1. Costumes were made from what materials in Primitive times?

A. Animal skins, rushes, and bark from trees

B. Silk stockings, and glass slippers

C. T-shirts and Blue jeans

D. all of the above

 

2. What is a melodrama?

A. The exaggeration of characters in conflict.

B. A dramatic presentation that makes a subject appear ridiculous.

C. A melody of music

D. all of the above

 

3. What year is it thought that the first woman actress appeared on a stage?

A. 1587

B. 1999

C. 500 B.C.

D. all of the above

 

4. Who was the first playwright and actor?

A. Shakespeare

B. Thesbis

C. Laura Ingalls Wilder

D. all of the above

 

5. In what year were candles and oil lamps replaced by gas lights in the theater?

A. 1925

B. 492

C. 1820

D. all of the above

 

6. Who created the first "revolving stage"?

A. Western theater

B. America

C. Asian theater

D. all of the above

 

7. What is another way of saying, "arena staging"?

A. auditorium

B. theater in the round

C. Music Hall

D. all of the above

 

8. Why do people come to see plays in the 20th century?

A. education

B. entertainment

C. music

D. all of the above

 

9. What theater had the first stage lit by electricity?

A. Rose Theater

B. Savoy Theater

C. Circus, Circus

D. all of the above

 

10. Performances based on the story of the Resurrection were originally performed by ---.

A. Servants

B. Actresses

C. Priests and Monks

D. all of the above

 

11. Who started theater?

A. Ancient Asians

B. Ancient Greeks

C. Americans

D. all of the above

 

12. What is one name of a type of historical Japanese theater?

A. Melodrama

B. Pantomime

C. Kabuki

D. all of the above

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