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