A. SUPPORTIVE B. CONNECTION C. ATTENTION D. SACRIFICEREAD THE FOLL...

10. A. supportive

B. connection

C. attention

D. sacrifice

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most

widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. The

argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural

forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, as unpredictable, and

they

sought, through

various means, to control these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which

appeared to bring the desired results were then retained and repeated until they hardened into

fixed rituals. Eventually stories arose which explained or veiled the mysteries of the rites. As

time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and

provided material for art and drama.

Those who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rites contained the

seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used.

Furthermore, a suitable site hard to be provided for the performances, and when the entire

community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the "acting area"

and the "auditorium". In addition, there were performers, and since

considerable

importance

was attached to avoiding mistakes in the

enactment

of rites, religious leaders usually

assumed that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people,

animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect- success in hunt or battle, the

coming rain, the revival of the Sun as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic

representations were separated from religious activities.

Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in storytelling. According

to this view, tales (about the hunt, war or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at

first through the use of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through

the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces

theater to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitation of

animal movements and sounds.