Key Words

Question 1

What is Plastic Theatre?

Answer 1

• Tennessee Williams created this
• Using set design for effects (lighting and music to create an atmosphere).

Question 2

What is Deux ex Machina?

Answer 2

• An unexpected power saving a seemingly hopeless situation.

Question 3

What is Verisimillitude?

Answer 3

-The appearance of being true or real.

Question 4

What is a Pariah?

Answer 4

• A person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because they are not liked, respected or trusted.

Question 5

What is an Epigraph?

Answer 5

• A quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme.

Question 6

What does Incongress mean?

Answer 6

• Unusual or different from what is around or from what is genuinely happening.

Question 7

What does Archetype mean?

Answer 7

• The original model or a perfect example of something.

Question 8

What does Antebellum mean?

Answer 8

• Existing before the American Civil War (pre-war).

Question 9

What is Tableau Vivant?

Answer 9

• A dramatic device for a static scene containing one or more actors or models.

Question 10

What does Virile mean?

Answer 10

• Having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree

Question 11

What does Machismo?

Answer 11

• A strong sense of masculine pride

Question 12

What does Vivacious mean?

Answer 12

• Lively in temper

Question 13

What does Corporeal mean?

Answer 13

• Relating to the physical rather than the spiritual.

Question 14

What does Carnal mean?

Answer 14

• Relating to the physical feelings and wants of the body.

Question 15

What does Sensual mean?

Answer 15

• Expressing or suggesting physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction.

Question 16

What does Perceptive mean?

Answer 16

• Very good at noticing and understanding things many other people do not.

Question 17

What does Artifice mean?

Answer 17

• A clever trick or something intended to deceive.