Short plays called ____________ staged dialogues on religious, moral, and political themes were performed by playing companies before the construction of public theaters?

Related Mcqs:

1. Fill in the blank. A ____________ was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat?

   A. Masque
   B. Satire
   C. Tragedy
   D. Comedy

2. Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period ?

   A. They caused excessive noise and traffic.
   B. They charged too much.
   C. They excited illicit sexual desires.
   D. They drew young people away from work.

3. Which of the following is true about public theaters in Elizabethan England ?

   A. They relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period.
   B. The early versions were oval in shape.
   C. They were located outside the city limits of London.
   D. all of the above

4. Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne ?

   A. The Curtain
   B. The Rose
   C. The Globe
   D. All of the above

5. In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays”, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: “We do not like to see our author’s plays acted, and least of all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage” ?

   A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the play’s use of language.
   B. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic age.
   C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.
   D. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed.

6. What distinguishes morality plays from mystery plays ?

   A. Mystery plays involve Christian themes, whereas morality plays do not.
   B. Morality plays involve Christian themes, whereas mystery plays do not.
   C. Morality plays were written individually, whereas mystery plays are in cycles.
   D. Mystery plays were written individually, whereas morality plays are in cycles.

7. Which of the following plays was actually performed on stage ?

   A. Byron’s Manfred
   B. Coleridge’s Remorse
   C. Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound
   D. Shelley’s The Cenci

8. Many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England ?

   A. “The Curtain”
   B. “The Globe”
   C. “The Rose”
   D. “The Anchor”

9. It was about this time that I conceiv’d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any Fault at any time; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined. … I included under Thirteen names of Virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex’d to each a short Precept, which fully express’d the Extent I gave to its Meaning ?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

10. Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?

    A. Slavery
    B. American attitudes toward Jews and Israel
    C. Capitalism and social inequalities
    D. All of these answers