Final Test

Question 1

He added the third tragic actor, which made continued dialogue between characters and switching characters without reliance on chorus, easier.

Answer 1

Sophocles

Question 2

He wrote “Old Comedy” which ridiculed individuals (such as Socrates) and made political statements in plays such as “Lysistrata”.

Answer 2

Aristophanes

Question 3

The play “Oedipus Rex” starts near the climax of Oedipus’ life story. Accordingly it is an example of this in dramatic structure:

Answer 3

“Late point of attack”

Question 4

Euripides is accused of over using stage equipment to solve plot problems. This term is still used for bringing in a completely unexpected element to solve the ending of a plot. This practice is called the:

Answer 4

“Deus Ex Machina” (God from the machine)

Question 5

The festival of dias included three playwright’s presenting three tragedies, and at the end of the evening, one of these body plays that did farcical scenes:

Answer 5

A “Satyr Play”

Question 6

he is known for his plays, including: – Braggart Warrior, Pot Of Gold, and
The Manaechmi. Plays continue to be adapted into “new“ place.

Answer 6

Terence

Question 7

His Roman tragedies use soliloquies, asides and confidantes, showed a preoccupation with magic, death, and the human/spiritual world and had characters with singular obsessions that drove them to their doom.

Answer 7

Seneca

Question 8

It is generally believed that theater evolved from storytelling and….

Answer 8

Ritual

Question 9

Greek City-State where the “City Dionysia” was staged?

Answer 9

Athens

Question 10

He stepped out of the chorus to become the “first actor”? that we know of.

Answer 10

Thespis

Question 11

In the year 800, Charlemagne was declared this by the pope.

Answer 11

The Holy Roman Emperor

Question 12

Most writing in early Middle Ages was in (this language):

Answer 12

Latin

Question 13

What is the word for “allegorical character”

Answer 13

Everyman

Question 14

“Quem Quaeritis” means:

Answer 14

“Whom do you seek”

Question 15

She was the first known woman dramatist.

Answer 15

Hroswitha of Gandersheim

Question 16

The playing area, built on the church steps, upon which the actress performed plays was called a:

Answer 16

platea

Question 17

A defining feature of “Italianete Staging” the standard “framing device” for the stage be came the what arch?

Answer 17

Proscenium

Question 18

A precept of Neoclassicism, Verisimilitude is usually defined as:

Answer 18

the appearance of being true or real.

Question 19

What are the “three unities” in neo classical theatre?

Answer 19

Time, Place & Action

Question 20

Which of these is not a Commedia Del Arte character? (Pantalone, Castelvitro, Dotore, Arelecchino)

Answer 20

Castelvitro

Question 21

The struggle between the English houses of Lancaster and York is refereed to as what?

Answer 21

The War Of The Roses

Question 22

What is the name of the most iconic Christopher Marlowe play?

Answer 22

Doctor Faustus

Question 23

He was the first “Poet Laurate” of England, wrote “Masques” and plays for the “Boy Companies”

Answer 23

Ben Jonson

Question 24

Who was the first actor to play: Hamlet, Richard III, King Lear and Othello?

Answer 24

Richard Burbage

Question 25

Who introduced "Italianate Staging" to England and the "Proscenium Arch"?

Answer 25

Inigo Jones

Question 26

Which of these is not a play by William Shakespeare? (Measure For Measure, As You Like It, Gammer Gurton's Needle, The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Answer 26

Gammer Gurton's Needle

Question 27

Why were theatres closed in 1642?

Answer 27

Civil War

Question 28

In this Lope de Vega play, a tyrannical lord is murdered by his people. They refuse to give up the murderer and when asked "who did it", all give the ** name of the town**. In English it is known as:

Answer 28

The Sheep's Well

Question 29

Which Spanish playwright is even more well known for writing "Don Quixote"?

Answer 29

Miguel de Cervantes?

Question 30

Louis XIV was known by a nickname due to his flamboyant dress

Answer 30

The Sun King

Question 31

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), the foremost playwright of this period, worked under the pen name....

Answer 31

Moliere

Question 32

Name a play by Moliere

Answer 32

Tartuffe

Question 33

Who revived the official Commedie Francaise in 1799?

Answer 33

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 34

This was used to underscore emotion:

Answer 34

music

Question 35

A plot driven by ___ under seige

Answer 35

virtue

Question 36

Stories in melodrama end in what way?

Answer 36

with poetic justice

Question 37

One of the beliefs of romanticism is...

Answer 37

the more natural the better

Question 38

One of the concepts is that there is a "higher truth" and only the ____ can touch it and he will be misunderstood

Answer 38

genius

Question 39

1830 - **Hugo's** distinctively romantic play at the Comedie Francais, so violated the Neo-Classical ideals that a fight burst out. Romantics vs Traditionalists. This play was ____

Answer 39

Hernani

Question 40

the theatrical movement of realism is defined as

Answer 40

knowing the world through direct observation

Question 41

critics of realism called realism "immoral" and defenders claimed that:

Answer 41

truth is the highest form of morality

Question 42

the symbolic movement of theater was defined as

Answer 42

an evocation of the mystery of existence through poetic and allusive language

Question 43

Paul Fort (1892-1962) founded what in 1892

Answer 43

The Theatre d'Art

Question 44

What was the name of the artist who influenced almost every departure from realism between 1893-1914

Answer 44

Lugne-Poe

Question 45

Strindberg made what kind of plays

Answer 45

Dream plays

Question 46

Comedy of manners is based on the idea of:

Answer 46

Know thy self

Question 47

In comedy of manners, man is corruptable but the person to be mocked is one who is self-deluded:

Answer 47

the fop (the poser)

Question 48

In comedy of manners the characters are usually in the social class:

Answer 48

upper class

Question 49

Oscar Wilde went to what school?

Answer 49

Trinity College in Dunlim

Question 50

Oscar Wilde's most iconic work is called:

Answer 50

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Question 51

Oscar Wilde's motto:

Answer 51

Art for art's sake

Question 52

Oscar Wilde's plays:

Answer 52

The Importance Of Being Earnest Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman Of No Importance An Ideal Husband **Salome**