Medieval Theatre & "Everyman"

Question 1

Drama designed to teach a lesson; characters are often allegorical & represented virtues/faults

Accepted Answer

Morality Play

Question 2

Drama from Middle Ages performed in the everyday speech of the people, presented in squares

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Vernacular Drama

Question 3

A symbolic representation; using symbols to represent larger ideas is also called what?

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Allegory

Question 4

Main character of the morality play we have read; stands in for humankind

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Everyman

Question 5

This character will not take No for an answer; he works for God

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Death

Question 6

elevated stage with no proscenium, could become whatever locale was needed for the story, not on wheels

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Platform Stage

Question 7

Short dramas based on events of Old and New Testaments, often organized into historical cycles

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Mystery Play

Question 8

Early medieval church drama, written in Latin and dealing with Biblical stories

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Liturgical Drama

Question 9

Upset that humankind does not pay enough attention to him.

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God

Question 10

The list of characters for a play is known as what?

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Dramatis Personae

Question 11

Moveable stage by which performers in this time period presented plays around town.

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Pageant Wagon

Question 12

The character who gets out of travelling with Everyman due to a cramp in their toe

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Cousin

Question 13

Best friend who offers to do anything for Everyman, only to take it all back

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Fellowship

Question 14

Behind the stages, individual scenic units used for staging religious dramas

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Mansions

Question 15

He is the obsession Everyman has had during his time on Earth; cannot go to make his reckoning

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Goods

Question 16

Endowing human characteristics on an object or animal is known as what?

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Personification

Question 17

one who supervises the mounting of mystery plays

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Pageant Master

Question 18

Second character who is willing to go with Everyman to Death; she takes him to see Confession

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Knowledge

Question 19

First character we meet who offers to go with Everyman; she cannot walk when we first meet her

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Good Deeds

Questions 19