Renaissance

Question 0

Opera was introduced as an attempt to revive __________ & __________ of Ancient Greek drama.

Answer 0

simplicity; humanism

Question 1

During this time, theatre architecture & __________ __________ were developed.

Answer 1

stage equipment

Question 2

Opera was developed by __________ in Florence to imagine how the music of Ancient Greek drama sounded.

Answer 2

scholars

Question 3

Commedia dell’ arte or comedy of the __________ was performed by professional troupes.

Answer 3

profession

Question 4

Much like improvisation, commedia dell’ arte used ideas, but no fully composed __________.

Answer 4

play scripts

Question 5

Written drama evolved in the country of __________.

Answer 5

Spain

Question 6

Spain’s foremost theatrical contribution was the character by the name of __________.

Answer 6

Don Juan

Question 7

The Misanthrope and The Imaginary Invalid were great plays from __________.

Answer 7

France

Question 8

Strolling players kept drama alive by appearing before the public in __________ & before the __________in their castles.

Answer 8

village squares; nobility

Question 9

The climax of the Renaissance drama in Europe was during the __________ Age in England.

Answer 9

Elizabethan

Question 10

Christopher Marlow introduced the first important use of __________ __________ of English poetic drama.

Answer 10

blank verse

Question 11

Marlow combined an extraordinary use of language & the excitement of __________ plots.

Answer 11

melodramatic

Question 12

Ben Jonson widened the scope of the __________to include any strong personality trait, especially a weakness or folly, that could make a character laughable.

Answer 12

humors

Question 13

William Shakespeare, the most famous dramatist of all time, intended his plays to be __________, not read.

Answer 13

seen

Question 14

Shakespeare used __________like a narration of actors’ inner thoughts.

Answer 14

soliloquy

Question 15

The audience stood around a __________stage or watched the onstage action from the __________.

Answer 15

platform; rooms surrounding a courtyard

Question 16

Members of the audience, called __________, paid a penny to stand in the pit to see the performance.

Answer 16

groundlings

Question 17

Behind the stage was the __________house, a room that functioned as the dressing room for the actors.

Answer 17

tiring

Question 18

The original _________Theatre opened in 1599, but burned down in 1613. It reopened and operated until 1642.

Answer 18

Globe

Question 19

In the 20th century, historians used a portion of the foundation along with other archaeological evidence to rebuild the__________theatre.

Answer 19

twenty-sided