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Semester Test 20192020

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the baker's father steal from the witch that caused his family to be cursed?
a)
Asparagus
b)
Turnips
c)
Beans
d)
Parsley
2.
Why doesn't Jack's mother want to sell the cow?
a)
There are flies in her eyes
b)
She's worried Jack is becoming a little to attached to the cow.
c)
Milky White is too old.
d)
Milky White is actually a male.
3.
What does the wolf tempt Red Riding Hood to do so that he can get to Granny's house first?
a)
Watch the sunset
b)
Pick flowers
c)
Watch the birds
d)
Take a longer path
4.
What task must Cinderella do to be allowed to go to the King's festival?
a)
Cook dinner
b)
Pick lentils out of the ashes
c)
Make dresses for Florinda and Lucinda
d)
Clean the entire house
5.
Cinderella's Prince plays what other part?
a)
There Mysterious Man
b)
The Wolf
c)
Cinderella's Father
d)
The Giant
6.
Who is the Baker's Sister?
a)
Cinderella
b)
Little Red Riding Hood
c)
The Witch
d)
Rapunzel
7.
What fashion accessory does Little Red Riding Hood's Granny make for her?
a)
A wolf skin hat
b)
A wolf tooth necklace
c)
A wolf fur cape
d)
A wolf toot bracelet
8.
What "hair as gold as corn" does The Baker feed Milky White?
a)
Rapunzel's
b)
Little Red Riding Hood's
c)
Cinderella's
d)
The Witch's
9.
What happens to Cinderella's Stepsisters?
a)
They become servants
b)
They are killed by the giant
c)
They get their eyes poked out by birds
d)
They go blind by staring at Cinderella's golden slippers.
10.
Who has a special moment in the woods?
a)
Lucinda
b)
The Witch
c)
The Baker's Wife
d)
Rapunzel's Prince
11.
Who kills Jack's mother?
a)
The King's Steward
b)
The Giant
c)
The Baker
d)
The Wolf
12.
What song do the two Princes sing together?
a)
"Your Fault"
b)
"A Moment in the Woods"
c)
"Agony"
d)
"Little Girl"
13.
Who wrote the music and lyrics for Into the Woods?
a)
James Lapine
b)
Stephen Sondheim
c)
Kanye West
d)
Bernadette Peters
14.
Who wrote the book for Into the Woods?
a)
Stehphen Sondheim
b)
The Brother's Grimm
c)
James Lapine
d)
Ernest Hemingway
15.
What are the last words song in the musical?
a)
Children should listen.
b)
I wish.
c)
and home before dark.
d)
Into the woods.
16.
Which is not one of the four items needed to make the Witch's potion?
a)
The cape as red blood
b)
The cow as white as milk
c)
The hair as soft as silk
d)
The slipper as pure as gold
17.
The Mysterious Old Man was father to what two characters?
a)
The Baker and The Witch
b)
The Witch and Little Red Riding Hood
c)
The Baker and Rapunzel
d)
The Baker and Cinderella
18.
Who threw the last magical bean?
a)
Jack
b)
The Baker's Wife
c)
Cinderella
d)
Little Red Riding Hood
19.

What are the two themes shown (one literal and suggested) by Little Red Riding Hoods and the Wolf's song and blocking?

a)

Relationship/Sexual Danger

b)

Being Devoured by Danger

c)

Everything you learn is good

d)

Nothing bad happening in the Woods

e)

Life is full of moments

20.

Does all versions of Into the Woods have the narrator as a young boy?

a)

No

b)

Yes

21.

In the version we are watching, Who is telling the performance as it is playing out?

a)

Prince Charming

b)

The Boy

c)

Baker

d)

Witch

22.

When Red Riding Hood's costume changes to the wolf fur cape this symbolizes what change in Red Riding Hood?

a)

What she learned in her experience with the wolf

b)

Dealing with her Grandma's death

c)

That she is rich and fancy

d)

The friendship she had with the wolf

23.

Jack talks about living between the land of the giants and home, what metaphorically is he talking about?

a)

Dreams and Reality

b)

Rich and Poor

c)

Good and Evil

d)

Finding a friend

24.

What does Little Red Riding Hood mean by the lyrics "Isn't it nice to know a lot! And a little bit not..."?

a)

Things you learn can be scary

b)

Learning is fun

c)

that she will never learn everything

d)

That mothers are always nice

25.

What does the Baker's wife mean with the lyrics "Let the moment go... Don't forget it for a moment, though."?

a)

learn from life don't regret it

b)

Every moment is the same

c)

Only bad behavior teach you things

d)

Never that chances

26.

After sharing a night with the Prince, how does it affect the Baker's Wife?

a)

She learn how much she loves her family

b)

She wants to be with the Prince

c)

That she must be alone to find happiest

d)

That the Witch is to blame

27.

When the Baker sees his father in the woods, after his wife's death what does he figure out?

a)

No matter how far he runs he will never forget

b)

People are better off alone

c)

That he never wanted to be a father

d)

life makes it easy to forget

28.

Why did the Witch lock Rapunzel in the tower?

a)

Too protect her from the world

b)

To punish her father

c)

To teach her to sing

d)

To help her marry a prince

29.

Why did the Witch get cursed and turned ugly?

a)

Losing her mother's beans

b)

Breaking a promise to the king

c)

Kissing a frog

d)

Opening a cursed tomb

30.

Who tells Cinderella about the Prince's infidelity?

a)

The Birds

b)

Milky White

c)

The Witch

d)

The Baker's Wife

31.

How does the Baker deal with the death of his wife?

a)

Running away and abandoning his child

b)

Wanting to kill the Giant

c)

Blaming the Witch

d)

Flirting with Cinderella

32.

What does the Baker tell Jack, when Jack wants to kill the King's Steward?

a)

You can't it's wrong

b)

Wait until night

c)

The Witch put a spell on him

d)

He is already dead by the Giant

33.

Now that Red Riding Hood has lost her Granny and Mom, Cinderella tells who must decide right and wrong?

a)

Herself

b)

The Baker

c)

The King

d)

The World

34.

Who plays the the Boy/Narrator's father who comes looking for him in the woods?

a)

Baker

b)

Prince Charming

c)

Wolf

d)

Mysterious Man in the woods

35.

At the end of Act 2, The Witch sings about how your mother and fathers can affect children, what are the main themes?

a)

Be careful what you say, child will listen

b)

You only love child to lost them

c)

Going in to the Woods is always bad

d)

Giants are people too

36.

Greek Theatre began primarily as ___________.

a)

A Form of Entertainment

b)

A Religious Ritual

c)

A Teaching Tool

d)

A Way to Exercise

37.

Greeks primarily worshipped ______________ through theatre festivals.

a)

Apollo, God of the Sky & King of the Gods

b)

Dionysus, God of Wisdom & Knowledge

c)

Dionysus, God of Wine & Fertility

d)

Apollo, God of the Hunt & the Sun

38.

Select the three forms of Theatre the Greeks invented:

a)

Tragedy, Farce, Musical

b)

Comedy, Melodrama, Satyr

c)

Drama, Tragedy, Horror

d)

Comedy, Tragedy, Satyr

e)

Tragedy, History, Comedy

39.

What three roles did the Greek Chorus play in performance?

a)

Commented on the action of the plot

b)

Provided spectacle by singing and dancing

c)

Moved set pieces and helped actors change costumes

d)

Played the role of community in the world of the play

e)

Comedic relief in all performances

40.

Who created the role of the actor?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thespis

41.

Where did Greeks build there Theatres for Performances?

a)

By the sea

b)

Mountain Side

c)

Inside a theater

d)

The city center

42.

What did Aristotle write, and why is it important?

a)

Oedipus Rex

b)

The Poetics

c)

Odyssey

d)

Iliad

43.

Greek choruses first performed dithyrambs, which were _____________.

a)

Hymns and songs that retold famous stories and myths

b)

Short scenes from The Odyssey

c)

Songs shepherds would sing to their sheep

d)

Songs sung to attract members of the opposite sex

44.

Who wrote the tragedies Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Aeschylus

d)

Euripides

45.

Who wrote the comedy Lysistrata and is known as the father of Comedy?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Aeschylus

d)

Euripides

46.

Greek Theatre Festivals centered around __________________.

a)

The summer season

b)

The olive season

c)

The grape season

d)

The grapefruit season

47.

In Ancient Greece, attending the theatre was seen as _________________.

a)

An inconvenience

b)

Unimportant

c)

A rich person's privilege

d)

One's civic duty

48.

Winners of Greek Theatre Festivals won the Tragoidia, which roughly translates to _________________.

a)

Best in Show

b)

Goat Song

c)

Best Playwright

d)

Pride of Dionysus

49.

Deus ex machina, translated as "God out of the machine," refers to the theatrical machine known as machene, which _____________________.

a)

Raised and lowered actors portraying gods from the roof of the skene to the stage

b)

Revolved the painted set backgrounds for changes in scenery

c)

Would often break

d)

Could be used to spin the orchestra around for fantastic dance numbers

50.

Wheeled Cart used to move set pieces on and off the acting area?

a)

Ekkyklema

b)

Long Kart

c)

Dolly

d)

set jack

51.

Known as the Dancing Place this is the name of where chorus sang danced for the audience?

a)

Orchestra

b)

Skene

c)

Theatron

d)

Stage

52.

What is the building of stage where Actors performed (included 1-3 doors in and out)?

a)

Skene

b)

Orchestra

c)

Theatron

d)

Stage

53.

The name of the seating for a Greek Audience also called the "The Seeing Place" and where we get the word for the art form?

a)

Theatron

b)

Skene

c)

Orchestra

d)

Stage

54.

Greeks build what out of the sides of mountains to have their choir competitions, that evolved in to drama?

a)

Amphitheaters

b)

Circle Arenas

c)

Flat Fields

d)

Racing Tracks

55.

Greece has thousands of inhabited islands and dramatic__________________ ranges.

a)

Mountain

b)

Flat Fields

c)

Crops

d)

Ocean

56.

What did Greek actors wear to show different characters?

a)

Mask

b)

Costumes

c)

Hair Styles

d)

Headbands

57.

In the story of Dionysus birth who are his parents?

a)

Sky and Earth

b)

Ocean and Wind

c)

Earth and Animal

d)

Bird and River

58.

How large were the chorus in the beginning of the competitions?

a)

3 to 6

b)

20

c)

50

d)

Whole towns

59.

What animal was sacrificed to commemorate the god's death?

a)

Goat

b)

Horse

c)

King's first born

d)

A Snake

60.

Who was Thespis?

a)

First Actor

b)

Best Playwright

c)

First Director

d)

Emperor

61.

The playwright known as the father of tragedies is?

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristophanes

62.

Did Greek Theatre have a structure the same as plays we watch today?

a)

No

b)

Yes

63.

The First part of a Greek Structure is call what?

a)

Complication

b)

Rising Action

c)

Tent Pole

d)

Act 1

64.

Who wrote the book about Greek Tragedy that helped define the importance of Greek Drama?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Dan Brown

c)

Thespis

d)

There is no books written about theatre

65.

True or False: Today, we use the word “Thespian” in honor of the first actor.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

All Greek actors were ———————- in the beginning.

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Drunk

d)

Scholars

67.

What kind of theatre is above?

a)

Black Box Theatre

b)

Mansion

c)

Pageant Wagon

d)

Amphitheater

68.

What does "Drama" mean?

a)

to create a scene

b)

actor

c)

to perform or to dance

d)

to do or to act

69.

Where would the movements and action take place in a Greek play?

a)

Off stage

b)

In the Audience

c)

On stage for all to see

d)

Flying through the air

70.

What came first in Theatre History of Greece?

a)

Chorus then Plays

b)

Plays then Chorus

c)

Comedies then Tragedies

d)

Horror then Satire

71.

If the Dionysus Festivals were held in the city to commemorate the making of the wine, the farming communities around Athens would also celebrate what other time of the grape season?

a)

Harvest

b)

Planting

c)

Rains

d)

Returning from war

72.

The first book of theatrical criticism written by Aristotle?

a)

The Poetics

b)

The Little Theatre Book

c)

Greek Plays

d)

Oedipus The King

73.

Of all the plays written in Ancient Greece, how many survived today?

a)

33

b)

289

c)

None

d)

Only Sophocles

74.

Who selected the winners of the dithyramb contest?

a)

10 randomly chosen citizens

b)

All male citizens

c)

All citizens in attendance

d)

Peisistratos or the current ruler of Athens

75.

What was the term used by Aristotle discussing a purgation of emotion?

a)

Catharsis

b)

Screaming

c)

Laughing

d)

Hamartia