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WorksheetsRoman and Medieval Theatre
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Roman Plays used masks
True
False
What is the name of this building?
Circus
Colosseum
Theatre
Greeks did not influence Roman plays or festivals.
True
False
Roman stages had trap doors.
true
false
Roman plays, which are not considered in the same class of Greek plays, consisted of:
Imitation of animals
Acrobatics
Mimetic dance
All are correct
Which of the following was not a Roman writer?
Plautus
Agamemnon
Terence
Seneca
Which Roman playwright was brought to Rome as a slave and freed because of his talent?
Plautus
Agamemnon
Terence
Seneca
In the medieval period, _____ plays were based on the lives of saints.
Passion
Miracle
Morality
Mystery
In the medieval period, _____ plays were based on stories from the bible.
Miracle
Morality
Passion
Mystery
A play based on Christ's final week is called a _____ play.
Miracle
Morality
Passion
Masque
Plays that were written to teach basic principles (right versus wrong) are called ______ plays.
Miracle
Passion
Morality
Masque
The Romans got many of their ideas and customs (including religion) from Greece.
True
False
Which religion did the Romans at first try to stop and then later adopted it as its official religion?
Islam
Polytheism
Judaism
Christianity
What is a trope.
A group of actors.
A short biblical scene.
A group of clergy members.
A play about catholic saints.
In Medieval Theatre, what were known as cycles?
Birth, baptism, death, and assention.
A short biblical scene.
Tropes that were shown together.
When Pope Innocent II order the clergy to stop performing in church plays who became the actors?
Members of the craft guilds.
Professional actors from France.
Roman mimes.
By the end of the Medival Age a non-religious play started to emerge. What do we call this type of play?
Venacular
Secular
Funacular
