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Roman and Medieval Theatre

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roman Plays used masks

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the name of this building?

a)

Circus

b)

Colosseum

c)

Theatre

3.

Greeks did not influence Roman plays or festivals.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
Who were the two major writers of Roman Comedy
a)
Terrence and Phillip
b)
Terrence and Platus
c)
Oedipus and Medea
d)
Sophecles and Aeschelus
5.

Roman stages had trap doors.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Roman plays, which are not considered in the same class of Greek plays, consisted of:

a)

Imitation of animals

b)

Acrobatics

c)

Mimetic dance

d)

All are correct

7.

Which of the following was not a Roman writer?

a)

Plautus

b)

Agamemnon

c)

Terence

d)

Seneca

8.

Which Roman playwright was brought to Rome as a slave and freed because of his talent?

a)

Plautus

b)

Agamemnon

c)

Terence

d)

Seneca

9.

In the medieval period, _____ plays were based on the lives of saints.

a)

Passion

b)

Miracle

c)

Morality

d)

Mystery

10.

In the medieval period, _____ plays were based on stories from the bible.

a)

Miracle

b)

Morality

c)

Passion

d)

Mystery

11.

A play based on Christ's final week is called a _____ play.

a)

Miracle

b)

Morality

c)

Passion

d)

Masque

12.

Plays that were written to teach basic principles (right versus wrong) are called ______ plays.

a)

Miracle

b)

Passion

c)

Morality

d)

Masque

13.

The Romans got many of their ideas and customs (including religion) from Greece.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which religion did the Romans at first try to stop and then later adopted it as its official religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Polytheism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

15.

What is a trope.

a)

A group of actors.

b)

A short biblical scene.

c)

A group of clergy members.

d)

A play about catholic saints.

16.

In Medieval Theatre, what were known as cycles?

a)

Birth, baptism, death, and assention.

b)

A short biblical scene.

c)

Tropes that were shown together.

17.

When Pope Innocent II order the clergy to stop performing in church plays who became the actors?

a)

Members of the craft guilds.

b)

Professional actors from France.

c)

Roman mimes.

18.

By the end of the Medival Age a non-religious play started to emerge. What do we call this type of play?

a)

Venacular

b)

Secular

c)

Funacular