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Arts 9 - Western Classical Plays/Opera Part 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

IDENTIFICATION


This play dealt with an unhappy ending, especially concerning the downfall of the character.

a)

Comedy

b)

Satyr

c)

Tragedy

2.

IDENTIFICATION


This play was derived from imitation. Example is a tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in Greece.

a)

Comedy

b)

Satyr

c)

Tragedy

3.

IDENTIFICATION


This play was a short, lighthearted tailpiece and featured half-man/half-goat characters.

a)

Comedy

b)

Satyr

c)

Tragedy

4.

IDENTIFICATION


one of the first permanent (non-wooden) theaters in Rome.

a)

Proscenium

b)

Teatro Regio

c)

Triumvir Pompey

5.

IDENTIFICATION


a dramatic entertainment consisting of pantomime, dancing, dialogue, and songs

a)

Commedia dell'arte

b)

Elaborate masques

c)

Athenian tragedy

6.

IDENTIFICATION


He was an English poet, playwright and actor and regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in the whole world.

a)

Euripides

b)

Pierre Cornielle

c)

William Shakespeare.

7.

IDENTIFICATION : Type in the correct answer.


It is a formalized form of dance which originated from the Italian Renaissance courts.

(a)  

8.

IDENTIFICATION


This portrayed the complex and fateful lives of the upper classes and royals

a)

Tragedies

b)

Comedies

9.

IDENTIFICATION


These were either public discourse or of manners, tended to focus on the lower ranks of society.

a)

Tragedies

b)

Comedies

10.

IDENTIFICATION : Type in the correct answer.


The term used for the first "spotlight", was used in the US during the Neoclassical period.

(a)