chariots, races, gladiators, and public executions.

• Ancient Theater

• Roman Theater

• Neoclassical Theater

• Medieval Theater

During this period, the famous actor who emerged was named William Shakespeare, also known as the Bard of Avon. Some of his famous plays were Romeo and Juliet, Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.

• Ancient Theater

• Medieval Theater

• Baroque Theater

• Renaissance Theater

In this period, it is marked by the use of technology in current Broadways or commercial plays. Crews of the theater used machines for special effects.

• Ancient Theater

• Medieval Theater

• Baroque Theater

• Neoclassical Theater

Parts of the Greek theater (Epidaurus)

• skene, gladiator, minstrel

• parodos, orchestra, pit

• chariot, skene, theatron

• skene, parodos, orchestra, theatron

Famous works of William Shakespeare

• Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar

• Sophocles, Euripides, Pompey

• Spartacus, Lisistrata, Aristophanes

The theater in this era consisted of three types of drama: tragedy, comedy and satyr.

• Greek Theater

• Roman Theater

• Medieval Theater

• Baroque Theater

The theatrical plays revolved around biblical themes from the Story of the Creation to the Last Judgment.

• Renaissance Theater

• Baroque Theater

• Ancient Theater

• Medieval Theater

In this period, melodrama and “operas” became the most popular

theatrical forms.

• Renaissance Theater

• Neoclassical Theater

• Romantic Theater

• Baroque Theater