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pivotal German work on dramatic theory of the eighteenth century was - ANS Lessing's
Hamburg Dramaturgy.
Denis Diderot proposed the __________, which used middle-class problems as its subject. -
ANS drame bourgeois
How did theaters of the eighteenth century differ from their predecessors? - ANS All of the
answer options are correct.
The Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737 was created to do which of the following? - ANS
require the Lord Chamberlain to approve plays for performance and make Drury Lane and
Covent Garden London's only licensed theaters
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the German Sturm und Drang movement? -
ANS interest in Rome and Pompeii
Which of the following is NOT an Enlightenment belief? - ANS Christianity is the map for
human behavior.
The phrase "well-made play" relates to plays based on music and complicated plots, and
derives from the French phrase - ANS pièce bien-fait.
The word melodrama refers to plays with stock characters and extraordinary coincidences, and
specifically to - ANS plays with musical interludes.
Which of the following is NOT an element of Romanticism? - ANS dislike of
Shakespeare's plays
"Tambo and Bones" refers to - ANS . two characters around which minstrel shows were
centered.
How did naturalism differ from Romanticism? - ANS Naturalism explores scientific and
biological causes of action while Romanticism focuses on emotion and personal experience.
Modern playwrights were most interested in - ANS challenging the audience to address
the conventions and complacency of society.
, Drama of the modern period was influenced by - ANS technological advances.
In A Dream Play and A Ghost Sonata, Strindberg focused on - ANS abandoning dramatic
rules.
Torvald gently chastises his wife as ___________________. - ANS a spendthrift
What crime did Nora commit? - ANS forgery
What does Nora do after Torvald forgives her transgressions? - ANS She changes her
clothes.
Why does Dr. Rank stop by the apartment after the party? - ANS to say goodbye for the
last time
Why does Nora refuse Dr. Rank's help? - ANS He intimates that he loves her.
How does Nora stall Torvald from retrieving his mail? - ANS She demands that he
rehearse the tarantella with her for the party.
Antonin Artaud's __________ is inspired by ancient rituals and the Marx Brothers' comedy. -
ANS Theater of Cruelty
Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'œuvre in Paris served as - ANS a symbolist venue.
Surrealism (led by Breton) focused on __________ while futurism (led by Marinetti) focused on
__________. - ANS dream imagery / mechanical objects
Which playwright is most associated with aestheticism—a movement focused on beauty and art
without social or political purpose? - ANS Oscar Wilde
Which of the following groups advocated war and fascism? - ANS the Futurists
Sophie Treadwell's Machinal can best be described as - ANS an indictment of life in the
machine age, especially for women.
Treadwell's "An Outcast at the Christian Door" describes - ANS her experience going
undercover as a prostitute.
Elements of which modernist style are evident in Machinal? - ANS expressionism
Machinal emphasizes the modernist notion of the - ANS gesamtkunstwerk