Deck 15: Then and Now Version the Renaissance

Question 1

During the Renaissance many people thought ancient Greek plays were entirely sung. This led to what new type of theatre?

A) Commedia dell'arte
B) Musical comedy
C) Ritual tragedy
D) Opera
E) None of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

During the Renaissance there was a lack of theatres in Paris, so where were plays often performed?

A) Tennis courts
B) Kitchens
C) Street corners
D) Voting halls
E) The courtyards of inns

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Commedia dell'arte, though popular throughout all of Europe, has its roots in _____.

A) England
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy
E) Spain

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which type of theatre only took place at court and was written especially for the monarch and an invited audience?

Question 5

During the Renaissance some scholars idolized the Romans and Greeks; they rejected the traditional curriculum of theology and instead studied the classical subjects. These scholars were called?

A) The Students of Humanities
B) The Reformation Student Movement
C) The Eastern Orthodox Church
D) Humanists
E) Autos sacramentales

Question 6

Calderon is one of Spain's most popular playwrights. His play, _____, is regarded by some as the Hamlet of the Golden Age of Spanish drama.

A) Fuente Ovejuna
B) Life is a Dream
C) Dog in a Manger
D) Don Quixote

Question 7

The terms "upstage" and "downstage" come from what period and country?

Question 8

After 1574 theatre was banned within the city limits of London because of the protests of which religious group?

Question 9

What happened to the actors who staged the first play in what would later become the United States?

A) They became stars
B) They were arrested
C) They won "best wig play"
D) They ran for public office
E) They were shipped back to France

Question 10

_____ is the leading man in the commedia dell'arte.

A) Harlequin
B) Pantalone
C) Scapino
D) Ruffiana
E) Innamorata

Question 11

During the Renaissance the theatre turned to Aristotle for laws regarding dramatic structure. Scholars came up with three unbreakable rules, which they called the Unities-a form of "classical correctness." Which of the following is NOT one of the unities?

A) The unity of place
B) The unity of action
C) The unity of tragedy
D) The unity of time

Question 12

During the Renaissance the Italians invented what type of scene painting?

Question 13

The scenery of Elizabethan theatre was minimal and so the actors described the locations using what?

Question 14

The 800 or so people who stood during performances at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre were called…

Question 15

Which of the following Elizabethan playwrights wrote an infamous play based on the life of Faust?

A) Christopher Marlow
B) William Shakespeare
C) John Webster
D) Ben Jonson
E) Thomas Kyd

Question 16

In Shakespeare's day acting companies were often accused of being vagabonds.

Question 17

Which playwright killed an actor but got out of jail by pleading "benefit of clergy?"

A) William Shakespeare
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) Ben Jonson
D) Thomas Kyd
E) William Prynne

Question 18

During the Renaissance, three broad categories of theatre came to dominate Europe. Which of the following does not belong?

A) Popular
B) Fine art
C) Humanist
D) Liturgical

Question 19

The Enlightenment led to what to new types of theatre?

A) New comedy and old tragedy
B) Melodramas and Freedom Skits
C) Anti-comedies and true love stories
D) Barber comedies and wig plays
E) Domestic tragedies and sentimental comedies

Question 20

Mary Frith was charged by an ecclesiastical authority for acting on stage-what was so unusual about her performance?

A) The audience was all women
B) She was also a nun
C) She was Shakespeare's wife
D) Women were not allowed on stage at that time
E) She acted the role of Hamlet

Question 21

The book refers to ____ as the "comeback kid" of the early Renaissance. Who are they referring to?

Question 22

What type of play often had background music playing, just as modern movies frequently do?

Question 23

Which writers wanted to go beyond reason, to transcend the realm of emotion where experience cannot be rationally explained?

Question 24

Which type of theatre started during the Restoration and had themes about sexual gratification and bedroom escapades?

Question 25

The first important architect of the Italian Renaissance, credited with inventing perspective painting, is _____.

Question 26

The Humanist Scholars of the Renaissance advocated for a style of acting that they thought mimicked that of the Greeks. This style of acting is called _____.

Question 27

One of the most popular characters in the commedia dell'arte is the servant to Pantalone whose costume has multicolored lozenges. Who is he?

Question 28

_____ is regarded as the greatest of all Spanish playwrights. He claimed to have written over 2,200 plays with his most popular one being The Sheep Well.