Aesthetics Final Review

English Renaissance players had elaborate and fanciful costumes.

In AMND, who brings the complaint against Hermia to Theseus in Act 1?

I was one of the most famous actors in the world in the Romantic age.

The rise of the prolific Irish-born writer Dion Boucicault made English/Irish melodrama the most influential in the worl

In AMND, which character do Lysander and Demetrius both fall in love with after Puck sprinkles the potion on their eyes?

Which of the following is the most important outcome of a college education?

Which of the following is NOT true?

It is possible that William Shakespeare may have seen a cycle play in his youth.

Which is the best answer to “what is the organizing idea in the plot of In a Heartbeat ?”

Who was the most important and most prolific writer of comedia?

What distinguished the Lord Chamberlain's Men from other professional theatretroupes of Shakespeare's time?

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the delay of the emergence of French Golden Age Theatre?

Which of the following is NOT true of the status of professional actors in early modern Europe?

What strategy most often leads to successful “creativity” in scientists?

In the pre-modern world, from where does meaning arise?

In AMND, which character does Titania fall in love with due to Oberon's potion?

Who among the following characters plays the cello?

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the decline of dramatic literature during the Romantic Age?

Which of the following is NOT true concerning Shakespeare?

The American and French Revolutions are arguably the most important events that reshaped the Western world.

Which of the following is NOT true of Hrotsvit, the Canoness at the Saxon abbey of Gandersheim?

Which part of theater changed the most during the 18th century?

Pedro Calderon de la Barca was the most important and famous author to emerge from the Golden Age of Spanish drama.

According to Andrew Stanton, the most important idea that most directly led him to share his talk with TED is:

Medieval cycle plays that used mansions were usually decorated to look very pretty.

Which of the following is NOT true of morality plays?

The term "Renaissance" refers to a different time in Europe from the "early modern" period.

Which of the following is NOT true of Shakespeare’s world in 1600?

Which author is considered the "Shakespeare" of France?

Which of the following is NOT true of Shakespeare?

Which of the following mental processes identifies the skill you are using to analyze dramatic action?

The first person to publish his plays, and thereby accord them with a status nearing "literary" was:

English born and trained actors and writers dominated the early American stage for nearly 175 years.

Which of the following is NOT true?

The titles for tropes were often taken from their first lines.

What change in the practice of 18th century theatrics had the greatest impact on how audiences viewed productions?

In AMND, how does Puck prevent Demetrius and Lysander from fighting?

In AMND, why are Oberon and Titania fighting at the beginning of the play?

Which of the following is the stage of development that you should seek to attain?

The early modern period in Europe was profoundly affected by the discovery of the so-called New World.

The fall of the Roman Empire signaled the end of theatrical activity in western and central Europe.

Which of the following is NOT true?

Lope de Vega was the most famous author to emerge from the Golden Age of Spanish Theatre.

Which of the following is a key characteristic of comedia of the Spanish Golden Age?

Characters in stories should have the following:

The staging of autos used conventions of Medieval staging common throughout Europe, such as wagons and scaffolds.

Organized theatrical activity in late Medieval Europe emerged from an evolutionary cycle that started with tropes.

The life of a professional actor in the late Renaissance was a very difficult one.

In AMND, what part of her appearance does Hermia believe Helena has exploited to win Lysander's love?

Which of the following identifies the phase of development when you link the component parts into a repeatable action?

Many parts of the ceremonies and rituals of the Medieval Christian Church are inherently theatrical.

Which of the following is NOT a common feature of pre-modern theaters around the world?

The characterization of the Middle Ages as a "dark age" is generally accepted by historians as fair.

Becoming an expert theatre artist requires more focus and training on:

Which of the following is the BEST strategy for achieving artistic success?

Which of the following is the most reasonable statement based on the Drottingholm videos?

A play that explores how humanity might earn salvation was called:

Eighteenth-Century Theater was characterized by both stability and change.

Desiree Armfeldt is a self-absorbed, once-successful actress who is now touring the countryside in what is clearly not t

Which of the following is NOT true of the end of the Spanish Golden Age of Theatre?

Peter the Great's palace in St. Petersburg was explicitly intended to rival Louis 14th'spalace at Versailles.

Private theatres in Renaissance London performed in the city on properties known as "liberties" bc law did not apply.

Which of the following identifies the influential French drama that relies on intricate plots and a clear resolution?

What is privilege, relevant to theatre?

Which of the following mental processes identifies the skill you are using to perform a dramatic action?

Which of the following is NOT true about the filmed version of A DOLL’S HOUSE seen in lecture?

A song that explains a character, group, or situation is what kind of song?

In the modern world, from where does meaning arise?

Which of the following is NOT true of story?

Which of the following is NOT true of morality drama's evolution from the middle ages to the Renaissance?

English Restoration theatres were smaller than Shakespeare's.

Princes and others in the Renaissance supported artists because they believed in the power of art to make society better

The first steps towards realistic acting and staging were taken during the 18th century.

Which of the following is NOT true of Neoclassicism in France?