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#Shakespeare#Medieval#Renaissance#Greek#Roman#Japanese#Elements#Drama#Production#Performance
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Events after the climax
rising action
falling action
climax
inciting incident
2
In Kabuki theater, women's roles were played by:
either men or women
younger aged
women
men
3
Bunraku is
puppet theatre
a primary musical instrument
known as "the new kabuki."
an actor's assistant
4
Roman drama was borrowed from
Egypt
Japan
China
Greece
5
Identify the genre: "The Gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry is about a young married couple
play
essay
novel
short story
6
What type of performer plays a character without words by using body movements?
mime
juggler
bard
minstrel
7
What type of stage is being represented by the picture?
arena
thrust
proscenium
traverse
8
What is the main type of poem that Shakespeare wrote?
Epic
Haiku
Sonnet
Limerick
9
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Niccolo Machiavelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas More
10
To create a feeling of uncertainty as to the outcome of the play and is used to build interest
suspense
external conflict
internal conflict
plot
11
Identify the genre:
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee takes place in Alabama
essay
short story
poem
novel
12
Shakespeare was part owner of what theater?
Rose
Globe
Hope
Swan
13
Authors of this genre usually have one theme, one setting and focus on one or two characters.
play
short story
novel
essay
14
Who was the first actor and the most famous in ancient Greece?
Ares
Hestia
Thespis
Demeter
15
The "a-ha" moment in a play when something is suddenly revealed about a character or situation
motivation
dramatic irony
flashback
discovery
16
How the story ends
falling action
inciting incident
denouement
climax
17
The reason behind a character's specific action or behavior is
suspense
motivation
plot
discovery
18
Who wrote the epic poems,
the Iliad and the Odyssey
?
Plato
Homer
Socrates
Aristotle
19
What type of scenery is being represented in this picture?
backdrop
flat
facade
curtains
20
A true story about a real person’s life. It is written by someone else.
persuasive
expository
autobiography
biography
21
What type of scenery is being represented in this picture?
backdrop
flat
curtains
facade
22
What are the costumes, wigs, and body paint used to transform an actor into character called?
props
scenery
makeup
staging
23
Where did haiku poetry originate?
Japan
Ireland
China
England
24
What did Shakespeare add to his tragedies that set it apart from Greek tragedies?
scripture
mystery
comic relief
history
25
Acting without words, to tell a story?
Pantomime
Scene
Paraphrase
Folklore
26
What is a topic of haiku?
People
Sports
Places
Nature
27
What type of stage is being represented by the picture?
proscenium
thrust
amphitheater
arena
28
Identify the genre: Anne Frank wrote about her life while she was in hiding for two years
autobiography
expository
biography
fiction
29
Clothing and accessories worn by actors are the
staging
sound
costumes
props
30
What is the use of face, body, and voice to portray a character in a performance called?
scenery
acting
props
staging
31
The moment the conflict is introduced
climax
inciting incident
rising action
denouement
32
How was theater reborn during the Middle Ages?
Craft guilds operated the theaters
Roman Catholic priests put on shorts scenes at mass
Roaming bands of performers went from town to town
Shakespeare formed a company to put on his plays
33
The sequence of events or action in a story is
mood
setting
language
plot
34
What does "secular" mean?
A part of the environment
Sectioned off into parts
Not religious
Extremely religious
35
Identify the genre: the author tries to persuade others to do things to help the environment.
autobiography
essay
novel
biography
36
Identify the genre: On stage at My Old Kentucky Home—the cast will perform,
A Christmas Carol
play
essay
short story
novel
37
What eastern nation is the home of both Kabuki and Noh?
China
Japan
Thailand
Korea
38
What type of scenery is being represented in this picture?
flat
facade
curtains
backdrop
39
A Haiku has a syllable pattern of:
3,4,5
4,4,5
5,7,5
5,5,6
40
Events before the climax
falling action
climax
denouement
rising action
41
Identify the genre: rhythm, rhyme, lines, stanzas, words paint a picture
essay
novel
short story
poem
42
What type of stage is being represented by the picture?
arena
proscenium
amphitheater
thrust
43
Make-up for what type of theater is shown in this picture?
Kabuki
Rakugo
Bunraku
Kyogen
44
The name given to the poor people that would come to see Shakespeare's plays.
Groundlings
Jesters
Servants
Noblemen
45
Which of the following had a rebirth during the Renaissance?
The Holy Roman Empire
Religious devotion
Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture
Classical Greek and Roman culture
46
The turning point in the story
denouement
climax
falling action
rising action
47
What is empathy?
The ability to feel happy when others are feeling happy
The ability to feel sorry for someone’s troubles
The ability to feel what others feel
None of the above
48
Any moveable objects that appear on stage during a performance are
makeup
costumes
sound
props
49
Identify the genre: narrative fiction, written in prose, relatively long
biography
autobiography
novel
essay
50
Medieval drama was for the most part?
satirical
dramatic
historical
religious
