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Worksheets7B FORMS OF DRAMA/ORIGIN OF DRAMA 2/3
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The _____ enjoyed watching the play.
characters
actor
audience
comedy
What are props?
Actors in play
The action in a play
Objects used by actors in a play
Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak
The area where the actors perform is called the....
scene
stage
set
setting
The two main types of drama are __________.
enter and exit.
act and scene.
chorus and aside.
comedy and tragedy.
What is the main difference between a tragedy and a comedy?
Comedies have no serious scenes, but tragedies do.
Comedies were created earlier than tragedies.
Comedies are meant to be humorous, but tragedies do not have happy endings.
Comedies are meant to have happy endings, and tragedies have nothing happy about them at all.
Someone who writes plays is called __________.
a playwright
a scribe
a screenplay writer
a poet
What does the word Melodrama actually mean?
Drama that is mellow
A musical
Music Drama
Is farce
dance
comedy
tragedy
circus
The two main types of drama are __________.
enter and exit.
act and scene.
chorus and aside.
comedy and tragedy.
The _____________is the first part of the play.
act
dialogue
exposition
character
objects used by an actor
set
scene
point of view
props
In mime we usually we narrate a story through dialogue.
True
False
Melodramas usually feature exaggerated, stereotypical characters (e.g. the villain)
True
False
What is Drama?
A lot of shouting and yelling on a stage.
Reading a play in silence.
A story which is acted out on a stage for an audience.
When someone is creating a lot of fuss over nothing.
The area actors perform is referred to as the ______?
attention area
performing area
stage
ovation section
Which of these was NOT a Greek playwright?
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Plato
Euripides
The ______________________ was a group of 15 actors that acted as one character.
chorus
orchestra
ensemble
protagonist
Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?
To allow actors to play more than one character
To project the actors' voices to the audience
To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions
All of these
Greek actors were
Only women
Only men
Both men and women
Name the 3 types of Greek plays
Tragedy, Comedy, Satire
Horror, Comedy, Informational
Comedy, Religious, Traditional
Comedy, Romance,Tragedy
What did the Greeks call actors?
Thespians
Entertainers
Performers
Creators
The group of actors that narrate or comment on a play are called the
Chorus
Thespian
Protagonists
Skene
Where would I change my costume at a Greek Theater?
Backstage
The Costume Room
Skene
Proskenion
How do actors show multiple characters?
Stand at different levels
Face different directions
Change their mask
Announce their new character name before speaking
Which of these was NOT a Greek playwright?
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Plato
Euripides
What was used to distinguish between different characters if one person had to play more than one character?
DIRECTOR
SCRIPT
COSTUMES
MASK
What was placed on the orchestra for rituals?
PROPS
PEOPLE
ALTER
FOOD
This ensemble of people in identical, plain masks performing in unison
Greek Singers
Large Chorus
Greek Salad
Greek Chorus
How do actors show that they are playing multiple characters?
Stand at different levels
Face different directions
Change their mask
Announce their new character name before speaking
Why did the ancient Greeks wear masks?
To allow actors to play more than one character
To project the actors' voices to the audience
To allow the audience to better see the emotions and facial expressions
All of these
