Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	This Norwegian playwright is considered the founder of realism:
		A)	Henrik Ibsen
		B)	Anton Chekhov
		C)	August Strindberg
		D)	Emile Zola


2	____________________ wrote Miss Julie in 1888.
		A)	Henrik Ibsen
		B)	Anton Chekhov
		C)	August Strindberg
		D)	Emile Zola


3	The Moscow Art Theater revived The Seagull, written by ___________________ , after its initial failure.
		A)	Henrik Ibsen
		B)	Anton Chekhov
		C)	August Strindberg
		D)	Emile Zola


4	__________________ is the most famous naturalistic theorist and playwright.
		A)	Henrik Ibsen
		B)	Anton Chekhov
		C)	August Strindberg
		D)	Emile Zola


5	A Dream Play, written by__________________ is an antirealistic drama.
		A)	Henrik Ibsen
		B)	Anton Chekhov
		C)	August Strindberg
		D)	Emile Zola


6	Ubu the King, written by ___________________, caused controversy with the first line of the play.
		A)	Alfred Jarry
		B)	Aldolphe Appia
		C)	Vsevolod Meyerhold
		D)	Antoine Artaud


7	This designer was a pioneer of antirealistic stage design:
		A)	Alfred Jarry
		B)	Aldolphe Appia
		C)	Vsevolod Meyerhold
		D)	Antoine Artaud


8	______________________ rejected the principles of Stanislavski and experimented with theatricalism.
		A)	Alfred Jarry
		B)	Aldolphe Appia
		C)	Vsevolod Meyerhold
		D)	Antonine Artaud


9	Theater of cruelty was proposed by __________________ in the 1930s.
		A)	Antonine Artaud
		B)	Bertolt Brecht
		C)	Adolphe Appia
		D)	Georg Kaiser


10	___________________ developed epic theater. Mother Courage is an example.
		A)	Antonine Artaud
		B)	Bertolt Brecht
		C)	Adolphe Appia
		D)	Georg Kaiser

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