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Theater Final

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Greek Theatre started as a part of what?

a)

Political Elections

b)

Royal Ceremonies

c)

Religious Festivals

d)

Parties

2.

Which part of the Greek Stage was known as the "dancing space"?

a)

Parados

b)

Skene

c)

Orchestra

d)

Parodos

3.

Who was allowed to act in Greek Plays?

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

All of the above

4.

In Greek theatre, the chorus wore what?

a)

Elaborate costumes

b)

Similar make up

c)

Large wigs

d)

Masks

5.

In what part of a Greek play do characters act out the story?

a)

Parados

b)

Episode

c)

Prologue

d)

Choral Ode

6.

Which part of the Greek stage is known as the Viewing Place?

a)

Orchestra

b)

Theatron

c)

Skene

d)

Parodos

7.

Who was the first actor in history?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Thespis

d)

Sophocles

8.

What does the Greek Chorus represent onstage?

a)

The General Population

b)

The Kings

c)

The Gods

d)

The actor's family

9.

What do we call the person who manipulates a puppet?

a)

A puppeteer

b)

A performer

c)

A puppet-man

d)

A papoose

10.

Which type of puppet is found almot exclusively in Vietnam?

a)

Shadow Puppet

b)

Mouth Puppet

c)

Water Puppet

d)

Rod Puppet

11.

Which type of puppet uses ticks to move the head, body, hands and legs of the figure?

a)

Shadow Puppet

b)

Rod Puppet

c)

Mouth Puppet

d)

Finger Puppet

12.

Which type of puppet requires being lit behind a cloth?

a)

Water Puppet

b)

Hand Puppet

c)

Shadow Puppet

d)

Rod Puppet

13.

Puppets are no longer used in theatre, film or television today.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following is a type of musical where musical numbers and dances are fully intergrated into a climatic plot structure?

a)

Showcase

b)

Book Musical

c)

Book Musical

d)

Revue

15.

Which of the following is an example of a sung through musical?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

9 to 5

c)

Shrek: The Musical

d)

Hamilton

16.

What type of musical features hit songs of a popular music group or genre?

a)

Showcase

b)

Jukebox Musical

c)

Sung Through Musical

d)

Book Musical

17.

Cats is an example of what?

a)

Showcase

b)

Revue

c)

Jukebox Musical

d)

Concept Musical

18.

For a musical, who writes the music?

a)

Librettist

b)

Director

c)

Composer

d)

Lyricist

19.

Who creates the dance routines for a musical?

a)

Producer

b)

Choreographer

c)

Actor

d)

Librettist

20.

What type of songs tells a fairly strict narrative, typically of one particular character?

a)

Overture

b)

Ballad

c)

Curtain Raiser

d)

Show Stopper

21.

What type of song is a big number that opens a musical?

a)

Show stopper

b)

Patter Song

c)

Curtain Raiser

d)

Ballad

22.

What was the name of the sea battles that took place in the Coliseum?

a)

Naumachia

b)

Venationes

c)

Pirate Fight

d)

Nautilus Attack

23.

What was the name of the animal fights that took place in the Coliseum? 

a)

Animal Gladiators

b)

Venationes

c)

Boxing

d)

Naumachia

24.

Which ancient theatre culture did the Romans draw their inspriation from? 

a)

Egyptians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Greeks

d)

Celts

25.

What was the name of the oldest offical festival that honored Jupiter? 

a)

Dionysia

b)

ludi Romani

c)

Pompa

d)

Spartacian

26.

What was the name of the Roman who wrote tragedies? His plays are the only examples of Roman tragedy we have. 

a)

Euripides

b)

Terence

c)

Platus

d)

Seneca

27.

Which Roman Playwright wrote The Brothers, Mother-in-Law

a)

Sophocles

b)

Plautus

c)

Terence

d)

Seneca

28.

Around what year did Roman Theatre originate? 

a)

250 B.C.

b)

1987 A.D.

c)

4000 B.C.

d)

1540 A.D.

29.

What was the name of the stage on a Roman theatre?

a)

Cavea

b)

Orchestra

c)

Vomitoria

d)

Pulpitum

30.

What was the name of the auditorium on a Roman theatre?

a)

Orchestra

b)

Pulpitum

c)

Pulpitum

d)

Vomitoria

31.

What was the name of the building used for chariot races?

a)

Ampitheater

b)

Scaena

c)

Circus Maximus

d)

Vomitoria

32.

In a Roman theatre this was the “stage house”, joined with audience to form one architectural unit

a)

Pulpitum

b)

Vomitoria

c)

Orchestra

d)

Scaena

33.

In a Roman Theatre these corridors under the seats that lead onto the orchestra were called __________? 

a)

Pulpitum

b)

Cavea

c)

Vomitoria

d)

Scaena

34.

The Romans hated violence and refused to show it onstage. 

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The Romans incorporated ideas of Farce and Slapstick into their comedies. 

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Roman Actors were referred to as histriones.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The Romans style of theatre was very tragic and extremely reverent towards the gods. They hated comedy. 

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What does "renaissance" mean in French? 

a)

Reorganized

b)

Rebirth

c)

Festival

d)

Art

39.

What popular art form was developed in Italy during their renaissance?

a)

Roman Farce

b)

Realism

c)

Well-Made Play

d)

Commedia dell'arte

40.

Who was the most popular playwright during the French Renaissance and wrote plays like Tartuffe and The Miser

a)

Marlowe

b)

Seneca

c)

Moliere

d)

Cervantes

41.

Which monarch in England supported the growth of Theatre? 

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Oliver Cromwell

d)

Queen Mary

42.

Which of the following Playwrights was NOT famous during the English Renaissance? 

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Ben Johnson

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Christopher Marlowe

43.

Which English Renaissance playwright was rumored to have faked his own death? 

a)

Henrik Ibsen

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Ben Johnson

44.

Who is the most popular playwright to come out of the English Renaissance? He is credited with writing 38 plays 154 Sonnets. 

a)

Samuel French

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Christopher Marlowe

d)

Anton Chekov

45.

A metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. u / 

a)

Heartbeat

b)

Trochaic

c)

Lamb

d)

Pentameter

46.

A measuring unit in poetry, which is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.

a)

Verse

b)

Poem

c)

Foot

d)

Head

47.

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

a)

Pentameter

b)

Perimeter

c)

Tetrameter

d)

Meter

48.

Women were allowed to perform during the English Renaissance. 

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Plays during the French Renaissance were created for the poor, and royalty were never invited to see the plays. 

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The English Renaissance is referred to as Elizabethan Theatre because Queen Elizabeth I, loved to support the theatre. 

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Renaissance Theatre throughout all of Europe was in response to the medieval period and the church. 

a)

True

b)

False

52.

What is the correct order these happended :D

a)

Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance English Renaissance French Renaissance

b)

Spanish Renaissance French Renaissance Italian Renaissance English Renaissance

c)

French Renaissance English Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Italian Renaissance

d)

English Renaissance Italian Renaissance French Renaissance Spanish Renaissance

53.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of farce?

a)

Deliberate use of absurdity

b)

Lack of dialogue

c)

Situations that are highly exaggerated

d)

Physical humor

54.

Which Commedia character eats constantly?

a)

Leandro

b)

Il Dottore

c)

Pantalone

d)

Colombina

55.

Which Commedia characters were birdlike?

a)

Zanni

b)

Innamorati

c)

Masters

d)

Vecchi

56.

What is the Commedia term for the class of Masters?

a)

Vecchi

b)

Zanni

c)

Il Dottore

d)

Innamorati

57.

What is the Commedia term for the class of Lovers?

a)

Dottore

b)

Vecchi

c)

Innamorati

d)

Zanni

58.

Pantalone leads with which part of his body?

a)

Heart

b)

Knees

c)

Nose

d)

Forehead

59.

Commedia troupes drew inspiration from what?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Roman Atellan Farce

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Greek Comedy

60.

Which of the following was the head servant of the household?

a)

Zanni

b)

Brighella

c)

Colombina

d)

Arrlechino

61.

In Commedia, what is the term for a short, rehearsed, comedic bit?

a)

Vecchi

b)

Panto

c)

Arte

d)

Lazzi

62.

Colombina leads with which part of her body?

a)

Shins

b)

knees

c)

Core

d)

Forehead

63.

When did Farce originate?

a)

1987 AD

b)

1540 AD

c)

540 BC

d)

300s AD

64.

Which Commedia character leads with their shins?

a)

Arrlechino

b)

Brighella

c)

Leandro

d)

El Capitano

65.

What is a modern day example of Farce?

a)

Soap Operas

b)

Cartoons

c)

Musicals

d)

Reality TV

66.

In Commedia, who is the foolish hero?

a)

Colombina

b)

Zanni

c)

Arrlechino

d)

Brighella

67.

The Italian Renaissance was a cultural explosion of what?

a)

Theatre

b)

Science

c)

Art

d)

All of the above

e)

A and B only

68.

Which of the following could be a child of the Vecchi?

a)

Magnifico

b)

Isabella

c)

Arrlechino

d)

Brighella

69.

Commedia dell'arte translates to what?

a)

Comedy of Italy

b)

Comedy of Music

c)

Comedy of Theatre

d)

Comedy of Art

70.

Commedia Dell'Arte formed around when?

a)

300 AD

b)

1540 AD

c)

2000 AD

d)

300 BC

71.

Which class is the highest on the Comemdia Hierarchy?

a)

Servants

b)

Innamorati

c)

Vecchi

d)

Zanni

72.

In Commedia, women were not allowed to perform.

a)

True

b)

False

73.

In Commedia, actors typically played many stock characters.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Greek Theatre started as a part of what?

a)

Political Elections

b)

Parties

c)

Religious Festivals

d)

Royal Ceremonies

75.

Which part of the Greek Stage was known as the "dancing space"?

a)

Parodos

b)

Skene

c)

Parados

d)

Orchestra