Theatre Test

Theatre Test 5

Chapters 13, 14, &15

1. According to Aristotle, which of his four causes was that which brings it all together, the “end in mind” or the purpose, the end served.

| a. | material cause |

| b. | efficient cause |

| c. | formal cause |

| d. | final cause |

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2. After 1574, theatre was banned within the city of London because of the protests of the religious group known as the Humanists.

True

False

3. Which German play had two parts and was about a man searching for unlimited knowledge?

| a. | Faust |

| b. | The Barber of Seville |

| c. | Nathan the Wise |

| d. | Cyrano de Bergerac |

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4. During the Middle Ages, plays about Noah and the Ark, or the Magi and Christ’s birth, were known as

| a. | mystery plays. |

| b. | miracle plays. |

| c. | morality plays. |

| d. | mirth plays. |

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5. Humanist theatre sought to mimic - even duplicate - the ideas, style, structure, and staging of ancient Greek and Roman theatre.

True

False

6. Francis Bacon felt there were certain false appearances, which he called “idols of knowledge,” and that these were a hindrance to reason.  Which of these “idols” is our desire to believe in ideas that are supported merely by pretty rhetoric rather than by logical, empirical reasoning?

| a. | idols of the cave |

| b. | idols of the marketplace |

| c. | idols of theatre |

| d. | idols of the tribe |

7. Which play is a comic farce about three shepherds?

| a. | Abraham and Isaac |

| b. | Everyman |

| c. | The Fall of Lucifer |

| d. | The Second Shepherds’ Play |

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8. What type of play is The Second Shepherds’ Play?

| a. | morality |

| b. | mystery |

| c. | tragedy |

| d. | miracle |

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9. Encouraged by Diderot and Voltaire, 18th-century French actress Mlle. Clairon was one of the first European actors to break with tradition and act in a more realistic...