Music and Drama Quiz

It is the German word for songs.

• Lieder

• Poet

• Musica

• Singer

The first performer in a tragedy play who was later considered the Father of tragedy was

• Dionysus

• Thespis

• Plautus

• Magnus

Before writing his play, Mario, organized his thoughts first as to how the incidents of the play will happen from the start to the ending part. This is called.

• Plot

• Theme

• Spectacle

• Character

His first opera "Oberto" was performed in La Scala, the most important opera house at the time.

• Franz Peter Schubert

• Giacomo Puccini

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Richard Wagner

He introduced new ideas in harmony and in form, including extremes of chromaticism.

• Franz Peter Schubert

• Giacomo Puccini

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Richard Wagner

Who is the most famous playwright during Renaissance period?

• William Shakespeare

• Titus Maccius Plautus

• Allan de la Halle

• Pierre Corneille

In a Tom and Jerry show, we do not hear any dialogue but we can feel the intensity and speed of their action through what element?

• Lights

• Make - up

• Sound

• Facial expression

A door is a part of a house, therefore we can say that a door is an ________ of a house.

• important part

• principle

• element

• adornment

It is a musical sequence which represents a particular character/plot element in an opera or a musical drama.

• Elements

• Motifs

• Leitmotifs

• Plot twist

He belonged to a group of composers who stressed realism (verismo) in opera.

• Franz Peter Schubert

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Giacomo Puccini

• Richard Wagner