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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the author of The Poetics?
Dianola
Mythos
Dionysus
Aristotle
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where was Greek Theatre performed?
Hillside Arena
Skene House
The Churches
The Streets
- 3. Multiple Choice
First German female poetess and Historian
Menander
Seneca
Euripedes
Hrostvitha
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which group was more innovative rather than inventive in terms of theatre?
Romans
Greeks
Italians
English
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where were plays held in the Middle Ages?
Begin on hillsides and moved to the streets
Began in Churches and moved to hillsides
Began in Arenas and moved to Churches
Began in churches and evolved to pageant wagons in the streets
- 6. Multiple Choice
What topics did mystery plays deal with>
Lives of the Classical Greek Gods
Stories from the Bible and lives of the saints
Stories about everyday life
Fictional stories that taught a moral or a lesson
- 7. Multiple Choice
Morality plays were about
Stories from the Bible
Stories about Greek Gods
Stories about everyday life
Stories that taught a moral or a lesson
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was Seneca?
A Roman philosopher and playwright
A Greek Nobleman and playwright
The first Actor
The First Gladiator
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who was Roman Theatre inspired by?
Trojans
Spartans
Church
Greeks
- 10. Multiple Choice
How was Roman Theatre different than Greek Theatre?
It was more focused on religion
It was more intellectual
It was more violent
It was more philosophical
- 11. Multiple Choice
Commedia Dell'Arte was characterized by...
Massive costumes, pageant wagons and written scripts
Performance for members of the church
The use of stock charactes, lazzi, and masks
Performances for nobility only
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why was Andrea Calmo important to the Italian Renaissance?
He was credited with creating the character of Pantalone
He was credited with the creating of the character Harlequino
He invented rigging for scenery
He invented perspective scenery
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which Commedia Dell'Arte character was considered master of masters?
Pantalone
Magnifico
Capitano
Dottore
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which Commedia character was the lowest of servants?
Pantalone
Prughella
Harlequino
Zanni
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which Commedia character pretends to be brave but is really a coward?
The Captain
The Doctor
Magnifico
Columbina
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which Commedia Character is the only female servant?
Prughella
Columbina
Harlequino
The Witch
- 17. Multiple Choice
Common themes of Commedia Dell'Arte were
Love, Jealousy, Old Age
Love, Family, Death
Love, Satire, Nobility
Love, Mixed Identity, Improvisation
- 18. Multiple Choice
From which historical era was Commedia Dell'Arte?
Middle Ages
Greek
Roman
Italian Renaissance
- 19. Multiple Choice
Renaissance innovations in theatre included...
Perspective scenery, rigging and permanent buildings
Pageant Wagons, Proscenium Arches, Wind/Thunder machines
Rotating stage floors, electrical lighting, use of stage curtains
trap doors, sliding scenery, chorus area
- 20. Multiple Choice
Greek Theatre festivals were in honor of
Mythos
The God Dionysus
Aristotle
Dianola
- 21. Multiple Choice
Why did the Renaissance in England start a century later than in Italy?
They had a famine
There were wars
They did not care
The king forbid any change
- 22. Multiple Choice
Considered the greatest English playwright of all time
Kit Marlowe
Richard Burbage
William Shakespeare
Ben Johnson
- 23. Multiple Choice
The name of Shakespeare's famous theatre
The Globe
The Theatre
The Rose
The Lion
- 24. Multiple Choice
Number of plays that Shakespeare wrote
30
28
40
37
- 25. Multiple Choice
Name of Shakespeare's wife
Susanna Shakespeare
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Hathaway
Hamnet
- 26. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's most famous play
Macbeth
Faustus
A Servant of two Masters
Everyman
- 27. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare's birthplace
Stonehenge
London
Stratford upon Avon
Thames River
- 28. Multiple Choice
The name of Shakepeare's theatre troupe
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Kings Company
Stratford Players
London Players
- 29. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of the English Renaissance, theatres were outlawed and closed because of...
Theatre was thought to be sinful
The War
The Great London Fire
The Plague
- 30. Multiple Choice
What did the theatres of the English Renaissance use for light
Candles
Electricity
Natural Light
Gas Lanterns
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