Ch. 13 Quiz Munise

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Which of the following most accurately defines the term unities?
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a neoclassicist mandate for playwrights, formulated by Italian critics
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The oldest surviving theatre—constructed during the Italian Renaissance—which was designed as a miniature, indoor Roman theatre is the
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Teatro Olimpico.
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The theatrical troupe I Gelosi, led by Isabella and Francesco Andreini, was renowned in Renaissance Italy for what type of theatrical performance?
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commedia dell'arte
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English acting companies would rarely perform the same play on two consecutive days.
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True
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Commedia characters did not wear costumes.
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False
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Unlike Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine's tragedies adhered to the neoclassic rules from the start.
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True
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Humanism was a major focus of Renaissance literature.
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True
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The stage in an Elizabethan public theatre was most like a contemporary
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thrust stage.
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Unlike English Renaissance theatre, theatre in Renaissance Spain
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continued to include religious themes.
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Which of the following is NOT part of a Spanish corral?
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amphitheatre
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Written drama was probably the most significant art form of the Italian Renaissance.
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False
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Theatrical activity was outlawed in England by the Puritans in 1642, which was the end of the English Renaissance.
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True
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As in England, most Spanish acting troupes were sharing companies.
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True
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Spectators, no matter where they were, were never far from the actors in an English Renaissance theatre.
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True
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Italian pastorals imitated Greek satyr plays and were often overtly bawdy and sexual.
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False
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Ornate, professionally staged, mythological allegories that were intended to praise the monarch during the Jacobean period were known as
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masques.
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Critics were more influential than playwrights in formulating dramatic rules during the Italian Renaissance.
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True
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Which of the following statements about Elizabethan private theatres is true?
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They were open to the general public.
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French theatre in the seventeenth century developed on its own trajectory, unaware of most of the Italian theatrical innovations.
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False
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Which of the following was NOT a category of personnel in an Elizabethan acting company?
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Master of the Revels
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The overriding concern of the neoclassicists was verisimilitude.
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True
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Which of the following was NOT an audience space in an Elizabethan public theatre?
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tiring house
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Full-length secular plays during the Spanish Golden Age were known as
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comedias.
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The scene-shifting method of changing wings and back shutters that was developed by Italian Giacomo Torelli is known as the
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pole-and-chariot system.
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Italian commedia dell'arte had no set text; it was improvisational.
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True
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Which of the following is NOT a component of commedia dell'arte?
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scaena
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Probably the best-known neoclassical tragedy is
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Phaedra by Racine.
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Of the following, which did NOT include women in their ranks?
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Elizabethan acting companies
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The Elizabethans perfected the art of painted scenery for the theatre.
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False
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The proscenium arch was partially responsible for the move toward greater theatrical realism.
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True