Theatre History 110 - Test your knowledge so far
Theatre History 110 - Test your knowledge so far
Quiz questions encompassing all of the information we've learned through Medieval Times.
Quiz questions encompassing all of the information we've learned through Medieval Times.
What did Aristotle identify as the central purpose of theater?
Which ancient Greek tragedian was known for writing strong females characters like Medea?
Which Greek philosopher wrote The Poetics, the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory, which states the purpose of drama as well at the five Traits of the Tragic Hero?
True or False. The Medieval period lasted from cir. 500 to cir. 1500 c.e.?
True of False. The word “Hellenistic” means “to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.”
What ancient Greek playwright was considered the Father of Tragedy?
Ancient Greek hymns sung & danced by a chorus of boys in honor of Dionysus.
What form of Medieval play, usually representing biblical subjects, developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment?
What Roman tragedian and statesman was forced by Emperor Nero to kill himself?
What form of government developed around the fifth century b.c.e. in Athens?
What form of Indian theater began approximately 200 years before the birth of classical Greek tragedy?
What is the Greek term meaning “the exit song of the chorus after the last episode.”
Who was the first Roman playwright?
True or False. Deus ex machine translates to "God out of the Machine" and refers to an improbable device used to resolve the difficulties of the plot?
What Medieval play form featured allegorical dramas, in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are taught?
What play, written by Sophocles, does Aristotle consider a perfect tragedy?
What Greek tragedian have we nicknamed the “The Inno-FATE-or” due to his obsession with man’s struggle with fate and his talent for scenic design?
What were religious dramas of medieval origin dealing with the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Christ called?
True or False. Hrosvitha of Gandersheim was the first post-Roman, female playwright in Medieval Times.
Which Greek war involving Sparta and Athens ended with the fall of Athens?
What Greek term means “a choral ode in which the chorus may comment on or react to the preceding episode”?
Name the war between Greece and Persia during the 5th century bce.
What is the Greek term for the acting/playing space in a Greek theater?
How many puppeteers does it take to manipulate each Bunraku puppet?
What Greek tragedy, written by Euripides, tells the story of a sorceress who takes vengeance on her husband by killing his new wife as well as her own children?
What Greek comedy tells the story of one woman’s attempt to persuade the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace?
What is the Greek term meaning “the entry chant of the chorus”?
What ancient Greek play form included phallic props, pranks, sight gags, and general merriment?
What ancient Macedonian king built an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to India?
What form of Greek comedy inspired Roman comedy?
What popular form of Japanese theatre was invented by Kyoto shrine maiden, Izumo Okuni, around 1600?
What do you call the traditional puppet theatre of Japan?
19. What form of Japanese theatre is considered a mysterious, tragic, usually supernatural, ceremonial music-dance-drama?
What is the Greek term for the altar in a Greek Theatre?
What Medieval play form presents a real or fictitious account of the life, miracles, or martyrdom of a saint?
What is the Greek term for the scene house in a Greek Theatre?
What is the Greek term for when actors interact with the chorus?
What ancient Greek tragedy is part of the only surviving complete trilogy, The Orestia?
Who was considered the #1 comic playwright in ancient Rome?
What is the name of the ancient dramatic festival in which tragedy, comedy, and satyric drama originated?
What traditional form of Chinese theatre combines music, mime, dance and acrobatics?
Which ancient Greek playwright (considered the Greek “King of Comedy”) wrote plays like Lysistrata, The Frogs and The Clouds?
What is the Greek term meaning “to present the tragedy's topic”?