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Origins of Drama Part 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following Ancient Greek playwriters did NOT write tragedies?

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Euripides

2.

Which of the following plays was written by Sophocles?

a)

Oedipus Rex

b)

The Frogs

c)

The Oresteia

d)

The Trojan Women

3.

Which of the following plays was written by Aeschylus?

a)

Oedipus Rex

b)

The Frogs

c)

The Oresteia

d)

The Trojan Women

4.

Which of the following plays was written by Aristophanes?

a)

Oedipus Rex

b)

The Frogs

c)

The Oresteia

d)

The Trojan Women

5.

Which of the following plays was written by Euripides?

a)

Oedipus Rex

b)

The Frogs

c)

The Oresteia

d)

The Trojan Women

6.

What was a Machina?

a)

a crane-like hoist

b)

an ancient robot

c)

an early typwriter

d)

a machine...a

7.

The earliest known display of something resembling theater occurred in...

a)

Egypt.

b)

Greece.

c)

Germany.

d)

Japan.

8.

Who is credited with introducing masks to theater in Greece?

a)

Thespis

b)

Euripides

c)

Ikhernofret

d)

Antigone

9.

The Greek word Tragos is the origin for what important word relating to drama?

(a)  

10.

Deus ex machina is a highly regarding technique that greatly improves the quality of a play.

a)

True

b)

False