Theatre History Deck 3
Authored by Diana Whitney
English
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
allegory
a play in which sarcasm, irony, and ridicule are used to expose or attack folly or pretension in society
originally created by a Spanish playwright
a dramatic work in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between the literal meaning and the underlying (allegorical) meaning of the work
a dramatic work in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between the literal meaning and the underlying (allegorical) meaning of the work
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
bard
a play in which sarcasm, irony, and ridicule are used to expose or attack folly or pretension in society
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
a group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison; in Greek drama, the chorus was the group of performers who sang and danced between episodes, narrated off-stage action, and commented on events
formally, the drama of ancient Greece and Rome (800 BCE-400 AD); plays of the classical period instruct and perfect humans and present the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation. Tragedy was born during this period; the Greek Sophocles is one playwright of the period.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
classic
a play in which sarcasm, irony, and ridicule are used to expose or attack folly or pretension in society
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
a group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison; in Greek drama, the chorus was the group of performers who sang and danced between episodes, narrated off-stage action, and commented on events
formally, the drama of ancient Greece and Rome (800 BCE-400 AD); plays of the classical period instruct and perfect humans and present the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation. Tragedy was born during this period; the Greek Sophocles is one playwright of the period.popularly, any play written before the present century that has too the test of time
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
medieval drama
European drama that developed from religious ceremony in the period from 800 to 1400 AD, and instructed in Christian faith, appealed to emotions and stressed the importance of religion
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
a group of performers who sing, dance, or recite in unison; in Greek drama, the chorus was the group of performers who sang and danced between episodes, narrated off-stage action, and commented on events
formally, the drama of ancient Greece and Rome (800 BCE-400 AD); plays of the classical period instruct and perfect humans and present the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation. Tragedy was born during this period; the Greek Sophocles is one playwright of the period.popularly, any play written before the present century that has too the test of time
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
morality play
European drama that developed from religious ceremony in the period from 800 to 1400 AD, and instructed in Christian faith, appealed to emotions and stressed the importance of religion
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
developed in medieval England; an allegorical drama, such as Everyman, in which vices and virtues are personified in the battle for the protagonist's soul
formally, the drama of ancient Greece and Rome (800 BCE-400 AD); plays of the classical period instruct and perfect humans and present the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation. Tragedy was born during this period; the Greek Sophocles is one playwright of the period.popularly, any play written before the present century that has too the test of time
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plautus
European drama that developed from religious ceremony in the period from 800 to 1400 AD, and instructed in Christian faith, appealed to emotions and stressed the importance of religion
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
developed in medieval England; an allegorical drama, such as Everyman, in which vices and virtues are personified in the battle for the protagonist's soul
great Roman comic dramatist, whose works, loosely adapted from Greek plays, established a truly Roman drama in the Latin language
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Terence
Roman playwright; authored six verse comedies that were long regarded as models of pure Latin
a person who composed and recited heroic or epic poems
developed in medieval England; an allegorical drama, such as Everyman, in which vices and virtues are personified in the battle for the protagonist's soul
great Roman comic dramatist, whose works, loosely adapted from Greek plays, established a truly Roman drama in the Latin language
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
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