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Theatre of the Absurd: Origins and context

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Avant-garde theatre argues that all life is meaningless and has characters that act at random with no theatrical rules?

a)

Melodrama

b)

Choreopoem

c)

Romanticism

d)

Absurdism

2.

Absurdism is:

a)

a man's futile search for meaning in a meaningless universe.

b)

a man's search for a really good hotdog

c)

A man's search for Sisyphus


d)

a man's search for the gods

3.

What did Theatre of the Absurd respond to?

a)

to the destruction and anxieties of the 20th century

b)

the search for the Holy Grail

c)

competing theatrical modes

d)

Reality itself

4.
What time period corresponds to the Theatre of the Absurd?
a)
19th century
b)
21st century
c)
1914-1940
d)
post WWII
5.
Possibly the most important thought in the Theatre of the Absurd is
a)
the absence of money
b)
the absence of time
c)
the absence of God
d)
the absence of meaning in life
6.

What is NOT a convention of Theatre of the Absurd?

a)

Out of Sync with the Real World

b)

Repetition

c)

Maintaining the Fourth Wall

d)

Comical Nature

7.

Absurdism states that we exist, the world exists and we are godly beings.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
The term "Theatre of the Absurd" was coined by
a)
Martina Esslin
b)
Martin Esslin
c)
Richard Esslin
d)
Samuel Beckett
9.
Absurdism can be defined as a drama of
a)
Enormity
b)
Boredom
c)
Absurdity
d)
Futility
10.

A silence is Theatre of the Absurd often allows the audience to...

a)

Ponder the Purpose

b)

Ponder the Meaning

c)

Ponder the Food

d)

Ponder the Action

11.

What is often minimalistic in Theatre of the Absurd?

a)

Illogical movement

b)

Stagecraft

c)

Mood

d)

Costume