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Reviewing Comedy and Drama

As a review before your final project, match the terms with the appropriate description.

  1. a play of a light nature with a cheerful ending
    1. Comedy
    2. Romanticism
    3. Drama
    4. High Comedy

    Answer: a. Comedy


  2. physical and vulgar comedy
    1. Middle Comedy
    2. Drama
    3. Romanticism
    4. Low Comedy

    Answer: d. Low Comedy


  3. humor that demonstrates a range of human emotions
    1. Romanticism
    2. Drama
    3. Middle Comedy
    4. Low Comedy

    Answer: c. Middle Comedy


  4. humor that appeals to the mind
    1. High Comedy
    2. Romanticism
    3. Low Comedy
    4. Middle Comedy

    Answer: a. High Comedy


  5. a literary composition performed onstage
    1. Romanticism
    2. Drama
    3. High Comedy
    4. Low Comedy

    Answer: b. Drama


  6. plays in which love is the theme
    1. Drama
    2. Middle Comedy
    3. Romanticism
    4. Low Comedy

    Answer: c. Romanticism


  7. plays that present life as it really is
    1. Realism
    2. Expressionism
    3. Symbolism
    4. Romanticism

    Answer: a. Realism


  8. a style of theatre that focuses on spiritual awakening and suffering of the protagonist
    1. Realism
    2. Symbolism
    3. Expressionism
    4. Romanticism

    Answer: c. Expressionism


  9. when one element represents something else
    1. Romanticism
    2. Realism
    3. Expressionism
    4. Symbolism

    Answer: d. Symbolism


  10. the performers acknowledge the audience and ask them to play a more active role
    1. Representational Theatre
    2. Presentational Theatre
    3. Romanticism
    4. Symbolism

    Answer: b. Presentational Theatre


  11. the play attempts to convince the audience that the world on the stage is real
    1. Presentational Theatre
    2. Symbolism
    3. Representational Theatre
    4. Romanticism

    Answer: c. Representational Theatre


  12. the main character in a play
    1. Supporting Role
    2. Antagonist
    3. Protagonist
    4. Realism

    Answer: c. Protagonist


  13. the person who is actively against the main character in the play.
    1. Supporting Role
    2. Antagonist
    3. Protagonist
    4. Realism

    Answer: b. Antagonist


  14. the next largest roles in a play after the leads
    1. Protagonist
    2. Antagonist
    3. Symbolism
    4. Supporting Role

    Answer: d. Supporting Role

 


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