Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	The Children's Hour, written by _________________, is a play that raises questions about gender roles.
		A)	Michael Bennett
		B)	Charles Ludlam
		C)	David Mamet
		D)	Lillian Helman


2	____________________ wrote Fefu and her Friends.
		A)	Beth Norman
		B)	Maria Irene Fornes
		C)	Wendy Wasserstein
		D)	Susan-Lori Parks


3	____________________ wrote The American Play.
		A)	Beth Norman
		B)	Maria Irene Fornes
		C)	Wendy Wasserstein
		D)	Susan-Lori Parks


4	____________________ wrote The Heidi Chronicles.
		A)	Beth Norman
		B)	Maria Irene Fornes
		C)	Wendy Wasserstein
		D)	Susan-Lori Parks


5	The following is NOT a facet of postmodernism:
		A)	accepts that art has power
		B)	questions the idea of an accepted "canon" of classics
		C)	asks why certain groups are privileged
		D)	believes that the text of a play is sacred


6	The Lion King, directed by Julie Taymor in 1997, is an example of postmodern theater.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Two noted contemporary African playwrights are:
		A)	Athol Fugard and Lorraine Hansbury
		B)	Athol Fugard and Wole Soyinka
		C)	Wole Soyinka and August Wilson
		D)	none of these


8	This director was sued by Samuel Beckett's estate when she ignored the precise stage directions in Footfalls:
		A)	Caryl Churchill
		B)	Deborah Warner
		C)	Julie Taymor
		D)	Karen Finley


9	This performance artist became the center of controversy when ultraconservative religious groups opposing NEA funding seized upon her work:
		A)	Caryl Churchill
		B)	Deborah Warner
		C)	Julie Taymor
		D)	Karen Finley


10	This feminist English playwright mixes high art and popular art in her play Mad Forest.
		A)	Caryl Churchill
		B)	Deborah Warner
		C)	Julie Taymor
		D)	Karen Finley

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