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QUESTION 1

1. In which type of play do we usually see a lot of cause and effect (organic unity) instead of coincidences?

   		Tragedy
   		Comedy
   		Both Tragedy & Comedy
   		Neither Tragedy nor Comedy

4 points 

QUESTION 2

1. The tragic flaw of “overweening price,” such as that suffered by Oedipus, is often called what?

   		Hubris
   		Persona
   		Katharsis
   		Melodrama

4 points 

QUESTION 3

1. Which genre of literature is more likely to command an audience’s focus and to energize the experience?

   		Fiction
   		Poetry
   		Drama
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Drama & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 4

1. In which genre of literature does the writer have the freedom to be as complex as s/he likes, with no limitation of the length of the work?

   		Fiction
   		Poetry
   		Drama
   		Fiction & Poetry
   		Poetry & Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 5

1. Which period of Drama reintroduced plays by performing them outside of churches?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 6

1. In what genre(s) is/are simultaneous impressions NOT temporally separated?

   		Fiction
   		Poetry
   		Drama
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Drama & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 7

1. What genre(s) of literature always contains characters?

   		Fiction
   		Drama
   		Poetry
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Drama & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 8

1. Which genres of literature almost always have a setting?

   		Fiction & Drama
   		Fiction & Poetry
   		Drama & Poetry
   		None of them use settings

4 points 

QUESTION 9

1. What genre(s) of literature is/are written specifically to be performed?

   		Fiction
   		Drama
   		Poetry
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Drama & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 10

1. During which period of Drama was dialogue first invented?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 11

1. Plays that presented allegories about the Christian way of life, often given off of wagons that converted into stages.

   		Mystery plays
   		Morality plays
   		Tragedies
   		Melodramas

4 points 

QUESTION 12

1. During which period of Drama did Shakespeare write?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 13

1. Which genre of literature is limited to only one point of view?

   		Fiction
   		Poetry
   		Drama
   		None of them

4 points 

QUESTION 14

1. The term for plays which became popular during the Restoration and which used musical accompaniment to increase the emotional impact of the performance. Since then, the word has come to mean extreme emotion or unnecessary angst.

   		melodrama
   		tragicomedy
   		Restoration drama
   		soap opera

4 points 

QUESTION 15

1. During which period of Drama did women start acting?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 16

1. What genre(s) of literature always contains a plot?

   		Fiction
   		Drama
   		Poetry
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Drama & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 17

1. What genre(s) of literature can best convey all five senses?

   		Fiction
   		Drama
   		Poetry
   		Fiction & Drama
   		Fiction & Poetry

4 points 

QUESTION 18

1. In which type of play do we most commonly see third-person limited point of view?

   		Tragedy
   		Comedy
   		Both Tragedy & Comedy
   		Neither Tragedy nor Comedy

4 points 

QUESTION 19

1. The type of play in which the protagonist(s) are likely to be part of a group of equals:

   		Tragedy
   		Comedy
   		Both tragedy and comedy
   		Neither tragedy nor comedy

4 points 

QUESTION 20

1. Which period of drama saw Mystery and Morality plays?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 21

1. Which period of drama featured actors who wore masks and choruses that sang about the story?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama

4 points 

QUESTION 22

1. The term for certain departures from reality (background music, for example, or asides, or specific lighting effects) which the audience accepts as realistic only when used in drama:

   		Soliloquies
   		Dramatic Conventions
   		Themes
   		Tragedies

4 points 

QUESTION 23

1. Plays of Bible Stories, presented in the market or on church steps, often given by workman guilds.

   		Mystery plays
   		Morality plays
   		Tragedies
   		Melodramas

4 points 

QUESTION 24

1. The type of play which celebrates human freedom instead of lingering on human limitations.

   		Tragedy
   		Comedy
   		Both Tragedy & Comedy
   		Neither Tragedy nor Comedy

4 points 

QUESTION 25

1. During which period of drama did theaters learn to light stages at night, making their work accessible to a middle class audience?

   		Greek Drama
   		Medieval Drama
   		Renaissance Drama
   		Restoration Drama