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WorksheetsChapter Three
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The three social positions during the Roman republic were
patricians, plebeians, and slaves
men, women, and children
senators, representatives, and commoners
all of the above
none of the above
Theatre began to decline near the end of the Roman empire due to
democracy.
financial changes
Christianity
new technology
Atellan farce
was usually improvised
was written down and made a literary genre by Roman authors
satirized city people.
a and b
b and c
Roman comedies that dealt with Roman issues were known as
fabula palliata
fabula togata
Atellan farce
The Menaechmi.
A broadly comic play without a chorus, about the trials and tribulations of romance, and with a
great deal of musical accompaniment was probably written by
Aelius
Plautus
Terence
Horace
Seneca.
A subtler comedy that stressed characterization, and had elegant language and a carefully constructed double plot was probably written by
Aelius
Plautus
Terence
Horace
Seneca.
Quintus Ennius, Marcus Pacuvius, and Lucius Accius were playwrights
who wrote Roman comedies
whose work survives.
whose plays we assume remained popular throughout Roman times
all of the above
none of the above
A play with violence onstage was probably written by
Plautus
Aelius
Horace
Terence
Seneca
The idea that characters’ language and actions should fit traditional ideas of suitable behavior for their age, gender, social status, and emotional state is called
decorum
realism
strong writing.
all of the above
none of the above
Who originated the idea that plays should both entertain and educate?
Plautus
Aristotle
Horace
Terence
Seneca
