Greek and Roman Theater quiz

Originally, in the ancient Greek and Roman world, costumes were exaggerated to convey each character to those observing the production from as far as ____ feet away

• 300

• 160

• 375

• 400

Bright colors and heavily overdone features helped to portray gender and size as well as and most importantly, emotion.

• true

• false

Aristophanes' comedic hero always wore clothes that made him out to be poor, if not poor then definitely not wealthy. Why did he always where clothes that made him out to be poor?

• Because he wanted to

• Because Mr. Stich told him to

• It was a rule in Old Comedy, a poor hero is funny because he is put in places that he is not accustomed to be in a wealthy man's house or Cloudcuckooland.

• Because he had no choice

What did the Bird characters wear?

• socks

• makeup

• jewelry

• giant bird heads and feet that were not padded

The actor was able to put on a ____ and transcend everyday life, taking on a theatrical persona.

• sock

• mask

• triangle

• shoe

No actual masks for Greek Theater survived history to give a true example of the masks used for the Greek comedies and tragedies.

• false

• true

Greek theatre masks were made of stiffened and painted _____ so none have survived to the present day.

• linen

• blue

• red

• yellow

We only know what they looked like because theatre was so popular in Greek and Roman times that models of actors and masks were made in other materials such as terracotta, stone and bronze and depicted on gems and in paintings and mosaics.

• true

• false

Besides costumes and the skene building, the setting was the natural scenery outside, where the ______ was located

• theater

• elevator

• stairs

• window

Chaplin paints a portrait of the culture at the particular time through his use of scenery used in his short films. “The Immigrant,” “The Count,” and “Easy Street,” all portray a feeling of poverty in a lower class setting. How does he portray the behavior of a lower class?

• sad

• happy

• Vulgar and more violent

• crazy