Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	This Elizabethan playwright is known as the "playwright for the ages":
		A)	Jean Racine
		B)	William Shakespeare
		C)	Moliere
		D)	Lope de Vega


2	This French playwright followed the neoclassical rules:
		A)	Jean Racine
		B)	William Shakespeare
		C)	Moliere
		D)	Lope de Vega


3	This "Golden Age" playwright is said to have written 1,500 plays:
		A)	Jean Racine
		B)	William Shakespeare
		C)	Moliere
		D)	Lope de Vega


4	This French playwright was greatly influenced by commedia dell'arte:
		A)	Jean Racine
		B)	William Shakespeare
		C)	Moliere
		D)	Lope de Vega


5	___________________ is a kind of scenery in which moving wings and shutters are placed in parallel slots in the stage floor.
		A)	Tongue and groove
		B)	Lap joints
		C)	Pole-and-chariot
		D)	Corrales


6	This theater was the home of Shakespeare's acting company:
		A)	The Globe
		B)	Teatro Olimpico
		C)	Theatro Farnese
		D)	None of the above


7	______________ was the first proscenium arch theater built in Parma.
		A)	The Globe
		B)	Teatro Olimpico
		C)	Theatro Farnese
		D)	None of the above


8	This is the theater where Moliere's plays were often performed:
		A)	The Globe
		B)	Teatro Olimpico
		C)	Theatro Farnese
		D)	None of the above


9	The lower class spectators who stood in the yard of an Elizabethan theater were known as:
		A)	Corrales
		B)	Groundlings
		C)	Hirelings
		D)	Commedias


10	Spanish full-length secular plays are called ______________.
		A)	Corrales
		B)	Lazzi
		C)	Cazula
		D)	Commedias

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