Theater Histories II - Mega Study Guide for the Final

Who wrote "A Doll's House"?

Henrik Ibsen

When was "A Doll's House" published?

1879

What country is Henrik Ibsen from?

Denmark

What theatrical movement is "A Doll's House" a part of?

Modernism

(A Doll's House): What was Nora hoping Torvald would do when the truth came out?
- take the blame
- leave her
- kill himself
- kill krogstad

Take the blame

(A Doll's House): Who is Krogstad blackmailing?
- dr. rank
- torvald
- nora
- christine

Nora

(A Doll's House): Torvald addresses Nora by all the following names EXCEPT--?
- lark
- squirrel
- little person
- lioness

Lioness

(A Doll's House): Why is Nora's friend, Mrs. Linde (Christine) in town?
- to get married
- to see dr. rank
- to get a job
- to find krogstad

To get a job

(A Doll's House): What secret does Nora share with Christine?
- that her father paid for torvald’s recovery
- that dr. rank paid for torvald’s recovery
- that she paid for her husband’s recovery herself
- that she is sleeping with dr. rank

That she paid for her husband's recovery herself

(A Doll's House): Helmer believes that if a man ends up being a bad person, who is to blame?
- the man himself
- the father
- the mother
- the wife

The mother

Who wrote "A Raisin in The Sun"?

Lorraine Hansberry

When was "A Raisin in The Sun" Published?

1959

What country is Lorraine Hansberry from?

The United States

What movement is "A Raisin in The Sun" a part of?

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s

(A Raisin In The Sun): What does Mama want to do with the $10,000 check she's getting?
- go on vacation
- buy a house
- buy a car
- put her grandson in private school

Buy a house

(A Raisin In The Sun): What does Walter want to use his mother's check for?
- a ring for ruth
- a down payment on a liquor store
- a new car
- to pay off a gambling debt

A down payment on a liquor store

(A Raisin In The Sun): What is Beneatha studying in college?
- creative writing
- politics
- business
- medicine

Medicine

(A Raisin In The Sun): What is Mama's response to Beneatha saying there is no God?
- mama kisses her
- mama cries
- mama slaps her
- mama leaves the room

Mama slaps her

Who wrote "All My Sons"?

Arthur Miller

When was "All My Sons" published?

1946

What country is Arthur Miller from?

The United States

What theatrical movement is "All My Sons" a part of?

Modernism

(All My Sons): How does Joe Keller die?
- a tree falls on him
- chris kills him
- george kills him
- he shoots himself

He shoots himself

(All My Sons): Why can't Chris marry Annie?
- because her former sweetheart, larry, was chris’ brother
- because she is engaged to someone else
- because annie’s mother won’t let her marry chris
- because she is his cousin

Because her former sweetheart, Larry, was Chris' brother

(All My Sons): Which character in the story is in prison?
- keller’s mother
- frank’s father
- ann’s father
- larry

Ann's Father

(All My Sons): True or False - At the end of the play, we still don't know if Larry is dead or alive

False

Who wrote "Antigone"?

Sophocles

When was "Antigone" written?

400s BCE

Where is Sophocles from?

Ancient Greece

What theatrical movement was "Antigone" a part of?

Greek Tragedy

(Antigone): What does Antigone do that upsets Creon?
- she kills ismene
- she marries creon’s son
- she buries her brother
- she kills her brother

She buries her brother

(Antigone): What is Haemon's relationship to Antigone?
- he is her brother
- they are engaged
- he is her father
- he is her friend

They are engaged

(Antigone): What is the inciting incident?
- antigone and ismene’s mother, jocasta, dies
- ismene kills herself
- antigone and ismene’s father, oedipus, dies
- antigone and ismene’s brothers are both killed in war

Antigone and Ismene's brothers are both killed in war

(Antigone): Which of these characters die in the course of the play?
- antigone, haemon, and creon
- antigone, haemon, and eurydice
- antigone, ismene, and haemon
- antigone, haemon, eurydice, and creon

Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice

(Antigone): What is Haemon's relationship to Creon?
- haemon is creon’s son
- haemon is creon’s advisor
- haemon is creon’s father
- haemon is creon’s brother

Haemon is Creon's son

(Antigone): The blind prophet, Tiresias, says that death will come to Creon's family if he does what?
- puts haemon to death
- buries antigone
- puts antigone to death
- puts ismene to death

Puts Antigone to death

Who wrote "Loa to A Divine Narcissus"?

Sor Juana Ines de la Crus

When was "Loa to a Divine Narcissus" published?

1689

What country was Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz from?

Mexico

What kind of play is "Loa to a Divine Narcissus"?

Allegory

(Divine Narcissus): How does Religion decide she will convert America and Occident?
- by healing them
- by showing them an allegorical play
- by force
- by killing them

By showing them an allegorical play

(Divine Narcissus): What New Testament character does Religion say she will use as an example to try and convert American and Occident?
- matthew
- paul
- jesus
- john the baptist

Paul

(Divine Narcissus): By the end of the play, who is the "Great God of the Seeds"?
- religion
- the judeo-christian god
- the aztec god
- the dragon god

The Judeo-Christian God

(Divine Narcissus): Where does Religion want to perform the allegory?
- rome
- athens
- mexico city
- madrid

Madrid

Who wrote "Hamlet"?

Shakespeare

When was "Hamlet" published?

1601

What country was Shakespeare from?

England

(Hamlet): Which of Hamlet's friends sees the ghost before Hamlet does?
- fortinbras
- horatio
- benvolio
- laertes

Horatio

(Hamlet): Does Hamlet tell Ophelia, his lover, what he learns about his father's death from the ghost?

No

(Hamlet): Who has Hamlet's mother married when the play opens?
- hamlet’s father’s enemy at war
- a stranger
- polonius
- hamlet’s uncle

Hamlet's uncle

(Hamlet): What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern charged to do by the King?
- kill hamlet
- spy on hamlet
- kill horatio
- kill ophelia

Spy on Hamlet

(Hamlet): What does the ghost charge Hamlet to do?
- kill his mother
- kill fortinbras
- kill polonius
- revenge for his father’s murder

Revenge for his father's murder

(Hamlet): How does Hamlet learn of Ophelia's death?
- from laertes
- by stumbling upon her burial
- from horatio
- he sees it happen

By stumbling upon her burial

(Hamlet): When the ghost reappears in Act III, who sees it?
- gertrude and claudius
- only hamlet
- hamlet and horatio
- hamlet and gertrude

Only Hamlet

(Hamlet): Which character survives this story of revenge?
- horatio
- laertes
- hamlet
- gertrude

Horatio

(Hamlet): True or False -- At the beginning of Act III, we discover that King Claudius feels guilt for murdering King Hamlet, his brother.

True

(Hamlet): Why does Hamet decline to kill Claudius when he has the chance in Act III?
- he wants witnesses to the killing
- he still isn’t sure of claudius’s guilt
- claudius has just repented and would go to heaven
- he wants to challenge claudius to a fair duel

Claudius has just repented and would go to heaven

Who wrote the play "Dulcitius"?

Hrotsvita

When was "Dulcitius" written?

Between 935-973 ce

What country was Hrotsvita from?

Germany

Hrotsvita's plays were inspired by the comedies of which Roman playwright?

Terence

(Dulcitius): What act does Diocletian want the three virgins to perform (which they refuse)?
- marriage
- sex outside of marriage
- getting drunk
- eating meat

Marriage

(Dulcitius): What happens to Choinia and Agape when they are thrown into the fire?
- they disappear
- their bodies don’t burn
- they melt
- they explode

Their bodies don't burn

(Dulcitius): How does Hirena respond when she is told she will be taken away to be tortured?
- she betrays her faith
- she runs away
- she beats them with pans
- she says that she wants to be martyred

She says that she wants to be martyred

(Dulcitius): What happens when the soldiers attempt to deliver Hirena to the whore house?
- hirena runs away to the mountain
- hirena kills herself
- they are intercepted by two beings who take hirena from the soldiers
- they are killed by bandits

They are intercepted by two beings who take Hirena from the soldiers

(Dulcitius): What miracle happens when Dulcitius orders that the girls be stripped naked and humiliated?
- their clothes stick to their bodies
- the girls fight the soldiers with pans
- the girls stand naked, unashamed
- the girls kill themselves

Their clothes stick to their bodies

(Dulcitius): What does Dulcitius hope to do with the "girls" in the pantry?
- kill them
- torture them
- feed them
- “embrace” them

"Embrace" them

Who wrote "L'Impromptu de Versailles"?

Moliere

When was "L'Impromtu de Versailles" written?

1663

What country was Moliere from?

France

What movement was "L'Impromptu De Versailles" a part of?

French Comedy

(L'Impromptu): Does the King ever appear in this play?

No

(L'Impromptu): True or False -- Moliere himself is one of the characters, and one of the characters also plays Moliere in the play they are rehearsing.

True

(L'Impromptu): Which character in the play says "I don't want Moliere to put me in one of his plays"?
- moliere
- la grange
- madame moliere
- brecourt

Moliere

Who wrote the play "Life is a Dream"?

Pedro Calderon de La Barca

When was "Life is a Dream" written?

1636

What country was Pedro Calderon de la Barca from?

Spain

What movement is the play "Life is a Dream" a part of?

Spanish Golden Age

(Life is a Dream): Why did the King lie and say his son died in Childbirth?
- because the child was illegitimate
- because there was a prophecy that the son would be terrifying and vicious
- because the king didn’t want to give up his throne to his son
- because the king was afraid people would kill his son

Because there was a prophecy that the son would be terrifying and vicious

(Life is a Dream): Which character is responsible for starting the rebellion against the King?
- rosaura
- fife
- clotaldo
- segismund

Rosaura

(Life is a Dream): Why does Segismund "beat himself with unavailing rage"?
- another man married the woman he loves
- the woman he loves died
- he is innocent, but in chains
- his father was murdered

He is innocent, but in chains

(Life is a Dream): At the end, who does Segismund say he will make his queen?
- fife
- estrella
- rosaura

Estrella

Who wrote "Lysistrata"?

Aristophanes

Where was Aristophanes from?

Ancient Greece

When was "Lysistrata" written?

411 BCE

What movement was "Lysistrata" a part of?

Greek Comedy

(Lysistrata): Who calls the secret meeting of women that opens the play?
- lampito
- lysistrata
- kalonike
- myrrhine

Lysistrata

(Lysistrata): When questioned, what does Lysistrata say is the cause of the war?
- language barriers
- sex
- money
- land

Money

(Lysistrata): What is the problem that the women want to solve in their meeting at the opening of the play?
- arranged marriages
- war
- famine
- crop failure

War

(Lysistrata): Lysistrata convinced the women of Athens that the only way to convince the men of Athens to win the war is to give up what?
- sex
- food
- power
- wine

Sex

Does Lysistrata's plan successfully end the war?

Yes

True or False - As with Shakespeare, Roman Comedies often included asides to the audience.

True

What are the dates of William Shakespeare's life?

1564-1616

All of these plays address the question of Fate versus Free Will EXCEPT...

L'Impromptu de Versailles

Jean Racine wrote his plays in France in which century?

17th Century

Aphra Behn, the first professional woman playwright in England, wrote which of these plays?

The Rover

True or False -"Shakuntala" is part of the larger Ancient Indian text, the Mahabharatta

True

Who wrote the version of the Phedre myth that we read for this class?

Jean Racine

Who wrote the Roman Comedy "The Fair Andrian"

Terence

Hrotsvita wrote her plays in which century Germany?

7th Century