True/False Questions Review
The "inner below" in an Elizabethan theatre was a trap door in the center of the floor of the stage.
False
The "painting about red" exaple in class was an example of a work of art that is complete and self contained.
False
Women could only play small or "extra" roles on the Elizabethan Stage.
False
Elizabeth I banned religious plays.
True
Plato studied with Socrates.
True
"Cause to Effect" storytelling is the least common form of storytelling.
False
A satyr play is serious and possesses magnitude.
False
Artie dies at the end of The House of Blue Leaves
False
As discussed in class the "special effects" in medieval plays were amateurish and less than artistic.
False
At the end of The House of Blue Leaves Bunny marries Artie.
False
Cycle plays are Greek-based plays telling the story from creation to judgment day.
False
Dionysus is the son of poseidon.
False
During the Hellenistic Period of Alexander, plays were only performed at the Festival of Dionysus.
False
Greek New Comedy deals primarily with Kings and the Higher Born.
False
Hellmouth to the Medieval mind was lack of dental hygiene.
False
Hired men were shareholders in an Elizabethan acting company.
False
In Aristotelean structure, the "inciting incident" occurs towards the end of the play.
False
In Shakespeare in Love, Shakespeare is writing Hamlet.
False
In Shakespeare in Love, Viola and Shakespeare marry at the very end of the film.
False
Long continuous runs of plays were common in Elizabethan theater.
False
Menander wrote Old Greek Comedy
False
Shakespeare retires because of illness.
False
The 2nd Blackfriars Theatre was Shakespeare's public theater.
False
The Dark Ages began in Western Europe with the fall of the Greek Empire.
False
The Greeks allowed for violent action on stage as a teaching tool
False
The Greeks were the first to celebrate and hold holy the Sabbath.
False
The Grouch by Menander was found by Monks in the 9th Century.
False
The Lenaia festival of ancient Athens was exclusively for tragedies.
False
The Merchant Class encouraged theatre in Elizabethan England.
False
The New Comedy of Menander was severely critical of the Athenian government's role in the Peloponnesian war.
False
The Rural Dionysia was performed in the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens.
False
The Theatre of Dionysus was on the outskirts of Athens.
False
The Vernacular drama was performed inside the church.
False
The layout of the Elizabethan stage discouraged continuous flow of dramatic action.
False
The name of the building at the top of the large hill is the Acropolis.
False
The powerful town councils were made up of artists and court officials in Elizabethan England.
False
The theatre of dionysus was built during the Roman occupation of Athens.
False
Trade Guilds produced the dramas inside the church.
False
Tragedies by three different authors were presented in a single day at the City Dionysian Festival.
False
When Thespis was presenting his plays at the Theatre of Dionysus, the theatre had stone seating, architechtual detail and sat close to 30,000 spectators.
False
Women could act in the Greek plays on special occasions.
False
York in the York Cycle refers to the author of the biblical plays, Friar York.
False
"Discovery" is a common device for adding complications to the plot of a play.
True
According to Aristotle, ideally, "thought" or "ideas" are inferred within the action rather than stated out front.
True
Aristotle claims in the Poetics that Greek drama grew out of the dithyrambic contests.
True
Aristotle studied with Plato.
True
As discussed in class, comedy can be dangerous if we push humor past that which we own (our own stereotypes).
True
Athens was a walled city during the 5th Century BC
True
Christopher Marlowe influenced Shakespeare with his use of blank verse.
True
Classic Greek tragedy focuses primarily on moral and ethical dimensions of character.
True
Comedy was always considered inferior to tragedy at the Great City Dionysia Festival in Athens.
True
Deus ex machina when used today infers a contrived ending to a story or play.
True
Generally, the "major dramatic question" in a play or story is answered in the "climax and resolution".
True
Greek comedy developed later than Greek tragedy.
True
Greek plays of the 5th century BC were musicals, they were predominately sung by the actors.
True
Greek theaters were purposely open to nature and the Gods, while Roman theaters were enclosed and controlling.
True
Greeks of the 5th Century BC felt music should have an "Ethical" content.
True
In Elizabethan England both public and private theaters were public in that anyone who paid was admitted.
True
In Elizabethan Enlgand theaters were built outside of city limits so the powerful town councils could not have jurisdiction over them.
True
In Greek tragedy, a God, fate, or moral power independent of human kind usually effects the outcome as much or more than the human characters.
True
Lysistrata which depicts the women of Athens and Sparta going on a sex strike was written by Aristophanes.
True
Masks were worn in comedies during the competition at the City Dionysia.
True
New Comedy is lighter in tone and subject matter than Old Comedy.
True
Phalluses were worn in Greek comedy.
True
Plays during the Golden Age of Greece were performed in competition.
True
Scholars think Aristotle's Poetics are lecture notes.
True
Some critics refer to Shakespeare's play as "cinematic" in nature because of their structure.
True
The "inner below" was used often as a place for eves-dropping and discovery in an Elizabethan theater.
True
The Aristocracy encouraged theatre in Elizabethan England.
True
The Clouds in which Socrates was depicted as the leader of the sophist movement was written by Aristophanes.
True
The Corpus Christi Festival was the Medieval festival at which drama was performed.
True
The Elizabethan stage was raised off the ground.
True
The Elizabethan theatre used such things as trap doors and stage machinery.
True
The Feudal System (Landed Lords and Peasant Class) developed during the Dark Ages.
True
The Lenaia festival of ancient Athens was held in January.
True
The Master of the Revels examined all plays and licensed all acting companies in Elizabethan England.
True
The chorus of Sophocles consisted of 15 members that could be divided into semi-choruses of 7 plus a choral leader.
True
The classic tragic hero is flawed.
True
The clergy wrote liturgical drama during the Middle Ages.
True
The drama of Thespis had one actor and a chorus.
True
The earliest liturgical play we have is one in which the women return to Christ's tomb and are told by an angel that Christ has risen.
True
The state/city paid the actors in the competitions at the City Dionysian Competition.
True
There were approximately 25 members in an Elizabethan Acting Company with about half of them as shareholders.
True
Vernacular drama is drama performed in the common language of a culture.
True
Western audiences, to a degree, have been brought up watching Aristotelian story telling.
True
