Humanities (Drama)

Question 0

____ tricks Othello into believing that his wife Desdemona is being unfaithful, so that Othello murders her for her alleged crime.

Answer 0

Lago. Othello’s trusted lieutenant and right-hand man.

Question 1

At the end of _____, the only character left standing is Horatio.

Answer 1

Hamlet

Question 2

_____ ___ _____ is about the feuding Montagues and Capulets.

Answer 2

Romeo and Juliet

Question 3

After disbelieving his youngest (and only well-behaved) daughter, _____ _____ leaves his fortune to his evil eldest two girls.

Answer 3

King Lear

Question 4

_____ murdered Julius Caesar.

Answer 4

Brutus

Question 5

The author of A Doll’s House was _____?

Answer 5

Henrik Ibsen. Known for his uncanny ability to portray the inner-strength of the 19th century woman.

Question 6

The playwright _____ wrote many farces, including The Doctor in Spite of Himself, Sganarelle, and George Dandin.

Answer 6

Jean Baptiste Moliere

Question 7

French dramatist _____ wrote The Romancers and The Women of Samaria.

Answer 7

Edmond Rostand. Most of his play are light, with no dark themes.

Question 8

_____’s play The Importance of a Being Earnest debuted in 1905.

Answer 8

Oscar Wilde

Question 9

Author of Waiting for Godot, _____ wrote his original scripts in French and then translated the, himself into English.

Answer 9

Samuel Beckett. Winner of Noble Prize for Literature, he also wrote the drama Endgame.

Question 10

_____ wrote many avant-grade plays, including the Bald Soprano.

Answer 10

Eugene Lonesco.

Question 11

Playwright Eugene O’Neil’s autobiographical work, __ ___ ___ _____ into Night, was discovered after his death in manuscript form.

Answer 11

A Long Day’s Journey

Question 12

Tennessee William won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1947 play ___ ______ ______ _____, about sisters Blanche and Stella.

Answer 12

A Streetcar named Desire

Question 13

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof was written by _____.

Answer 13

Tennessee Williams

Question 14

In Greek theaters, the ground the actors stood on was called the _____.

Answer 14

Proscenium. The proscenium was elevated to help establish an upstage and downstage for the audience.

Question 15

_____ is a transparent fabric used as a drop in the theater to create special effects of light or atmosphere.

Answer 15

Scrim. It is sometimes also lit from the back so that you can see a silhouette.

Question 16

The start of Greek Tragedy, a _______ was performed by the chorus to the God Dionysus.

Answer 16

Dithyramb. This hymn to Dionysus involved the chorus singing back and forth with a lead singer.

Question 17

The lead singer of a dithyramb is called the _____.

Answer 17

Thespis. Credited as the father of tragedy, he introduced this additional lead singer to bring dialogue into theater, so the character was named after him.

Question 18

In Greek theater, the priest or priestess who spoke on behalf of the gods was know as the _____.

Answer 18

Oracle. Greek heroes frequently consult oracles to learn their fate or the next step in their journey, although the news isn’t always to their benefit.
(Oedipus)

Question 19

The fifteen-century play Everyman is a prime example of a _____ play.

Answer 19

Morality. Popular from the 14th to 16th centuries, morality plays depicted the battle between good and evil through characters who represented one of two values.

Question 20

_____ killed his father and marries his mother.

Answer 20

Oedipus.

Question 21

The Oedipus trilogy is composed of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus and Colonus and ______.

Answer 21

Antigone. The daughter of the incestuous affair between Oedipus and his mother.

Question 22

Daughter of Zeus and Leda, _____ ___ _____ was considered the most beautiful women in existence.

Answer 22

Helen of Troy. She is dubbed “the face that launched a thousand ships” for her influence.

Question 23

William Shakespeare wrote historical accounts of King _____ IV, V, VI and VII.

Answer 23

Henry

Question 24

The three final tragedies of Aeschylus are known as the _______.

Answer 24

Oresteia. The three plays are Agamemnon, The Choephoroe, and the Eumendies.

Question 25

________ ______ is a bold attack by Aeschylus against the vengefulness of the gods.

Answer 25

Prometheus Bound. While Prometheus Bound was meant to be a trilogy, the later two parts have never been found. Aeschylus may have redeemed the gods in later sections.

Question 26

Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote ________, where Athenian women boycott their spouses in order to end the war.

Answer 26

Lysistrata. Aristophanes wrote satirical plays while denouncing the words of Socrates and the like.

Question 27

In ___ _______ _______ of Windsor, Shakespeare resurrects Sir John Falstaff, who keeps company with two women that discover one another.

Answer 27

The Merry Wives.

Question 28

Antonio is arrested and threatened with losing a pound of flesh when he reneges on a loan in “The _______.

Answer 28

Merchant of Venice.

Question 29

In the Tempest, ______ creates a thunderstorm to trap his brother Ferdinand into coming to the island he and his daughter Miranda have been stranded on for twelve years.

Answer 29

Prosperous. Once the King of Naples, he was tricked by his brother into staying on a deserted island.

Question 30

In _____ ______, Viola dresses as a man after the (supposed) death of her twin brother, only to be romantically pursed by Olivia.

Answer 30

Twelfth Night.

Question 31

Close friends Proteus and Valentine are separated in _____ ____ ________ of Verona.

Answer 31

The Two Gentlemen. The two friends meet up in Milan, where they fall in love with the same women Silvia. Though Valentine and Silvia are about to elope, Proteus interferes e dry step of the way in an attempt to gain her for himself.

Question 32

An African-American women raised in Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play ___ _____ ___ ___ _____.

Answer 32

A Raisin in the Sun. The play was a cross between a comedy and a drama, focusing on the everyday life of an average black American Family.

Question 33

French dramatist _______ write the tragedies Cinna, and Polyecte.

Answer 33

Pierre Corneille, a seventeenth-century writer.

Question 34

In Greek and Roman tales, women who roamed the forest adorned in animal skins and worshipping Dionysus were called ______.

Answer 34

Bacchae, sometimes referred to as Maenads. These women were said to have danced themselves into wild frenzies and torn apart animals with their bare hands in the excitement.

Question 35

In Greek mythology, _______ was said to have stolen fire from the gods and given it to man when Zeus mistreated them.

Answer 35

Prometheus. Credited with creating mankind out of clay, he took it upon himself to teach many skills to humans so they could better themselves.