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The dark ages

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nickname for Medieval times

a)

Age of humor

b)

Dark ages

c)

Beginning era

d)

Age of the Absurd

2.

What were the actors called

a)

Laymen

b)

Dumers

c)

Dimen

d)

Thespians

3.

What were guilds for?

a)

Buildings that made theatre props

b)

Places to host shows

c)

Groups of actors; advertisers of the guilds

d)

A place that stored theatre scripts

4.

What genre were the Wakefield plays?

a)

Mystery

b)

Horror

c)

Humor

d)

Romance

5.

Who was Hrosvitha?

a)

A famous actor

b)

The first female playwright

c)

A prophet

d)

The most famous playwright ever

6.

What was Adam de la Halle's nickname?

a)

The angel

b)

The dragon

c)

The hunchback

d)

The horse

7.

What are the characters in The second shepherds play?

a)

Coll, Dyb, Gaw, and Mak

b)

Kale, Lad, Hob, and Gat

c)

Ched, Hed, Gid, and Par

d)

Chip, Pal, Mat, and Het

8.

Where was Hans Sachs from?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Germany

9.

Hildegard composed mainly

a)

jazz

b)

instrumental music

c)

plainsong chant

d)

all of the above

10.

What was Hildegard of Bingen?

a)

A mystery playwright, no one knows who she was

b)

An outcast actor, she broke the rules

c)

A prophet, she saw visions

d)

An atheist, illegal at the time