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Question: Which did NOT influence the development of Elizabethan drama?
Choices:
Competition for a limited audience
The short lifespan for continuous performances of the same play
Strict adherence to neoclassical unities of time, place, and action
The regular basis of performances over a playgoing season lasting several months
Question: The use of masks in Greek theatre served what purpose?
Choices:
Facilitated the rapid change of roles when one or more actors played multiple parts
Helped male actors to represent female characters
Assisted in communication within their large theatres
All of these
None of these
Question: The proscenium arch was invented to frame the stage picture
Choices:
True
False
Question: Which is NOT an Elizabethan theatrical convention?
Choices:
The use of spoken décor to help establish particular locations
Realistic staging
The use of Soliloquy
The presence of a neutral façade
None of these
Question: Which of the following statements is true?
Choices:
All surviving Roman comedies are adaptations of Greek plays
All surviving Roman comedies are based on Roman myths
All surviving Roman comedies are concerned with social or political satire
Question: Shakespeare was the only significant dramatist of his time
Choices:
True
False
Question: Like the Greek theatre which influenced it, the Roman theatre used a chorus to perform songs between the episodes
Choices:
True
False
Question: Greek theatrical contest rules restricted the number of speaking actors to 3 for each playwright, but did not restrict the number of characters each of those actors could play
Choices:
True
False
Question: What function did the chorus serve in the Classical Greek theatre?
Choices:
All of these
None of these
Served as the ideal spectator
Expressed the author’s point of view
Served as a group character to express opinion or give advice
Question: Which audience area had the least expensive admission price?
Choices:
The Boxes
The Pit
The Gallery
This is a trick question - there was only one general admission price for any audience area