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Drama Review #2
Drama Review #2
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1
What is the year of the last recorded Western Roman theatrical performance?
1000 BC
1517 AD
2022 AD
533 AD
2
Sanskrit plays were defined by the ________ they brought forth.
Forms
Gods
Laws
Moods or rasas
3
If a player is facing the audience, what position is she in?
Blocked
Forward
Open
Closed
4
The area of the stage closest to the audience is called...
Upstage
Backstage
Frontstage
Downstage
5
The Quem Quaeritis is based on what Biblical story?
St. Paul's missionary journies
The Sermon on the Mount
The "Three Mary's" at the Tomb of the Resurrection
David and Goliath
6
If a player moves downstage from centre stage....
The movement is weak
The movement is neutral
The movement is double-plus-good
The movement is strong
7
What did ancient Hindu drama aim to achieve?
Superiority over the Greeks
A sense of harmony or oneness
Education of the people about the gods
Not much
8
According to the
Natyashastra,
drama was created by...
King Midas
Brahma
Zeus
Thor
9
What is the term for two players standing back to back?
3/4 Front
Facing away
Forward/Behind
Closed
10
Which is not a form of play from the Middle Ages?
Cycle play
Secular play
Realist play
Morality play
11
The earliest form of Mediaeval liturgical drama is called...
Status Quo
Quem Quaeritis
Whom do you seek?
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
12
Blocking refers to...
Plans for the final scene of a play
Plans for the voice of a dialogue
Plans for this weekend
Plans for the positioning of actors on the stage
13
Why didn't early Christians approve of the theatre?
Roman theatre mocked them
Roman theatre was obscene
There was no theatre during the time of Christ
They didn't disapprove of theatre
14
The Golden Age of Sanskrit drama took place when?
During the Gupta Dynasty
During the Peloponnesian War
Around the time of Christ
In the 4th and 5th centuries AD
15
Most ancient Hindu dramas are based on what stories?
Stories about the Hindu gods
Stories from Greek literature
Epic stories from Sanskrit literature
Stories involving the Romans
16
Why might actors use a floor plan?
To build a house
To move in convincing ways
To learn about the stage
To become familiar with an imaginary space
17
What is the geography of movement?
Another term for the elements of drama
The position of the actors
The areas of the stage
None of the above
18
Why didn't many of the Protestant Reformers of the 1500s like theatre?
The cycle plays seemed too "Catholic"
They liked it just fine
They thought it was idolatry
Henry VIII was angry with Pope Clement VII
