WorksheetsOrigins of Drama Part 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following Ancient Greek playwriters did NOT write tragedies?
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Euripides
Which of the following plays was written by Sophocles?
Oedipus Rex
The Frogs
The Oresteia
The Trojan Women
Which of the following plays was written by Aeschylus?
Oedipus Rex
The Frogs
The Oresteia
The Trojan Women
Which of the following plays was written by Aristophanes?
Oedipus Rex
The Frogs
The Oresteia
The Trojan Women
Which of the following plays was written by Euripides?
Oedipus Rex
The Frogs
The Oresteia
The Trojan Women
What was a Machina?
a crane-like hoist
an ancient robot
an early typwriter
a machine...a
The earliest known display of something resembling theater occurred in...
Egypt.
Greece.
Germany.
Japan.
Who is credited with introducing masks to theater in Greece?
Thespis
Euripides
Ikhernofret
Antigone
The Greek word Tragos is the origin for what important word relating to drama?
(a)
Deus ex machina is a highly regarding technique that greatly improves the quality of a play.
True
False
