Theatre History Basics! Trivia Quiz
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- 1.Who was Thespis?
- A.
A Roman
- B.
A student of Aristotle
- C.
The first actor.
- D.
A made up person.
- 2.What were Mystery plays about?
- 3.
What is this a picture of?- A.
A hanging
- B.
An amphitheater
- C.
A puppet show
- D.
A pageant wagon
- 4.Who was Dionysus?
- A.
The god of wine, revelry and fertility
- B.
The god of war
- C.
The god of love
- D.
The god of the sun
- 5.Name two playwrights from the Renaissance period.
- 6.What type of scripts did Commedia del Arte use?
- A.
Full 5 act long scripts.
- B.
They only used general guidelines.
- C.
None at all, they made it up as they went (completely)
- D.
What is a script?
- 7.
What type of stage is this?
- 8.What type of play is a Miracle play?
- A.
Bible stories
- B.
About right and wrong
- C.
About the saints
- D.
About miracles
- 9.What was a popular sport played by the nobility during the Renaissance period?
- A.
Football
- B.
Tomato tossing
- C.
Jousting
- D.
Pie eating contests
- 10.Who outlawed theatre at the end of the Roman era?
- 11.
What time period is this style of stage from?
- A.
Greek
- B.
Roman
- C.
Medieval
- D.
Renaissance
- 12.What festival did the Greeks hold each year to honor Dionysus? This festival became the birthplace of theatre.
- A.
City Athenia
- B.
Greek Festival
- C.
Dionysus's Festival
- D.
City Dionysia
- 13.Who was in charge during the Medieval period?
- 14.During the Medieval period, there were three levels of class. Which level did the serfs belong to?
- 15.What was the play Medea about?
- A.
Medea rescued Jason from drowning.
- B.
Medea got her family together for a barbeque.
- C.
Medea's husband Jason left her for another woman and Medea killed her children.
- D.
Medea and Antigone go out to tea.
- 16.What is the 4th wall?
- 17.Which direction is upstage?
- A.
Toward the audience
- B.
To the left of the stage
- C.
To the right of the stage
- D.
Toward the back of the stage
- 18.What is a character's objective?
- A.
What he/she wants to achieve
- B.
What he/she does to someone else
- C.
The main topic of the day
- 19.Who stood and watched plays in the Elizabethan period?
- A.
Nobility
- B.
The Queen
- C.
The Groundlings
- D.
The children
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