WorksheetsGreek, Roman, and Japanese Theatre History Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What two Greek words does “tragedy” come from?
Goat
Festival
Song
Llama
It is theorized by some that these songs (dithyrambs) eventually evolved into ___________.
Tragedies
Theatre
Comedy
The theatre of Dionysis was ___________.
Indoors
Outdoors
The seated section of this theater was called the (a) which means 'seeing place'.
Who selected the winner of the dithyramb contest?
All Male Citizens
10 Randomly Selected Citizens
The Current Ruler of Athens
All citizens in Attendance
Roman and Greek theater look very similar to each other.
True
False
Dionysus was a god in ________.
Rome
Greece
At the end of the Peloponnesian War Greek theater was ____________ its Golden Age.
Beginning
Ending
What was the name for the genre of comedy that “lasted from about 400 BCE to 323 BCE”?
New Comedy
Middle Comedy
Modern Comedy
Old Comedy
“The plays of New Comedy are _________ absurd” and less obscene than those that came before.
Less
More
The Fabula Palliata plays were performed in __________ , and featured Greek characters.
Italian
Spanish
Latin
Japanese
Fabula Praetexta were original plays that were Roman plays about __________.
Romans
Greeks
What god did the Roman games honor?
Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
The Romans, like the Greeks, associated plays with civic duty.
True
False
What country is the theatrical style of Noh from?
China
Vietnam
Japan
Italy
There are ____ types of Noh plays.
1
3
4
5
What is painted on the back wall of a Noh stage?
Pine Tree
Palm Tree
Oak Tree
Fir Tree
Noh has a similar tone and feel to theater that was being developed in the west during this same time period.
True
False
Noh is still performed today.
True
False
The main part of a Noh stage is called the Hon-Butai.
True
False
