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Who attended Elizabethan theater?
Poor
Both
Rich
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Where were Kabuki & Noh theatre developed?
Korea
Taiwaan
China
Japan
3
Chinese opera includes
singing
pantomime
martial arts
all of the above
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Theater History: What is the purpose of Greek mask?
Character distinction, expression, and projection
None of the Above
Identity protection
So Dionysus would see them as gods or equals
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Women actors were ...
... forbidden.
... seldom.
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Which of the following is true about Elizabethan theater?
Only males were allowed to perform.
Plays had a lot of special effects.
Visiting the theater was very expensive.
Friday nights were the most popular times for shows.
7
Roman Theater...
Looks like Greek Theater, but more Tragedy than Comedy
Looks like Greek Theater, but more Comedy than Tragedy
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Which historical period allowed women actors.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
The Rennaisance
The Middle Ages
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Which is NOT a fact about ancient Greek theater?
They used cranes.
Men used masks.
Thespis lost the first competition.
The plays were often tragic.
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What period of theater history featured this character?
Shakespeare
Commedia dell'arte
Roman
Liturgical/Medieval
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What do you call Shakespeare's kind of theater in theater history?
Shakesperean theater
Old theater
Elisabethan Theater
British theater
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Chinese operas have
4 main character types
2 main character types
10 main character types
6 main character types
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In the Elizabethan theater...
mostly educated, wealthy people came
Puritans demanded standing ovations
women with beards found work
young boys played female parts
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What was one reason that actors wore masks in ancient Greek theater?
Women played male characters.
Men played all characters.
Women played male roles and men played female roles.
It honored Dionysus, the god of masks.
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Commedia Dell`arte...
Was made by Christopher Marlowe
Used highly stylized poetry
Was never very popular
Utilized stock characters in standard comic routines
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What is Bunraku?
Japanese Puppet Theater
Japanese Comic Theater
Japanese Kabuki Theater
Japanese Musicals
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A director understands Theater History and its conventions
False
True
18
Who had the first dialouge in theater history?
Thespis
Michelle Thorne
Shakespear
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Beetlejuice is from which era of theater history?
Modern Theater
Japanese Theater
English Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
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True or False- Historians believe Greek theater is a very important time in theater history.
False
True
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Theater History: What god did the ancient Greeks use theater to worship?
Achilles
Artmis
Hermes
Dionysus
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Japanese theatre entertainment including Bunraku, Noh, and Kabuki are...
Traditional Performing Arts
opera houses in Japan
ceremony names
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How did Greek theater history begin?
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Festivals and honoring gods
elton john
musical theater
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Type of Japanese theater developed as entertainment for the general public(has aspects of Noh & Bunraku)
Groundlings
Morality Play
Restoration
Kabuki
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In theater history, a comedy is...
Romeo & Juliet
Any play with a happy ending
Not proffessional
Really funny
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Kabuki is a type of theater that:
has elaborate costumes and males play all the characters
are plays
all of the above
are a form of art
27
Chinese opera masks are
symmetrical (even on both sides)
used as a disguise
no longer used in Chinese opera today
black and white only
28
How many handlers does each puppet in Bunraku have?
Three
Five
One
Four
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In Greek theatre, there were women actors playing women roles.
False
True
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Commedia dell' arte
is scripted
involves no talking
is a fictional STD
is improvised
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Most Elizabethan theaters had __________
an advanced sound system
no roof
artificial lighting
indoor restrooms
32
Which is of the following
is not
associated with Japanese Kabuki theater?
all roles played by male actors
moral dilemma, good wins over evil
actors not elaborately costumed
elaborately choreographed struggles
33
Noh WASN'T very important to Japanese Theater history
False
True
34
Why were there no women acting in plays during Shakespeare's time?
it was too difficult
it was improper
it was illegal
there were women in the plays then
35
Where does theater history begin?
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Macedonia
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The colors on a Chinese opera mask describe
the story of the background
the character's personality traits
the character's favorite food
the character's religion
