Theater Literature Quiz

Question 1

1/11

What type of theatrical genre emerged in the 15th and 16th centuries, mainly in the city of Florence, Italy?

Commedia dell'arte

Tragedy

Melodrama

Answer

Ballad Opera

Question 2

2/11

What is the name of the playwright who wrote 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Shakespeare

Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer

John Milton

Answer

Oscar Wilde

Question 3

3/11

What is the genre of 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare?

Romance

Tragedy

Comedy

Fantasy

Answer

literature

Answer

manuscript

Answer

Domestic Comedies

Answer

Les Misérables

Answer

The Phantom Of The Opera

Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Answer

Romantic Comedy

Answer

Greek Tragedy

Answer

Realistic Drama

Answer

Farcical Theatre

Answer

Political Theatre

Answer

Symbolist Theatre

Answer

Henrik Ibsen

Answer

George Bernard Shaw

Answer

August Strindberg

Question 4

4/11

How many characters are featured in the play 'Macbeth'?

14

7

4

29

Question 5

5/11

What is another term for a play script?

Question 6

6/11

What were the plays of Ancient Greece called?

Musicals

Epics

Tragedies

Question 7

7/11

What is the name of the world's longest-running musical?

Cats

The Fantasticks

Question 8

8/11

The first use of the phrase 'The show must go on' is attributed to whom?

P.T. Barnum

Question 9

9/11

What is the genre of Bertolt Brecht's 'The Good Person of Szechwan'?

Epic Theatre

Question 10

10/11

What form of theatre does Anton Chekhov commonly practice?

Realistic Theatre

Question 11

11/11

What is the name of the playwright who wrote 'The Visit'?

Friedrich Dürrenmatt