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7B FORMS OF DRAMA/ORIGIN OF DRAMA 2/3

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _____ enjoyed watching the play.

a)

characters

b)

actor

c)

audience

d)

comedy

2.

What are props?

a)

Actors in play

b)

The action in a play

c)

Objects used by actors in a play

d)

Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

3.

The area where the actors perform is called the....

a)

scene

b)

stage

c)

set

d)

setting

4.

The two main types of drama are __________.

a)

enter and exit.

b)

act and scene.

c)

chorus and aside.

d)

comedy and tragedy.

5.

What is the main difference between a tragedy and a comedy?

a)

Comedies have no serious scenes, but tragedies do.

b)

Comedies were created earlier than tragedies.

c)

Comedies are meant to be humorous, but tragedies do not have happy endings.

d)

Comedies are meant to have happy endings, and tragedies have nothing happy about them at all.

6.

Someone who writes plays is called __________.

a)

a playwright

b)

a scribe

c)

a screenplay writer

d)

a poet

7.
What is Musical Theatre?
a)
A piece of theatre that contains drama, comedy and old english Shakespeare language
b)
A theatre piece that contains music, spoken dialogue and dance
c)
A huge cast of serious actors that inspire to work at the globe theatre
d)
A production that has no music included
8.

What does the word Melodrama actually mean?

a)

Drama that is mellow

b)

A musical

c)

Music Drama

9.

Is farce

a)

dance

b)

comedy

c)

tragedy

d)

circus

10.

The two main types of drama are __________.

a)

enter and exit.

b)

act and scene.

c)

chorus and aside.

d)

comedy and tragedy.

11.

The _____________is the first part of the play.

a)

act

b)

dialogue

c)

exposition

d)

character

12.

objects used by an actor

a)

set

b)

scene

c)

point of view

d)

props

13.
What is Musical Theatre?
a)
A piece of theatre that contains drama, comedy and old english Shakespeare language
b)
A theatre piece that contains music, spoken dialogue and dance
c)
A huge cast of serious actors that inspire to work at the globe theatre
d)
A production that has no music included
14.
The choreographer.....
a)
Dances like crazy
b)
Designs dance for the stage
c)
Creates only group dances
d)
Uses only ballet
15.

In mime we usually we narrate a story through dialogue.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Melodramas usually feature exaggerated, stereotypical characters (e.g. the villain)

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What is Drama?

a)

A lot of shouting and yelling on a stage.

b)

Reading a play in silence.

c)

A story which is acted out on a stage for an audience.

d)

When someone is creating a lot of fuss over nothing.

18.

The area actors perform is referred to as the ______?

a)

attention area

b)

performing area

c)

stage

d)

ovation section

19.
Drama means...
a)
A Greek word
b)
A kind of play
c)
Too many emotions
d)
To act and imitate reality
20.
Conversation between two characters is called...
a)
A monologue
b)
A discussion
c)
A diologue
d)
A quotation
21.
Greek theatre masks were created solely for entertainment purposes:
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What area is show in red?
a)
Orchestra
b)
Parados
c)
Skene
d)
Theatron
23.
Who was the Greek god of theater?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Thespis
c)
Zeus
d)
Sophocles
24.
Who was the first actor?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Thespis
c)
Satyr
d)
Dithyramb
25.

Which of these was NOT a Greek playwright?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aeschylus

c)

Plato

d)

Euripides

26.

The ______________________ was a group of 15 actors that acted as one character.

a)

chorus

b)

orchestra

c)

ensemble

d)

protagonist

27.

Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?

a)

To allow actors to play more than one character

b)

To project the actors' voices to the audience

c)

To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions

d)

All of these

28.

Greek actors were

a)

Only women

b)

Only men

c)

Both men and women

29.

Name the 3 types of Greek plays

a)

Tragedy, Comedy, Satire

b)

Horror, Comedy, Informational

c)

Comedy, Religious, Traditional

d)

Comedy, Romance,Tragedy

30.

What did the Greeks call actors?

a)

Thespians

b)

Entertainers

c)

Performers

d)

Creators

31.

The group of actors that narrate or comment on a play are called the

a)

Chorus

b)

Thespian

c)

Protagonists

d)

Skene

32.

Where would I change my costume at a Greek Theater?

a)

Backstage

b)

The Costume Room

c)

Skene

d)

Proskenion

33.

How do actors show multiple characters?

a)

Stand at different levels

b)

Face different directions

c)

Change their mask

d)

Announce their new character name before speaking

34.
The Greek word "theatron" means:
a)
Performance space
b)
Acting place
c)
Seeing place
d)
Performance place
35.

Which of these was NOT a Greek playwright?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aeschylus

c)

Plato

d)

Euripides

36.

What was used to distinguish between different characters if one person had to play more than one character?

a)

DIRECTOR

b)

SCRIPT

c)

COSTUMES

d)

MASK

37.

What was placed on the orchestra for rituals?

a)

PROPS

b)

PEOPLE

c)

ALTER

d)

FOOD

38.

This ensemble of people in identical, plain masks performing in unison

a)

Greek Singers

b)

Large Chorus

c)

Greek Salad

d)

Greek Chorus

39.

How do actors show that they are playing multiple characters?

a)

Stand at different levels

b)

Face different directions

c)

Change their mask

d)

Announce their new character name before speaking

40.

Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?

a)

To allow actors to play more than one character

b)

To project the actors' voices to the audience

c)

To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions

d)

All of these