Drama 1
Teacher: Ms. Haskell Student name:______
Results:______Period:______
Date: ______
Carefully read each question and circle the correct answer
1. Drama all began with:
a. The Dithyramb
b. Hollywood
c. The art of story telling
d. The Hellenistic period
2. All good stories have conflict, rising tension, and
a. an ending
b. a fight scene
c. resolution
d. actors breaking out into song and dance
3. The first story found from 6000 years ago is
a. The fall of Miletus
b. Gilgamesh
c. the Gladiator
d. Antigone
4. The first place storytelling became ritualized and formal theater got its start is
a. Greece
b. Rome
c. South Carolina
d. Mesopotamia
5. Dionysus was the mythological god of
a. singing and dancing
b. dramatic arts
c. harvest
d. wine and fertility
6. The Greek writer Arion was the first to
a. write in female parts
b. turn the hymn into an epic story
c. add a second actor
d. write about a true battle (the fall of Miletus)
7. Two great Greek playwrights who added a second and third actor
a. Batman and Robin
b. Phrynicus and Aristotle
c. Aeschylus and Sophocles
d. Persians and Romans
8. The Dionysia was a competition between
a. three tragic playwrights
b. Clemson and USC
c. Aeschylus and Thespis
d. Dionysus and Athena
9. A crane that gave the imprssion of a flying actor
a. Mechane
b. Thyromata
c. Pinakes
d. ekkyklema
10. The Romans were not inventors but
a. philosophers
b. thieves
c. lazy
d. innovators
11. Roman stories were based on
a. art and beauty
b. violence and bad habits
c. deep philosophy
d. ancient history
12. The first permanent stone/brick theater was
a. the theater of Balbus
b. the Flavian theater
c. the peace center
d. the theater of Pompey
13. The colosseum was free but people were segregated based on
a. gender
b. social class
c. both gender and social class
d. there was no segregation
14. The primary Hellenistic theatrical form New Comedy was about
a. mimes
b. the lives of ordinary citizens
c. slapstick comedy
d. dumb and dumber
15. The little sesame street character Elmo is
a. blue
b. sad
c. red
d. a big bird.
Match the following words with the correct definition
__Dithyramb A)The golden age of Greek Drama
__Cuneiform B)Came up with masks, make-up and costumes
__Thespis C)Hymn in honor of Dionysus
__Hellenistic period D)The first theater tech guy
__Thespis E)The first modern actor
__The Colosseum F)Theater with no spoken words
__Pantomime G)The first written language
__Heron H)The Flavian Amphetheater
Carefully read the following questions and answer 2 of the 3. You may answer all 3 for a bonus.
Describe the difference between Greek and Roman theater both in performance and space. ______
What was the purpose of storytelling. ______
Explain what happened when Phrynicus wrote the fall of Miletus. ______
Fill in the blanks spaces of this ancient Greek theater.