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Primitive Theatre Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the primitive people use for costumes?

a)

bricks

b)

dead people skin

c)

animal skin

d)

towels

2.

What is an artifact?

a)

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

b)

An ancient language

c)

Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form

d)

A type of hispanic food

3.

What is a Shaman?

a)

the leader

b)

a person who oversaw the rituals

c)

all of the above

4.

What is a heritage?

a)

old things that you find lying around and keep it

b)

hammy-downs

c)

property that is or may be inherited

d)

something that you are born with

5.

What does it mean to evolve?

a)

give off gas or heat

b)

to form into something new

6.

What is the basis of all theater?

a)

copying what you see

b)

doing what they see other people doing

c)

imitation

d)

all of the above

7.

They used magic in attempts to protect themselves and control nature. What was this called?

a)

magic theater

b)

spells

c)

magical flowers

d)

superpowers

8.

Who developed several theories to explain the birth of theater?

a)

biologist

b)

archaeologist

c)

anthropologists

d)

psychiatrist

9.

They _____ the haunt.

a)

re-created

b)

re-enacted

c)

imitated

d)

all of the above

10.

What was on the walls of a cave?

a)

wallpaper, facts, power outlets

b)

facts, drawings, art

c)

paint, artifacts, portraits

d)

all of the above

11.

What is the purpose of theater?

a)

to entertain

b)

to show what happened at a certain time and place

c)

for enjoyment

d)

to be creative

e)

all of the above

12.

How did the hunters show how the hunt went?

a)

performing it; imitating it

b)

draw it on the walls in a cave

c)

use puppets; socks with googly eyes

d)

use a presentation and show them

13.

What is the type of stage for primitive theater?

a)

on a hilltop

b)

arena stage

c)

circus maximus

d)

village ground

14.

What kind of actors are used in primitive theater?

a)

hunters

b)

men in black

c)

men; gladiators

d)

women first appeared as actresses from france

15.

What kind of audience is at a primitive theater?

a)

the leaders

b)

entire town

c)

tribe

d)

rich people

16.

Primitive drama exists today.

a)

false

b)

true

17.

They used skin as costumes?

a)

true

b)

false

18.

The hunters of the tribe had to be successful when hunting so that the can have necessary food for survival.

a)

false

b)

true

19.

Acting has _____ over so many years.

a)

accumulated many theories

b)

died

c)

evolve

d)

changed into something terrible

20.

When the hunters returned what was the most common question that they would get?

a)

"Did any of you get hurt?"

b)

"You've been away for a long time, can you come play a game with us?"

c)

"Did you food?"

d)

"Did the hunt go well?"