S2S Final Review

Which of the following could not be found in Elizabethan theatres?

Which of Shakespeare's characters speak in iambic pentameter?

A play that motivates people to act on an idea and support a movement is called what?

What is the name of a 16 lined-poem in iambic pentameter ending with a rhyming couplet?

What does an author employ when he strays away from romance toward the negative real life?

What device does Shakespeare use when Macbeth's witches say, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair?" 

Which of the following does NOT represent a type of Experimental Theater?

The main ______________ in Greek tragedies stems from hubris and the gods men offend.

Shakespeare uses which lit device: "Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man?"

Plays that remind us that we are responsible for our own existence are which?

What did actors in Greek plays wear to help express mood and to amplify voices?

Scientific determinism influenced this genre?

Which god was mostly honored at Greek tragic festivals?

Recycled story lines & characters used often in comedies & sometimes in musicals and tragedies:

"The frailty of women facing turmoil" is part of which of the following devices in Hamlet?

Plays that reflect the beauty of nature and love employ which of these?

Russian theatrician who subjected acting to a rigorous artistic self-analysis & reflection:

The play that came after a tragic trilogy to make the audience laugh was called which?

Which of Shakespeare's characters speak in prose?

The audience and only a few characters know something that most characters don't know.

Emerging in the 19th Century, this popular theatre form emphasizes music and dance.

Name the Greek man whose story became a trilogy about incest and fratricide.

Which is not a good reason for adding stage directions to a play?

When an actor speaks directly to the audience, he is performing what?

Comedy that focuses on a troubled love affair that wins out in the end

When Shakespeare's lower classes use prose, they distinguish class differences and...

The following are all types of modern what: proscenium, thrust, arena?

What does Shakespeare often use to indicate a major character will exit and/or a scene change?

Everything on the stage is from which perspective?

The Poetics, the earliest dramatic theory, was written by which ancient Greek philosopher?

Who represents the people and gives background to move the plot in a Greek play?

This intimate, noncommercial theatre movement took the place of large spectacles.

Who was the first actor to step out of the chorus to speak as an individual?

Well-developed characters, a strong build to the climax, & no loose ends is called what?

Comedy that focuses on behavior of people who violate rules of upper-class society.

Which is NOT a Shakespearean comedy?

A playwright who resolves a problem or concludes a play miraculously employs which technique?

Television program or series with serious and comic unconventional plots without laugh tracks:

"To begin in the middle of the action" describes which term?

Which of Shakespeare's life events occurred on the same month and day of different years?

Dark, uncomfortable comedy that portrays the world as unstable and usually ends unhappily.

When modern writers refer to Shakespeare's work they are using which literary device?

Using artistic forms to create effects, rather than realistic or spontaneous action:

Crude, low comedy with lots of belly laughs and physical humor.  

The alternative name for "Shakespearean" was coined because this monarch supported the arts.

Aristotle's tragic heroes share all but which of these?

Which of the following were not permitted to act in Elizabethan theatres?

Harold Pinter's dialog suggests the underlying, real meaning of what a character says.

This modern acting style creates life-like, honest performances.

Mean jokes aimed at people, ideas, or things to improve, correct, or prevent something:

What kind of character contrasts with and highlights qualities ofthe protagonist? 

What can the Choragus do that other chorus members cannot do?

Which is NOT a Greek theater tragic playwright?