WorksheetsBlank Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many rasas are there according to the rasa theory?
a)
Eleven
b)
Ten
c)
Nine
d)
Eight
2.
Which emotion does the bibhasta rasa denote?
a)
Laughter
b)
Fear
c)
Surprise
d)
Disgust
3.
Which of the following texts is an example of tragedy?
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Merchant of Venice
c)
Twelfth Night
d)
All's Well that Ends Well
4.
Who is known for creating plays in praise of God during the ancient Greek theatre?
a)
Athena
b)
Hercules
c)
Poseidon
d)
Dionysus
5.
What is the difference between a drama and a play?
a)
Play is a script written for stage performance and drama is any literary text
b)
Play is any literary text and drama is a script written for stage performance
c)
Play is a script and drama is dialogues
d)
None of the above
6.
The Roman theatre borrowed from Greek theatre but incorporated elements of ________.
a)
Comedy and music
b)
Rituals and mythology
c)
Farce and spectacle
d)
Creativity and human expression
7.
Some theorists suggested that the core of drama was about movement rather than speech. Which theory of drama is this?
a)
The Ritual Theory
b)
The Great Man Theory
c)
The Storytelling Theory
d)
The Dance Theory
8.
Which of the following are said to have emerged in the city of Athens (Greece)?
a)
Tragedy
b)
Comedy
c)
Satire
d)
All the above
9.
A type of medieval religious drama that focused on the lives of Saints or miraculous events associated with them. What type of plays are they?
a)
Mystery plays
b)
Miracle plays
c)
Morality plays
d)
Medieval plays
10.
Which were the plays written to teach moral lessons?
a)
Morality plays
b)
Miracle plays
c)
Mystery place
d)
None of the above
11.
Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare belonged to which period of theatre?
a)
Restoration theatre
b)
Romanticism
c)
Renaissance theatre
d)
Modern theatre
12.
What genre of drama was popular during the Restoration period?
a)
Comedy of errors
b)
Romantic comedy
c)
Melodramas
d)
Comedy of manners
13.
What are the characteristics of theatre during Realism?
a)
Everyday life and social issues as themes
b)
Elaborate and classical language style
c)
Both A and B
d)
Stories of kings and queens
14.
When did the restoration period begin?
a)
After WW I
b)
After WW II
c)
After the English Civil War
d)
After Elizabethan period
15.
Which of the following are a part of modern theatre?
a)
Avant-garde theatre
b)
Musical theatre
c)
Social theatre
d)
Both A and B
16.
Which of the following theatres is popularly associated with 'The Globe'?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Christopher Marlowe
c)
William Wordsworth
d)
Girish Karnad
17.
Who wrote Natyashastra?
a)
Kalidasa
b)
Bharata Muni
c)
Shudraka
d)
Bahasa
18.
Choose the regional forms of Indian theatre among the following options
a)
A,C,D
b)
Yakshagana
c)
Noh theatre
d)
Kuttiyattam
e)
Jatra
19.
Which of the following descriptions best suits the concept of hamartia?
a)
Tragic flaw or error in judgement
b)
Purgation or cleansing of emotions
c)
Imitation or representation of reality in art
d)
The moment of realization in a play
20.
Which among the following is NOT the role of chorus?
a)
Direct the characters on stage with music and rhythm
b)
Intermediary between audience and characters
c)
Structural unity
d)
Context and background
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