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History of the Theatrical Forms and their Evolution

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Greek and Roman theater arts started during _________.

a)

Ancient Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Medieval Period

2.

Romeo and Juliet play was created during ________________.

a)

Ancient Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Baroque Period

3.

A play dealing with an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of

the main character is ___________.

a)

Comedy

b)

Drama

c)

Tragedy

4.

Romeo and Juliet tragedy was written by____________.

a)

Victor Hugo

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

William Shakespeare

5.

A play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone.

a)

Comedy

b)

Drama

c)

Melodrama

6.

The first spotlight used in the U.S during Neoclassical Period was called______.

a)

Firelight

b)

Flashlight

c)

Limelight

7.

The following are the three main elements of the ancient theater EXCEPT one,

which one?

a)

Audience

b)

Orchestra

c)

Theatron

d)

Skene

8.

The theater of ancient Greece consisted of three types of drama. Which of the

following is NOT part on the group?

a)

Comedy

b)

Melodrama

c)

Satyr Play

9.

A person who writes plays.

a)

Actor/Actress

b)

Director

c)

Playwright

10.

It is a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting

events intended to appeal to the emotions.

a)

Liturgy

b)

Melodrama

c)

Opera

11.

Melodrama and Opera became the most popular

theatrical form

a)

Romantic Theater

b)

Renaissance Theater

c)

Ancient Theater

12.

Theater was characterized by its grandiosity

a)

Medieval Theater

b)

Romantic Theater

c)

Neo-classical Theater

13.

Use of technology in current broadways and

commercial plays

a)

Baroque Theater

b)

Medieval Theater

c)

Romantic Theater

14.

Theater performances were not allowed

throughout Europe

a)

Medieval Theater

b)

Neo-classical Theater

c)

Ancient Theater

15.

Tragedy, Comedy, and Satyr play

a)

Ancient Theater

b)

Medieval Theater

c)

Renaissance Theater

16.

William Shakespeare was the famous poet

a)

Ancient Theater

b)

Medieval Theater

c)

Renaissance Theater

17.

Sophocles is an ancient Greek tragedian who wrote 123 plays but only 7

have survived in a complete form.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

William Shakespeare has been known as the “Bard of Avon” and wrote

the most famous tragedy and one of the world’s most enduring love

story “Romeo and Juliet”.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

The opera “Carmen” is one of the world’s most popular opera and was

written by William Shakespeare

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Balagtas is so greatly revered in the Philippines that the term for Filipino

debate in extemporaneous verse is named after him: Balagtasan and

one of the greatest literary awards in the Philippines is also named

after him.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Severino R. Reyes is a French writer, dramatist, and playwright, he was

highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

Lights and Music are elements that give special effects to a play.

Dynamics and intensity of these elements express mood, time, or

weather of a certain scene.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Playwrights are the ones who act on stage with their respective roles.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

Production Team are responsible for stage decorations, props,

costumes, and other art designs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

Oedipus Rex is written by Severino R. Reyes

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

Carmen, Don Jose, El Dancairo and El Remendado are some

characters in the opera “Romeo and Juliet.”

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Father of Theater design in the Philippines

a)

Francisco Balagtas

b)

Severino R. Reyes

c)

Salvador F. Bernal

28.

Father of Tagalog Zarzuela

a)

Francisco Balagtas

b)

Severino R. Reyes

c)

Salvador F. Bernal

29.

His best known work is the “Florante at Laura”

a)

Francisco Balagtas

b)

Severino R. Reyes

c)

Dr. Ricardo G. Abad

30.

Director of Teatro Pilipino and the Metropolitan

Theater

a)

Severino R. Reyes

b)

Dr. Ricardo G. Abad

c)

Salvador F. Bernal