roman theater

Question 1

when were the etruscan rulers expelled form rome

Answer 1

509 BC

Question 2

how many festivals did rome hold a year

Answer 2

175

Question 3

what was the earliest record of roman theater

Answer 3

iudi romani

Question 4

iudi romani means

Answer 4

ROMAN FESTIVALS OR ROMAN GAMES

Question 5

what did iudi romani honor

Answer 5

jupiter

Question 6

when was iudi romani held

Answer 6

late summer or september

Question 7

what did iudi romani include

Answer 7

acrobatics, gladiators, jugglers, athletics, chariot races, boxing, drama

Question 8

who did the romans borrow from

Answer 8

greek drama

Question 9

many roman tragedies were rehashings of greek playwrights

Answer 9

true

Question 10

how many acts were roman trageedies divided into

Answer 10

5 along with a choral ode

Question 11

what is a choral ode

Answer 11

song between each act

Question 12

unlike the greeks, the romans didnt depict violence

Answer 12

false

Question 13

what is a soliloquy

Answer 13

a speech a character gives where he speaks aloud and reveals inner thoughts to the audience

Question 14

speaking directly to the audience usually commenting on some other character or action of the play

Answer 14

aside

Question 15

which roman playwright has the only surviving roman works

Answer 15

Seneca

Question 16

what was the difference between greek and roman comedies

Answer 16

roman comedies were not divided into acts and scenes and didnt use a chorus

Question 17

what was the typical comedy setting?

Answer 17

roman street marketplace

Question 18

what were typical plots of comedy

Answer 18

domestic affairs

Question 19

name two comic playwrights

Answer 19

plautus and terrence

Question 20

who was more popular plautus or terrence

Answer 20

plautus

Question 21

plautus focused on

Answer 21

songs and slapsticks

Question 22

plautus had roman … in his plays based on greek comedies

Answer 22

allusion

Question 23

terence focused on …

Answer 23

complex plots and developed charactersand eloquent language

Question 24

what are short unscipted plays with stock characters

Answer 24

farce

Question 25

farce was the foundation of the medieval …

Answer 25

commerdia dell arte

Question 26

what was an unspoken story telling using dance and music

Answer 26

pantomime

Question 27

pantomime made fun of

Answer 27

christains

Question 28

whats the difference between greek and roman amphitheaters

Answer 28

roman was free standing

Question 29

the Colosseum had a oval shape

Answer 29

false

Question 30

the circus maximus had an oval shape

Answer 30

true

Question 31

what are histriones

Answer 31

roman acotrs

Question 32

what was exaggerated movement

Answer 32

actors specialize in one type of drama over another

Question 33

audiences often demanded … or repeats of famous speeches

Answer 33

encores

Question 34

in encores there were attempts to achieve realism and plays were accompanied by music

Answer 34

false