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Review questions of Greek, Roman, and Medieval Theater.
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1
What stopped the production of cycle plays?
the Catholic Church
a really good party
The fall of Rome
the Protestant reformation
2
Who was the first person to step out of the crowd and say individual lines?
Agammemnon
Thespis
Laertes
Titus
3
What are the two ways in which morality plays could be staged?
mansions and found spaces
mansions and pageant wagons
pageant wagons and churches
churches and found spaces
4
This is a picture of a popsicle sized...?
deus ex machina
ekkeklyma
skene
periaktoi
5
Who wrote Ordo Virtutem, the earliest existing Morality play?
Seneca
Hildegard de Bingen
Hrotsvit de Gandersheim
Plautus
6
In what country did Cycle plays become popular?
Spain
Merica
England
Italy
7
What play focused on the "secret" truths of the bible?
mystery plays
miracle plays
morality plays
tropes
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Miracle plays were meant to focus on...?
Folk heros
biblical stories
follies of man
Catholic saint's tales
9
English mystery plays used high seriousness and low ________.
emphasis
actors
comedy
seating
10
Which of the following is NOT a required characteristic of a tragic hero?
Is culpable for his own downfall
Has a high social status at the beginning
Has one fatal character flaw
Dies at the end
11
Which of the following is not a major religious play performance style?
Interlude
Mystery
Morality
Miracle
12
What holiday were cycle plays performed around for a week?
Valentine's Day
All Hallow's Eve
Ramadan
Corpus Christi
13
The writing device where someone swoops in at the end and fixes everything is known as...
juxtaposition
proskenion
deus ex machina
raison d'etre
14
What was the problem with tropes?
Performed in Latin
Often times would persecute the "heretics"
Clergy was boring and bad actors
Poorly written
15
The following are true about Greek theater, except
Only males performed, and women could not watch
Actors wore masks to show gender, age, and mood
Theaters were carved into hillsides
Grew out of festivals dedicated to Dionysus
16
Who was the first female and feminist playwright we know of?
Seneca
Hrotsvit de Gandersheim
Joan of Arc
Hildegard de Bingen
17
What was the main huge festival known for its drama?
The Lenaia
Mardi Gras
City of Dionysia
Rural Dionsyia
18
Who was the most popular subject of Folk Plays?
Morris Dancers
Red Riding Hood
Mummers
Robin Hood
19
The area that housed the altar is called the what?
Theatron
House
Orchestra
Vomitorium
20
Who was known for his plagiarism of Menander's play for his own commedies?
Plautus
Shakespeare
Seneca
Terence
21
Who took over producing the sets and everything for cycle plays when they became too big?
the royalty
mummers
the guilds
the druids
22
Who was advisor to Nero and inspired the violent endings of Shakespeare's tragedies?
Hildegard de Bingen
Seneca
Plautus
Hrotsvit de Gandersheim
23
playwright who wrote old comedy, characterized by political references, 11 of his plays survive
Aristophanes
Euripedes
Menander
Sophocles
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Why did Theater become banned?
Romans used bloodsports as a way to persecute and entertain
Actors were starting drunken riots
Everyone was tired of seeing the same plays plagiarized.
It was being used to politicize revolution
25
Playwrights had to write in cycles of how many per festival?
3 tragedies and a comedy
2 tragedies and 1 comedy and 1 satyr play
4 plays of any mixture
3 tragedies and a satyr play