Exam 2

Question 1

By Hrsovitha, about female martyrs, 3 virgin sisters, killed but body’s unharmed, Agape Chionia and Irena

Answer 1

Dulcitius

Question 2

Morality play,
Life as a journey towards death, understanding what can be taken with you in death/what god values, gospel lesson in a secular context as we approach final judgment, personified ideals/actions (seven deadly sins, seven virtues)

Answer 2

Everyman

Question 4

Written by Christopher Marlowe, about a scholar who becomes infatuated with the dark arts and uses them against god, sells himself to the Lucifer, refuses to repent

Answer 4

Dr Faustus

Question 5

Medieval religious drama taken from events in the old and New Testament of the Bible, a group of mystery plays that tell the chronology of biblical stories

Answer 5

Cycle plays

Question 6

Religious play that reflects the interest of the sponsoring guild

Answer 6

Mystery play

Question 7

Type of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters and present a lesson about good conduct and the punishment for poor conduct, popular in the 15th and early 16th century

Answer 7

Morality plays

Question 8

Also known as miracle plays, dedicated to the lives of various saints, performed on the days that honor said saints, very similar to mystery plays in that they were used to enhance liturgical services, were later separated from the church

Answer 8

Saint’s play

Question 9

Play that follows the story of a widowed woman of status who has fallen in love with her servant, her brothers hire someone to spy on her while they are away and this leads to her eventual demise and the death of her servant/lover and two of their three children

Answer 9

Duchess of Malfi

Question 10

Most well known for the Tragical history of Doctor Faustus

Answer 10

Christopher Marlowe

Question 11

Most known for the revenge tragedies that were written during this time, takes place under the rule of James I

Answer 11

Jacobean theatre

Question 12

Theatre of England during the reign of Elizabeth I, in reality lead to the close of theatres in the 15th century

Answer 12

Elizabethan theatre

Question 13

Academic playing spaces, often used form students to perform for other students

Answer 13

Inns of London

Question 14

Spaces where revenge tragedies were written to be performed, more expensive and less accessible, tight and cramped spaces

Answer 14

Indoor theatres

Question 15

Londoner’s most well known indoor theatre, Built by James Burbage who was a carpenter and part time actor, only boys companies allowed to perform

Answer 15

Blackfriars theatre

Question 16

Open air theatres, more inclusive/accessible/cheaper

Answer 16

Outdoor theatres

Question 17

Shakespeare’s main theatre, built in the lower income section of London, accessible to most everyone,

Answer 17

The globe theatre

Question 18

first real theatre in London, an example of an outdoor theatre, was partially funded by Shakespeare

Answer 18

The rose theatre

Question 19

First known female playwright, studied plays written by Terrence and model her own woks after his comedies though she used religious subjects

Answer 19

Hrosvitha

Question 20

Rebirth, following Middle Ages, a movement centered around the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome; art, language, and many other subjects flourished during this time

Answer 20

renaissance

Question 21

Idealized and symbolic, focused on church and salvation, meant to glorify god, flat, hierarchical (higher status=higher importance)

Answer 21

Medieval Art

Question 22

Reflected human spirit, depicted nature, focused on regular people and Christianity, intended to be pretty

Answer 22

Renaissance art

Question 23

Focus on revenge, soliloquies, morality

Answer 23

Influence of Seneca

Question 24

Play must be believable, the play must follow a five-act structure, the audience should feel propriety and fair play, a play must have a single action represented as occurring in a single place and within the course of one day (these principal r are called unity of action, unity of place, and unity of time), tragic flaw: a characteristic or trait that leads to the downfall of a protagonist, good people should be rewarded and bad people should be punished, no violence on stage

Answer 24

Neoclassical principles for drama