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WorksheetsTheatre History Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Shakespeare's theatre group called?
a)
Shakespeare Players
b)
The Globe Trotters
c)
The King's Men
d)
Elizabeth's Actors
2.
When did Shakespeare die?
a)
April 23, 1616
b)
July 22, 1832
c)
September 16,1759
d)
October 31,1737
3.
A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Dialogue
d)
Monologue
4.
Shakespeare's Theatre was called the _____Theatre
a)
Oval
b)
Globe
c)
Horseshoe
d)
Colosseum
5.
A story/play that ends UNHAPPILY
a)
Tragi-Comedy
b)
Tragedy
c)
Comedy
d)
Drama
6.
When a character says something short to the audience that the other characters on stage do NOT hear
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Monologue
d)
Dialogue
7.
A long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Monologue
d)
Dialogue
8.
What type of meter did Shakespeare write in?
a)
Iambic Pentameter
b)
Iambic Heptameter
c)
Trochaic Pentameter
d)
Spondaic Monometer
9.
Actors in their Acting Troupes owned that owned the plays and costumes were called...
a)
Stockholders
b)
Shareholders
c)
Bondholders
d)
Board of Directors
10.
The three titles the Three Witches first greet Macbeth with are...
a)
Than of Fife, Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor
b)
Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, future King
c)
Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Fife
d)
none of the above
11.
True or False:
Banquo's sons will all be kings
Banquo's sons will all be kings
a)
True
b)
False
12.
_________ is the name of Banquo's son
a)
Malcolm
b)
Donalbain
c)
Fleance
d)
Porter
13.
True or False:
Macbeth ordered murderers to kill both Banquo and his son
Macbeth ordered murderers to kill both Banquo and his son
a)
True
b)
False
14.
How was Macduff able to kill Macbeth
a)
He was born from the witches
b)
He didn't Macbeth killed him
c)
His mother had a C-Section
d)
Macduff uses the witch's knife
15.
Who is MacDuff?
a)
A nobleman who does not believe that Macbeth killed Duncan
b)
A nobleman who believes that Macbeth may have killed King Duncan
16.
Macbeth can be defeated is if the Woods move upon his palace
a)
True
b)
False
17.
How does Macbeth die?
a)
Suicide
b)
The Witches curse him to death
c)
He dies from insanity
d)
MacDuff cuts his head off
18.
The prime of Greek Theatre was from
a)
500 bce to 100 bce
b)
5000 bce to 600 bce
c)
100 bce to 900
d)
5000 bce to 900
19.
Theatre began as a way to do what
a)
Tell Stories
b)
Celebrate Hunt and War
c)
Worship Gods
d)
All the Above
20.
Masks were used in Greek Theatre for what purpose(s)
a)
Over-exaggerate emotions
b)
So men could portray women
c)
A and B
d)
Neither
21.
Who was the Greek God that was celebrated for theatre?
a)
Dionysis
b)
Thespis
c)
Aeschylus
d)
Moliere
22.
Who is considered to be the first actor?
a)
Dionysis
b)
Thespis
c)
Sophocles
d)
Ziegfeld
23.
Who told the story of plays in Greek Theatre?
a)
Actor
b)
Narrator
c)
Chorus
d)
Director
24.
Who is considered to be the first American Broadway Producer?
a)
Florenz Ziegfeld
b)
George M. Cohan
c)
August Wilson
d)
Kris Bryant
25.
________ and ________ Gershwin wrote the famous Folk Musical "Porgy and Bess".
a)
George and Clark
b)
Oscar and Rodger
c)
Jerome and Oscar
d)
George and Ira
26.
This playwright wrote the famous plays "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman"
a)
Florenz Ziegfeld
b)
Arthur Miller
c)
August Wilson
d)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
27.
This musical was considered to be the new brand of "book musicals"
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Hairspray
c)
Rent
d)
The King and I
28.
Characters are believable, primary focus is placed on the interior lives of characters, their motives, the reactions of others etc. These are elements of what?
a)
Melodrama
b)
Realism
c)
Neoclassicism
d)
Escapism
29.
Over-exaggerated emotions, hero vs. villian, physical comedy, and a happy ending are elements of what?
a)
Melodrama
b)
Realism
c)
Neoclassicism
d)
Post-modernism
30.
Play takes place in same day and place, poetic justice, verisimilitude, no mixed genres are all elements of
a)
Melodrama
b)
Realism
c)
Neoclassicism
d)
Commedia Dell'Arte
31.
Commedia Dell'Arte was a street theatre majorly performed in _______
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Germany
d)
Italy
32.
This character takes long strides, but little steps, he has a long pointed nose, and pretends to be brave.
a)
Pantalone
b)
The Captain
c)
Harlequin
d)
The Doctor
33.
This French Playwright wrote The Imaginary Invalid and Tartuffe.
a)
Cornielle
b)
Racine
c)
Shakespeare
d)
Moliere
34.
This person helped bring drama back into the medieval era through religious plays
a)
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim
b)
Pope John Paul
c)
King George
d)
Samwise Gamgee
35.
These plays were about biblical stories.
a)
Mystery
b)
Miracle
c)
Morality
d)
Modesty
36.
These plays were about a journey through life and death.
a)
Mystery
b)
Miracle
c)
Morality
d)
Modesty
37.
Theatre died for a period of time because of what?
a)
Catholic Church
b)
Black Plague
c)
Mass Illiteracy
d)
It never died
38.
This playwright died onstage while performing as a sick mind.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Thespis
c)
Sophocles
d)
Moliere
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