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A Quiz! On the history of theater
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1
Roman was largely non violent
True
False
2
What was a hymn and dance that the ancient Greeks performed
Dithyramb
Skene
Proskenion
3
What was the main difference between Noh and Kabuki drama
One was religious
One used make up and one used masks
Commedia del arte
4
What did melodrama celebrate
Comedy of manners
Virtue and vice
Women
5
When was the Golden age of Greek theatre
500-400 BCE
300 BCE
600 AD
500-400
6
Noh drama utilized highly stylized dance and poetry
True
False
7
What is one of the types of medieval drama
Sanskrit
Slave
Tragedies
Mystery play
8
What was another name for Saint plays
Mortality plays
Miracle plays
Sanskrit plays
Mystery plays
9
What is a skene
Kabuki masks
Orchestra
A setting for a plays
10
3 famous tragedians were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and skene
False
True
11
Who was the philosopher who observed basic human tendency to imitate?
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Euripides
Aristotle
12
What is was a proskenion
Dithyrambs
Setting for a plays
A framework in front of the skene
13
Kabuki actors use make up to create characters
False
True
14
What plays did Elizabeth I ban
Religious
Tragedies
Shakespeare
15
What type of drama is based on episodes of epics
Sanskrit
Clown
Good
Aristotle
16
The ________ theatre was a famous theatre built during Elizabethan Theatre
Comedy of manners
Vice
Melodrama
Globe
17
An orchestra is a square area with an altar in the center.
False
True
18
In Primitive theatre rituals were performed
False
True
19
During restoration what was the particular set of theatre called
Noh drama
Comedy of manners
Melodrama
20
What is professional improvisation in the early form called?
Commedia del arte
Art
Noh drama
21
Mystery plays presented personified virtues and vice
True
False
22
Sanskrit plays were never __________
Good
Soldiers
A miracle
Tragedies
23
Theatre was seen as a ______ __________ to the Greeks
Bragget soldiers
Rituals
Civic responsibility
Comedy & tragedy
24
Who was the first actor
Thespians
Christopher Marlowe
Thespis
25
The famous comedian during Greek theatre was Christopher Marlowe
True
False