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Grade 9 Arts and Culture - Musical Theatre

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining what 4 elements?

a)

music, lyrics, dance and action

b)

music, song, spoken dialogue and dance

c)

music, song, plot and script

d)

music, dance, acting and plot

2.

Which other form of theatre uses singing?

a)

Musical

b)

Operetta

c)

Opera

d)

Performance

3.

what is "recitative" - which is commonly used in operas?

a)

Singing without music

b)

Singing with gentle accompaniment

c)

Sung dialogue

d)

Singing after the dialogue

4.

What are the 3 main components of a musical?

a)

music, lyrics and book

b)

score, acting and script

c)

liberetto, lyrics and dance

d)

book, song and dance

5.

What forms the "libretto" of a musical?

a)

Story, character development and songs

b)

Story, dramatic structure and dance

c)

Character development, story and dramatic structure

d)

Plot, action and songs

6.

Theatre began when and where?

a)

1931, Rome

b)

5th century BCE, Greece

c)

10th century BCE, Greece

d)

1700s, France

7.

Which playwright reformatted Renaissance theatre?

a)

King Louis XV

b)

Sullivan

c)

Offenbach

d)

Molière

8.

Which 2 forms of opera grew out of the Renaissance period?

a)

Tragic opera

b)

Comedic opera

c)

Ballad opera

d)

Comic opera

9.

Early musicals were called... (pick 3)

a)

Fables

b)

Musical comedies

c)

Revues

d)

Follies

10.

These early musicals were weak on_______ and strong on _______, _______ and _______.

a)

plot

b)

song, action, dance

c)

action

d)

songs, dance, ensemble