Dramaperdy

Important People

100

Who was the most famous playwright in the renaissance period?

1. Mrs. shute

2. Cody

3. Lorraine newsberry

4. Willam shakespeare

william shakespear 

200

What god was worshiped in theater?

1. Dionysus

2. Hermes

3. Zeus

4. Apollo

dionysus

300

Who was the first African American women playwright?

1.  Martin Luther  king jr.

2. Lorraine newsberry

3. Robert Downy jr.

4. Adam sandler 

lorraine newsberry

400

Actors were called thespians whose name did that come from?

A.churchs 

B. Lorraine Newberry

C.Thespis 

D.Thespians

thespis

500

Audiences in the 20th century appreciate the work of Neil Simon and Sam shepard.

True     False 

true

Types Of Drama

100

What type of plays did Germany do during the middle ages?

1. Romantic

2. Comedy

3. Horror 

4. Fabgussim 

romantic

200

8. Greeks got tired of tragedies and which of the following became the main act ?

1. Comedy 

2. Bible Reenactments

3. Realism    

4. Greeks never got tired of tragedies 

comedy

300

In italy  the commedia dell'arte involved a fair amount of ______ and _______

Pantomime and improv

400

What were tragedy plays based on?

1. Myth and law 

2. Sadness and loss

3. Beliefs and religion

4. Romance and fantasy

sadness and loss

500

 The Restoration Period was a period of …?

1. Comedy of romance

2. Romance of executions

3. Comedy of Manners

4. Romance of dance

comedy of manners

Places and Random

100

 In which country did the first entertainment play be performed?

A. Italy

B. germany

C. America

D. England

italy

200

What Country did musicals originate from

U.S.A

Germany

Zimbabwe

Ohio

u.s.a

300

Where were Indian plays located in he beginning of plays in india 

A. courthouses

B. Your house 

C.My house 

D.  Really big house with all the people to see

couthouses

400

In the 18th and 19th century the German plays were often ___________.

1. Sentimental 

2. Melodramatic 

3. Comedy 

4. A and B 

a and b

500

Who were the earliest known people to do plays?

A.  cave dwellers 

B. germans

C. americans 

B. chinese 

cave dewllers

Religious and Other

100

What did cave dwellers do for their plays?

 A. Religious rituals for there gods
B. for fun 

C. they didn't do plays

D. they needed entertainment 

Religious rituals for there gods

200

What did the church do during the BEGINNING medieval ages?

A. Ban Theatre

B. Do melodramas

C. Nothing

D. perform plays

ban theatre

300

Why did the church unban theater in the mid-medieval times?

A. They wanted to

B. Cause the king demanded it

C. Grimace

D. Because they could do plays from the bible to teach people.

Because they could do plays from the bible to teach people.

400

The renaissance period started in 1400 AD and ended in 1700 AD ?

True    false

true

500

When did the middle ages drama end?

1. 1500ab

2. 1500 ce

3. 1500 bce

4. 1500ba 

1500 ab