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Review quiz for intro to theatre class.
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1
What was a technique used to enhance the audience's ability to see the actor?
Lights
Costumes
Masks
Acting
2
The audience often interrupted Melodrama plays with boos and cheers
False
True
3
Sentimental drama...
had lots of action
means a lot to the actors
aimed to touch feelings of audience deeply
shares memories with the audience
4
What was a mystery play?
Mythical Stories
Biblical Stories
Magical Stories
Detective Stories
5
What did Morality plays teach?
Heaven and hell
Right and wrong
Goodbye and hello
Smart and stupid
6
Expression of thoughts spoken privately to the audience
Soliloquy
Aside
Dialogue
Monologue
7
Many women started to act in plays during the Elizabethan period
False
True
8
In Romanticism plays...
the audience throws roses onto the stage
audience felt sorry for the characters
the hero falls in love
stories had happy endings
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What was a passion play?
The last week of Christ's life
Tragic Stories
Love stories
Young Adult stories
10
In Midieval Theater, Christians...
Cheered each other up with comical plays
Dismissed Theatre as childish
Used drama to portray stories of their religion
Brought a new perspective to old Roman plays
11
Who was the first actor?
Constantine
Thespus
Dionysus
Tyler Perry
12
Who was the most famous writer during the Elizabethan period?
William Shakespeare
Queen Elizabeth
Leonardo Da Vinci
Edgar Allen Poe
13
Solo monologue revealing the innermost thoughts of a character:
Artillery
Tranquility
Soliloquy
Aside
14
The first Greek theatre included an altar to whom?
Athena
Artemis
Apollo
Dionysus
15
Roman Plays Were Not Exciting
False
True
16
Character that realizes mistakes and learn lesson too late
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tragic Hero
Tragic Villain
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Used to communicate what was being expressed in words
Movement
Action
Cue
Gesture
18
Roman Plays...
Mocked Greek Plays
Influenced Greek Theatre
Were Totally Serious And Not A Joke
Drew No Audience
19
Who often delivered asides to the audience in Melodramas?
Villain
Random audience member
Hero
Narrator
20
A type of story in Greek Theatre
Horror
Tragedy
Romance
Comedy
21
In Melodramas...
Audience was rewarded and actors were punished
Bad people were rewarded and good people were punished
Actors were rewarded an audience was punished
Good people were rewarded and bad people were punished
22
Will you pass the real quiz?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
23
Greek Theatre came from what?
A Break Between Sporting Events
Births
Religious Ceremonies/Rituals
Weddings
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What was a miracle play?
Legends of the Saints
Legends of the Kings
Legends of Christ
Legends of the Disciples
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What part of the Greek Theatre was sloped?
The Stage
The Audience
