Theatre and Drama Quiz

Ancient Greek Theatre was originally a festival for

• A) Athena

• B) Zeus

• C) Dionysis

• D) Poseidon

What was the entrance where the chorus would enter called?

• A) Parados

• B) Theatron

• C) Altar

• D) Proskene

What is Catharsis?

• A) Characters who suffered from hubris

• B) Strict rules that govern behavior.

• C) Solo maksed dancers in greek dramas

• D) A purifying clensing of the emotions, described by Aristotle in Poetics.

Who was considered the first actor?

• A) Theo

• B) Thespis

• C) Actoria

• D) Theodore

What did Romans change about Greek style theatre? A) They eliminated masks B) They had no buildings C) They eliminated choruses D) They eliminated the story

• A) They eliminated masks

• B) They had no buildings

• C) They eliminated choruses

• D) They eliminated the story

What does secular mean?

• A) It is not related to religion

• B) It is about greek people

• C) It is about a saint

• D) It is about religion

What type of meter did Shakespeare write in?

• A) Trochaic Pentameter

• B) lambic Heptameter

• C) Spondaic Monometer

• D) lambic Pentameter

What are the three categories in Shakespearean drama?

• A) Romance, Comedy, Tregedy

• B) Comedy, History, Tragedy

• C) Romance, History and Comedy

• D) Comedy and Tragedy

In which type of Medieval play would you find characters named "Greed"

• A) Morality Play

• B) Miracle Play

• C) Mystery Play

• D) A Comedy

What did Hrosvitha do?

• A) She was a nun who told the Catholic church to allow theatre

• B) She wrote a review criticizing Shakespeare

• C) She was the first female playwright

• D) She wrote a phamplet saying that women needed to be allowed on stage.