Roman Theater Quiz

Imagine you're in a time machine with Michael, Avery, and Abigail. You land in the year when Rome had just conquered Greece. Can you guess what year it is?

• 146 B.C.

• 753 B.C.

• 44 B.C.

• 27 B.C.

Imagine you're in ancient Rome with Henry, Abigail, and Aria. Can you guess why these Roman citizens like them had a great deal of free time?

• They didn't have to spend many hours each day growing, gathering, or earning money to pay for their food.

• They had a shorter work week compared to other civilizations.

• They had a strong work-life balance culture.

• They had advanced technology that reduced their workload.

Imagine Abigail, Mia, and Jackson are time-traveling back to the Roman era! In paragraph 2, what were some performance types that they might have enjoyed? Can you list at least 5?

• Short comedies, poetry recitals, acrobatics, puppet shows, and juggling

• Epic poems, opera, ballet, magic shows, and sword fighting

• Athletic events, dancing and music, trained animal shows, chariot races, and short comedies

• Mime acts, stand-up comedy, illusion shows, singing competitions, and horse racing

Zoe, Noah, and Arjun are having a debate about ancient Roman culture. They are trying to figure out which were more popular to the Romans, comedies or tragedies? Can you help them settle this?

• Comedies

• Tragedies

• Both were equally popular

• Romans did not enjoy theater

Imagine you're in a trivia game with your friends Henry, Lily, and Samuel. The question pops up: 'Who was the main tragedy playwright whose work survived time? And how many of his plays survived?' Who would you bet on?

• Sophocles - 7 plays

• Euripides - 18 plays

• Aeschylus - 3 plays

• Seneca - 9 plays

Imagine you're in a trivia game with Nora, Elijah, and Aria. The question pops up: 'What were the names of the three plays that Seneca wrote?'

• Oedipus Rex, Antigone, and The Bacchae

• Medea, The Trojan Women, and Agamemnon

• Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet

• The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid

Imagine David, Michael, and Mia are time-traveling back to the Roman era. They are watching a theater performance and notice something missing that was usually present in Greek theater. What did they notice the Romans had eliminated?

• The use of props

• The use of music

• The chorus

• The use of masks

Imagine Michael, Maya, and Samuel are time-traveling back to the era of the Romans. They are watching a theater performance and notice something different that the Romans added to the Greek's ideas of theater. What is it?

• The use of elaborate costumes

• The use of special effects

• The use of music to underscore the dialogue

• The use of soliloquies

Imagine Arjun, Harper, and James are time-traveling back to ancient Rome to watch a play. Can you guess the name of the stage setting they would see as the backdrop of every Roman play?

• The Pantheon

• The Scaenae frons

• The Colosseum

• The Parthenon

Rohan, Emma, and Harper are having a debate. They are discussing what the Romans will always be remembered as. Can you help them settle this?

• Great engineers and architects

• Great warriors

• Great philosophers

• Great artists