Theatre History, Units 5 & 7 - Renaissance, Elizabethan, Restoration & Eastern Theatre

Question 1

What English licensing act legitimized theatre andallowed for women to act on stage?

Accepted Answer

The English Royal Patent of 1662

Question 2

On the Elizabethan stage, who were prevented from acting based on moral ideology?

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 3

The braggart soldier character in commedia dell’arte who was really afraidof his own shadow...

Accepted Answer

IlCapitano

Question 4

To financetheir work and maintain their reputations, Renaissance actors soughtthe patronage of:

Accepted Answer

Nobility

Question 5

This refers to the peasants stood in the dirt “pit” in front of the stage at Elizabethan plays:

Accepted Answer

Groundlings

Question 6

Incommedia dell’arte, the beautiful, young romantic leads that did not wear maskswere called:

Accepted Answer

Inamorata

Question 7

TheJapanese theatre style named after its three parts (singing, dancing andacting) is:

Accepted Answer

Kabuki

Question 8

Thecomic trendsetter of the Restoration period who wrote The Country Wife was:

Accepted Answer

WilliamWychery

Question 9

Thecommedia dell’arte performances did not includewhich of the following:

Accepted Answer

Scripts

Question 10

Thebitter Elizabethan writer who got into trouble for writing whatever he feltwas:

Accepted Answer

BenJonson

Question 11

Thecommedia dell’arte plays were performed by actors who banded together to formtraveling...

Accepted Answer

Companies

Question 12

Whichof the following IS NOT a Shakespearean play?

Accepted Answer

Volpone

Question 13

The _______________, or English Renaissance, period saw a rebirth of great comedy and drama.

Accepted Answer

Elizabethan

Question 14

Describing the generic character types recycled over and over in theplays of commedia del’arte:

Accepted Answer

Stock

Question 15

TheElizabethan writer credited with blank verse and The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus:

Accepted Answer

ChristopherMarlowe

Question 16

These longer commedia scenes, often including practical jokes, were called ________________.

Accepted Answer

Burle

Question 17

TheJapanese theatre style that uses dolls or puppets is called:

Accepted Answer

Bunraku

Question 18

In commedia dell’arte, the flirtatious maidservantwas the:

Accepted Answer

Fontesca

Question 19

Incommedia dell’arte, the heroine’s overbearing and sneaky father was named

Accepted Answer

Pantalone

Question 20

This post-Restoration playwright made audiences think & wrote Arms and the Man & Saint Joan:

Accepted Answer

GeorgeBernard Shaw

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