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Midterm Exam Spring 2019 Flashcards

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Author of Life of Edward II of England

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Written by Bertolt Brecht in 1924

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Author of The God of Vengeance

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Sholom Ash

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When was The God of Vengeance written?

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1920s

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Original Language of The God of Vengeance

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Yiddish

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What was the most controversial thing about The God Of Vengeance?

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Blasphemy

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Who talks about a god of vengeance?

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Yekel

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What weather event represents eroticism in the play?

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Rain

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What business are Yekel and his wife running in the basement?

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Brothel

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A law saying that any theater presenting an act of “sexual perversity” onstage could be shut down for a year; caused God of Vengeance to be raided and actors jailed

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Wales Padlock Law

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Who wrote Indecent?

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Written by Paula Vogel, co-created with director Rebecca Taichman

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Who wrote Bent?

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Martin Sherman

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Who are the major characters in Bent?

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Max and Rudy

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Where does Bent take place?

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Nazi Germany

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What does a pink triangle represent?

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Homosexuality in concentration camps

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In Bent, why does Max want Nazi officers to think he is Jewish?

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Jews were treated (marginally) better than gay men in the concentration camps.

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What is the practical joke the duke plays on marescalco?

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The woman he is forced to marry is actually a page boy in disguise

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What does Marescalco mean?

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Horse Trainer

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What is the real identity of the woman Marescalco is forced to marry?

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A page boy in disguise

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Who wrote il marescalco?

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Pietro Aretino

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Who are the major characters in il marescalco?

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The Duke and marescalco

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Who are the four main characters in The Life of Edward II of England?

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Main characters: King Edward, Gaveston, Queen Anne, and Mortimer

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basic plot of Life of Edward II of England

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Edward’s “favorite”, Gaveston, returns from exile, and as Edward becomes infatuated/obsessed with him it affects how he rules England and turns all his peers against his companionship with Gaveston. The nobility kill Gaveston, Edward declares war against his nobility, the scholar Mortimer joins the side of the nobility and also has an affair with Edward’s wife, Queen Anne. Ultimately, the war drags on until Mortimer, and Anne as an accomplice, order for Edward’s murder, only for his son, Edward III, to take the throne and avenge his father’s death by killing Mortimer and sending his mother to prison.

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Basic plot points of Indecent?

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A small theatre company tracks the creation of Sholom Asch’s The God of Vengeance, recalling how many people advised him to burn the play and not release it. When the play is translated to English and performed on Broadway, featuring the first kiss between two women on a Broadway stage, the entire cast is arrested

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Who are the main characters of Indecent?

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the play is truly an ensemble play, but if there had to be a main character, it would be Lemml, the stage manager

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Who wrote Edward II, and when (the first one)?

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Christopher Marlowe, 1594 (Renaissance)

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What is sodomy, and what is the other example in Edward II besides ~the gay~?

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Anything that is not procreative; i.e. fellatio, adultery…what the queen, Isabelle, was doing with Mortimer is in the same category as what the king and Gaveston could have been doing

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What is the implied murder method of Edward II?

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Hot poker up his butt; “punishment fit the crime”

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What is the reason the other characters in the play cite for Edward II being a bad ruler?

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His “looseness,” which they call “unnatural”…they call him “wanton” and “like-brained”

29
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An example of denouement in Edward II

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Edward III gaining throne

30
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In a period that lacks vocabulary for same-sex desires, how do we know it is present?

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Codes…VERTICAL STRUCTURE!!!

31
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An example of vertical structure in Edward II

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Greek references to classic rulers having same-sex relationships

32
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who wrote A Lady and a Woman?

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Shirlene Holmes in 1990

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when/where is A Lady and a Woman set?

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1890s/ Flora’s inn located in New Orleans

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what type of structure is it when a scene starts and ends in a very similar way?

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circular structure

35
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What’s a bulldagger?

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slang for a masculine lesbian

36
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Amen.

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Awoman!

37
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Who wrote The Children’s Hour? When?

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Lillian Hellman in 1934

38
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Who are the main characters in A Lady and a Woman?

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Biddie, who’s 4’8 and Miss Flora who’s 6’0

39
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Who are the main character’s in The children’s hour?

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Martha Dobie and Karen Wright

40
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who spreads the lie that they saw Martha and Karen kissing in the children’s hour?

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Mary Tilford

41
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other than lesbianism, what’s the main theme of The Children’s Hour?

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Lies and Deceit

42
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What do the school girls overhear Mrs. Mortar call Martha in The Children’s Hour?

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“unnatural”

43
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Who wrote Hir?

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Taylor Mac

44
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Who wrote Fun Home?

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Music by Jeanie Tesori, Lyrics and Book by Lisa Kron

45
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In Hir, what is Isaac’s mother’s name?

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Paige Connor

46
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In Hir, what is Isaac’s father’s name?

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Arnold Connor

47
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What is wrong with Arnold Connor in Hir?

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He has been disabled by a recent stroke

48
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Who returns home in Hir?

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Isaac Connor

49
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What is Isaac’s nickname is Hir?

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I

50
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What is Isaac’s brother’s name in Hir?

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Max Connor

51
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What pronouns does Max go by in Hir?

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Ze and Hir

52
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When was Hir written?

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2015

53
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What is the name of the exhibit Paige and Max go to in Hir?

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Partially Meeting the Partial: An Examination of Engagement in Regards to the Damaged or Unfinished Work

54
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What is the play within the play of Hir?

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The puppet show

55
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What is Fun Home based on?

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Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

56
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Fun Home is presented through the eyes of which character?

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Alison Bechdel

57
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What are the ages of the three Alisons in Fun Home?

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10, 20, and 43

58
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What is Alison’s father’s name in Fun Home?

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Bruce Bechdel

59
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What is Alison’s mother’s name in Fun Home?

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Helen Bechdel

60
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What are Alison’s siblings names in Fun Home?

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Christian and John Bechdel

61
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What is the name of Bruce Bechdel’s former student, boy toy, “help” around the house in Fun Home?

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Roy

62
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Where was the Fun Home world premeire?

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The Public Theatre

63
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How did Bruce Bechdel die in Fun Home?

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He was hit by a truck

64
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What is the name of middle Alison’s love interest in Fun Home?

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Joan

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