1. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CADIZ CITY
PRE-TEST IN ARTS
GRADE 9
Write the letter of the correct answer in a separate sheet of paper.
1. In Ancient Greece, it was the most admired type of play.
a. Tragedy c. Fantasy
b. Comedy d. Satyr
2. These consists of comic elements to lighten the overall mood of a serious play with a
happy ending.
a. Satyr play c. Tragedy
b. Fantasy d. Comedy
3. The theater in this period is marked by the use of technology in current broadways or
commercial plays.
a. Medieval theater c. Baroque theater
b. Renaissance theater d. Neoclassical theater
4. Which of the following theater arts were characterized by a return of Classical Greek
and Roman arts and culture.
a. Medieval theater c. Baroque theater
b. Renaissance theater d. Neoclassical theater
5. His works include Les Miserable and Hunchback of Notre Dame.
a. Victor Hugo c. Severino Reyes
b. Georges Bizet d. William Shakespeare
6. In what period that a movement where the styles of Roman and Greek societies
influenced the theater arts?
a. Ancient Period c. Renaissance Period
b. Medieval Period d. Neoclassical Period
7. A play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone.
a. Comedy c. Melodrama
b. Drama d. Tragedy
8. The theater in this period is marked by the use of technology in current broadways
or commercial plays.
a. Medieval theater c. Baroque theater
b. Renaissance theater d. Neoclassical theater
9. In what theater that the performances were not allowed throughout Europe and to
keep the theater alive, minstrels, though denounced by the church, performed in
markets, public places and festivals?
a. Medieval theater c. Baroque theater
b. Renaissance theater d. Neoclassical theate
2. 10. It is a large circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theater, where the
play, dance religious rites, and acting look place.
a. Opera c. Orchestra
b. Dome d. Symphony
11. Romeo and Juliet tragedy was written by ______________.
a. Christopher Marlowe c. Victor Hugo
b. Georges Bizet d. William Shakespeare
12. Which of the following are the basic elements of art
a. Line, shape, Texture
b. Body, voice, emotion
c. Character, music, plot
d. Plot, sounds, theme
13. It is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as the Tragical History of Romeo
and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562.
a. Theme c. Plot
b. Sound d. Character
14. Are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist
communicate.
a. Principles of art c. Elements of art
b. Media art d. theater art
15. It means “place of seeing” where performance take place.
a. Drama c. Comedy
b. Theater d. Tragedy
16. Carmen was an opera composed by _____________.
a. William Shakespeare c. Victor Hugo
b. Severino Reyes d. Georges Bizet
17. It’s one of the world’s most popular operas and was the first performed at the
Opera-Comique in Paris in France on March 3, 1875.
a. Florante at Laura c. Romeo and Juliet
b. Carmen d. Oedipus Rex
18. Which of the following theatrical elements that describes the wardrobe used by the
actors for their performance?
a. Acting c. Music
b. Costume d. Scenery
19. In what period that the setting of Carmen takes place in Seville, Spain during the
mid-19th
century?
a. Renaissance period c. Romantic Period
b. Medieval period d. Ancient period
20. It is used the chorus at the beginning of the play to help tell the audience the given
circumstances of the play.
a. Sophocles c. Staging
b. Facial expression d. Tragedy
3. 21. This mask was used in the play of Sophocles’______________.
a. Carmen c. Romeo and Juliet
b. Florante at Laura d. Oedipus Rex
22. Which of the following costumes is appropriate to wear in the play Oedipus Rex?
a. b. c. d.
23. She was the wife of Laius and mother of Oedipus, the expression on her mask
depends on the scene of the play.
a. Jocasta c. Ismene
b. Minerva d. Antigone
24. He was the brother in-law of Oedipus, mad or angry facial expression, with crown.
a. Othello c. Creon
b. King Lear d. Abraham
25. He was an English poet, playwright and actor and was regarded as the greatest
writer and dramatist in the whole world.
a. Victor Hugo c. Severino Reyes
b. Georges Bizet d. William Shakespeare
26. Most sculptures in this period are made of monumental terra-cotta with continuous
narrative reliefs around.
a. Pre-historic c. Greek
b. b. Egyptian d. Roman
27. Dominant themes of their sculptures were religious, everyday life scenes and motifs
from nature.
a. Byzantine c. Gothic
b. b. Romanesque d. Egyptian
28. Early sculptures were tensed and stiff, their bodies were hidden within enfolding robes
but eventually evolved and showed all points of human anatomy and proportion.
a. Gothic c. Greek
b. Egyptian d. Romanesque
29. It is a type of Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with
outward sloping sides and it was made of mud-bricks or stones.
a. Parthenon c. Pyramid
b. Mastaba d. Menhir
30. Which of the following types of Megalith stones was originated from the expression of
taol maen, which means “stone table”?
a. Dolmens c. Cromlech
b. Menhir d. Mastaba
31. It is carved from limestone with excessively heavy breast and abdomen used as
charm to ensure fertility.
4. a. Tomb of the diver c. Head of Alexander
b. Pitsa Panel d. Venus of Willendorf
32. A stained glass window decoratively made out of many parts to convey and heighten
a sense of divine pouring in from above.
a. Pitsa Panel c. Tomb of the Diver
b. Rose window of north Transept d. Venus of Brassempouy
33. An art process where you create an image using an assemblage of small pieces of
colored glass, stones, or other materials.
a. Collage c. Tropme-l’-oeil
b. Stained glass d. Mosaic
34. It is a method of applying pigments mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat after its
application.
a. Acrylic c. Fresco
b. Encaustic d. Tropme-l’-oeil
35. A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated with sculpture.
a. Megaliths c. Sarcophagus
b. Pyramid d. Tomb
36.Cave paintings encompass any parietal art which involves the application of color
pigments on the walls. In what era when these types of arts dominated as the
people’s means of communication?
a. Ancient Egypt c. Pre-Historic Era
b. b. Classical Greek Era d. Roman Era
37.Symbolic elements such as forms, hieroglyphics, relative size, location, materials,
color, actions, and gestures were widely used. The following are the characteristics
of sculptures from the Egyptian Era, except
a. Empty spaces were filled with figures or hieroglyphics
b. Relief compositions were arranged in horizontal lines to record an event or to
represent an action.
c. Symbolisms were not heavily used to represent the gods.
d. All individual components were all brought to the plane of representation and laid
out like writing.
38.One of the most popular styles of the Greek sculptures was the __________.
a. Gothic style c. Baroc style
b. Hellinistic style d. Romanesque style
39.Most of the paintings in Roman Era were copied or imitated from Hellenic Greek
paintings. What technique was used in brightly colored backgrounds and division of
the wall into a multiple rectangular areas?
a. Tempera c. Tomb
b. Encaustic d. Fresco
40.Paintings during the classical era were most commonly found in vases, panels and
tomb. Which of the following paintings can be either a small, single-pieced or several
panels joined together?
a. Panel painting c. Byzantine painting
b. Tomb/Wall painting d. Fresco painting
