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BLUE DAY-Theatre History Test Review
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1
Who produced The City of Dionysia in Athens?
Pisistratus
Aristotle
Euripides
Pythagoras
2
What is Liturgical Drama
Plays deriving from religios services
Tragedies rewritten to have happy endings
Improvised performances using masked stock characters
Plays deriving from literature
3
Greek comedy was more popular than Greek tragedy
True
False
4
Attending plays in Elizabethan Englad was very expensive making audiences exclusive.
True
False
5
Plays in Eleizabethan Theatre were free from religious themes.
False
True
6
City Dionysia the theatre festival honoring Dionysus held in Athens in late March/early April.
False
True
7
Under Queen Elizabeth I we see the first professional...
directors
scenic designers
actors
playwrights
8
What are the three types of stock characters in Commedia dell’Arte?
All of the above
Servants
Lovers
Masters
9
Dionysus was the Greek god of wine & ecstasy.
True
False
10
Hrotsvitha was a Canoness, a military women who loaded canons.
False
True
11
What genre of plays is Hrotsvitha famous for?
Tragedy
Comedy of Manners
Sacred Comedy
Comedy
12
Queen Elizabeth I banned what in 1955?
Female Mimes
Plays About Nobility
Liturgical Drama
Unlicenced Plays
13
Why was there a gap in theatre performances in England after the Renaissance ended and the Reformation period began?
The Plauge
The Puritans
The Actor shortage
King Charles II
14
Women we're always permitted on stage in England.
True
False
15
During which period do we see women allowed on stage in England?
English Renaissance
Medieval Theatre
Elizabethan Theatre
Restoration Theatre
16
Miracle plays were about...
Saint's lives
Allegorical characters
Guilds
Bible Stories
17
Closet dramas are meant to be read not performed.
False
True
18
Who was the first female playwright?
Aphra Behn
Hildegard
Hrotsvitha
Queen Elizabeth I
19
What theatre is depicted in the image above?
The Teatro Olimpico
Theater of Pompey
The Opera House
The Globe
20
Greek audiences were limited to only wealthy nobility.
True
False
21
Mystery plays were preformed by clergy members.
False
True
22
Who is credited as the first award winning actor?
Terence
William Shakespeare
Thespis
Aristotle
23
What are Breeches Roles?
Female roles played by young men
Male roles played by women
Children's roles played by women
Female roles played by men
24
Where is the birthplace of theatre?
Sparta
London, England
Athens, Greece
Rome
25
Which of the following was a Greek comedic playwright?
Aristophanes
Eripides
Seneca
Sophocles
26
Hildegard's "Order of Virtues" was the only surviving morality play from Medieval theatre containing composed music.
True
False
27
Mystery plays were about...
Guilds
Allegorical characters
Bible Stories
Saint's lives
28
Morality plays were about...
Allegorical characters
Saint's lives
Bible Stories
Guilds
29
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
104
52
12
37
30
What time of day were Elizabethan plays performed?
Night Time
Day Time
