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WorksheetsDramatic Survey 1 2025
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Greek festivals honored __________, while Roman festivals honored __________.
Dionysus; Jupiter
Apollo; Venus
Silenus; Poseidon
Greek emperors; Roman senators
Which of the following was not a change made to theater by Roman playwrights?
The chorus was removed from the play.
Music played a more pivotal role in the performance.
Masks were removed so that actors' facial expressions were visible.
Three-dimensional stage sets were introduced.
Closet tragedies were not:
written with a hidden agenda to incite revolution.
intended to be read or performed for a limited audience.
written in a highly stylized form of Latin.
notable for avoiding the presentation of violent actions onstage.
What kind of stage did Roman theatres have?
storefront
thrust
raised platform
amphitheatre
What made Indian theater spaces uniquely different from Greek and Roman theaters?
The extensive use of candles and incense
The requirement to purchase tickets
Multiple stages that allowed for different locations and actions to be staged simultaneously
The use of large caves carved into hillsides
Who wrote the classical Indian treatise on theatre titled Natyasastra?
Aristotle
Bharata Muni
Horace
Confucius
In Indian theatre, rasas refer to:
one of eight moods that a play creates in the spectator
the upstage area
plays in elevated language
dances
In classical Indian theatre, prakarana plays are
characterized by invented stories and less exalted characters
stories drawn from mythology or history
verse plays
plays using the popular dialect
In Atsumori, why is Rensho traveling to the place where Atsumori was killed?
To join a revolutionary group
To deliver supplies to stricken armies
To pray for Atsumori
To negotiate a treaty
Why is Waki shocked to hear the grass cutter playing music?
The lyre looks valuable.
He thought the sounds were coming from farther away.
The grass cutter is missing a hand.
Few people from the working class play music.
In Atsumori, whom does the Kyōgen discover the Waki to be at the end of the interlude?
The grasscutter who played the flute.
The man who killed Atsumori.
The priest who left provisions.
The young man who danced for him.
In Zeami's "A Mirror Held to the Flower," the best synonym for yugen would be:
reflection
inelegance
honor
grace
In the context of yugen, grace is best defined as:
unmerited favor
refinement of movement
a short prayer
privilege
Means "skill" or "craft".
sargaku
noh
kagura
nohgaku
Who is the actor, playwright, and theorist who wrote Atsumori?
Zeami Motokiyo
Kanami Kiyotsugu
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Guan Hanqing
Which is a key prop in Noh theatre?
stick
fan
sword
flute
What is a key feature of the Noh stage?
Tile floors
Pine Backdrop
Altar
Triangular shape
Which of the following is NOT an example of an allegorical character?
Patience
Ill-Advised
Pope Urban IV
Greed
How do morality plays differ from mystery cycles?
Morality plays deal with moral issues; mystery plays present an unsolved practical dilemma.
"Morality play" is the earlier term used for "mystery play".
Morality plays are concerned with an individual Christian's soul, while mystery plays are concerned with sin and redemption in human history.
Morality plays were censored by the church, while mystery plays were performed by church laity.
Which country most influenced stage design in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Spain
Italy
France
England
Who are the three classes of characters in commedia dell'arte?
Shudra, Vaishya, Kshatriya
Ita, Hinnin, Burakumin
Farmers, Artisans, Warriors
Padroni, Innamorati, Zanni
Who often spoke in "blank verse" in Shakespeare's plays?
nobles
clowns
servants
soldiers
What act structure do Shakespeare's plays follow?
One
Two with an interlude
Three
Five
On the Iberian Peninsula, now Spain, what was the main theme of plays performed during the Muslim occupation?
prohibition of alcohol
colonization of the Americas
Islam and the attempted mass conversion of the Spanish people
honor
Who took over the production of autos sacramentales after the mid-sixteenth century?
patrons of Ferdinand's court
municipal authorities
trade guilds
the Catholic Church
What was unique about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz?
He was an exile from Mexico.
He was a Catholic priest who abandoned the church to become a secular poet.
She was a nun.
She was from the only non-Catholic city in Spain.
Which of the following is a subgenre of the Spanish comedia nueva?
Loas
Sentimental drama
Comedias de capa y espada (cape-and-sword plays)
Wig plays
Who originally received licenses for the corrales (public theaters)?
the king
noble patrons
charitable organizations
trade guilds
Why was Sor Juana considered a "daughter of the Church"?
She was born out of wedlock
She was an orphan
She entered the convent as a child
She dedicated her poetry and plays to the Church
What ultimately forced Sor Juana to renounce her studies?
She was preoccupied with caring for the sick during a plague.
Controversy that followed Sor Juana's criticism of a Jesuit sermon.
A romantic relationship with her patron and protector.
She became a missionary.
Which god is honored in the opening lines of the loa?
God of Roman Catholicism—Jesus
God of Seeds—Huitzilopochtli
God of Wisdom—Apollo
God of Women—the Virgin Mary
What purpose does the character Religion serve in the play?
Represents Christianity.
Represents the people's ability to focus on faith rather than money.
Represents a warning not to deprive America of its native gold.
Represents a warning that sinners will suffer from a bout of plague, which, ironically, took Sor Juana's life months after writing this loa.
What role did the sedes (mansions) and platea (place) play in the staging of Corpus Christi plays?
They emphasized the growing separation between the poor and the wealthy.
They symbolized the space between the audience and the actors.
They represented stable and temporary stage environments during a performance.
They were part of Terentian comedy, not Corpus Christi plays.
Who published Sor Juana's plays?
Sor Filotea
The Bishop
Viceroy Marqués de la Laguna and his wife María Luisa, Condesa de Paredes
Núñez de Miranda
Early modern refers to:
The fall of the Roman Empire up to the Renaissance.
Early Enlightenment through the French Revolution.
The end of the Middle Ages through the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
The Renaissance up through modernism.
What function did the proscenium serve on a stage?
It was the area where actors ascended from a trap door.
It functioned as a scenic archway.
It was the area where the orchestra performed.
It was the area where characters other than the main actor performed.
William Shakespeare’s troupe was originally named:
commedia dell'arte.
the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
the London Actors Guild.
the Globe Dramatists.
Which of the following is not an element of the Early Modern period?
Abandonment of ancient aesthetics for a more abstract approach to art
Emergence of a mercantile economy and the middle class
New World explorations
Reformation of church and state
The term renaissance was first used by artist and critic Giorgio Vasari to define a rediscovery of classical values that he claimed had disappeared during which period?
the Middle Ages
the Decline of Rome
the Reformation
the English Civil Wars
Which of the following was true of commedia dell’arte during the 1600s?
Troupes performed Greek plays.
Commedia troupes established themselves at one theater.
Performances were mostly improvised from a comic scenario.
Women could not be actors.
Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy was written:
to replace Aristotle's model with English rules of tragedy.
to diminish the French influence on English playwrights.
to criticize the immorality of Restoration theater.
to act as the first theater review independent of newspaper print.
Two rival troupes during the Restoration were:
The King's Men and Everyman
The Duke's Company and the Killigrew Men
The King's Company and the Duke's Company
Shakespeare and Dryden
Which of the following was not true of the comedy of manners?
They were set in contemporary London.
They were used as morality plays to restore faith in middle-class spectators.
They often contained a secondary plot about a conventional relationship.
Masculinity and marriage as a social contract were treated as important themes.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Restoration performance?
Audience members often sat on stage and disturbed the performance.
Women increasingly took over female roles previously played by young boys.
The stage was lit by candelabra.
To accommodate the growing London population, theaters were very large and open-air.
What were the roles called in which women played men and wore tight-fitting pants?
slack roles
pantaloon roles
breeches roles
trouser roles
Who was England’s first professional female playwright?
Susanna Centlivre
Nell Gwynn
Elizabeth Barry
Aphra Behn
What purpose did the amphithéâtre serve in French theater?
It allowed for special effects and modern equipment.
It provided sloped boxes for better stage visibility.
It provided an advanced sound system.
It was the general place for public entertainment.
Neoclassical theater evolved primarily as a result of __________ being translated into Italian.
Aristotle's Poetics
Vitruvius's Treatise on Architecture
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Plato's Dialogues
The foremost writer of French comedy in the seventeenth century was
Defoe
Goldoni
Moliere
Shakespeare
How did eighteenth-century theaters differ from their predecessors?
Angled perspectives replaced symmetrical views.
Illusory effects arose from advanced lighting and sound.
All of the answer options are correct.
