Second Nine Weeks Theatre Review

Question 1

Hard Question: Histriomastix was the full title of the 1,000 page antitheatrical document

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What type of stage do we have at Riesel ISD?

Accepted Answer

C) Proscenium Arch Stage

Question 3

Why did William Duvenant invent English opera in the late 1650s?

Accepted Answer

A) Musical performance hadn’t been specifically forbidden by Parliament

Question 4

How long was the Historiomastix?

Accepted Answer

C) 1,000 pages

Question 5

It wasn't considered respectable for women to go the theatre during the Elizabethan and Jacobean era so they

Accepted Answer

C) Wore disguises

Question 6

When did 18th Century Theatre occur? (this is a real stumper)

Accepted Answer

C) 1700 AD - 1800 AD

Question 7

Which of the following was a well known Restoration comedy?

Accepted Answer

The Country Wife

Question 8

What event caused the return of theatre after the English Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Oliver Cromwell died and Charles II was restored to the throne

Question 9

People in the Restoration didn’t like the unhappy endings in Shakespeare’s tragedies so they

Accepted Answer

A) Rewrote the endings

Question 10

Which of the following is a well known sentimental comedy?

Accepted Answer

The Conscious Lovers

Question 11

Hard Question: The majority of technicians who worked in the theatre during the 18th Century were

Accepted Answer

navy men

Question 12

Actors in the Elizabethan and Jacobean era didn’t get full copy of scripts, only pages with their parts & cues on them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Who is the only individual listed below that has NOT been theorized to be responsible for writing Shakespeare’s works?

Accepted Answer

B) Bela Lugosi

Question 14

Why did men approve of women playing breeches roles during the Restoration?

Accepted Answer

B) They liked that the women’s costumes showed off their ankles

Question 15

Which theatre was probably the first theatre of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Era?

Accepted Answer

A) The Red Lion

Question 16

Who was Britain's first famous female playwright?

Accepted Answer

A) Aphra Behn

Question 17

Which era marked the time that theatre established itself as an art form for all levels of society?

Accepted Answer

18th Century Theatre

Question 18

True or false: Many reputable sources believe Shakespeare didn’t write his plays.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Postmodernism is a genre that emerged during the 18th Century.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

D) Both A and C

Question 21

Public open air theatres during the Elizabethan and Jacobean era could seat

Accepted Answer

C) As many as 2,500 people

Question 22

What is antitheatricalism?

Accepted Answer

Opposition or hostility to theater

Question 23

We know that Shakespeare played fool types during his time as an actor.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

Who was the most prominent restoration actress?

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Gwyn, the mistress of Charles II

Question 25

What era was associated with innovations in tech theatre, such as the introduction flats and of gas and kerosine lamps?

Accepted Answer

C) 18th Century Theatre

Question 26

Why did the publishing of the Histriomastix get William Pryne in hot water with the crown?

Accepted Answer

It said female actors were loose and the queen of the era was an actress

Question 27

What genre of theatre is Shakspeare credited with inventing and introducing?

Accepted Answer

C) Histories

Question 28

When did the Elizabethan and Jacobean Era occur?

Accepted Answer

A) 1550 AD - 1650 AD

Question 29

Women roles in plays performed during the Elizabethan and Jacobean Era were played by

Accepted Answer

Boys

Question 30

What was the name of William Shakespeare's son?

Accepted Answer

B) Hamnet

Question 31

When did The Restoration occur?

Accepted Answer

B) 1650 AD - 1700 AD

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