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100
What are the three acceptable names for this period?
Elizabethan period, early modern England, and the English Renaissance
100
Elizabeth I united the English people through
her rejection of Catholicism
100
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100
What is a Patron?
Someone who supports an acting troupe financially
200
Playwright Christopher Marlowe's "mighty line" refers to
his eloquent and effective use of language.
200
Which theatrical production element(s) used in English Renaissance drama allowed for fluid transfer of settings and times in the plays?
The neutral platform stage
200
This era saw strides in the Reformation with (3 answers $200 each!)
a. Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church.
b. Elizabeth I's executions of her Catholic cousin Mary Queen of Scots.
c. the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
300
Theatre researchers consult primary sources, which are
Materials that survive from the period
300
What were the three kinds of plays Shakespeare wrote?
Tragedies, comedies, and histories
300
Elizabethan theatre companies were organized under a sharing plan, which included (3 answers $300 each!)
shareholders, hirelings, and apprentices
400
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The two categories of theatres in this era were
400
Shakespeare and other English Renaissance dramatists broke neoclassical rules because they were ...?
Developing a new form of drama
400
Inigo Jones used which theatre production technologies that became standard in Restoration theatre? (5 answers $400 each)
a. proscenium arches
b. raised stages
c. scenic change systems
d. painted-perspective scenery
e. flying machinery
500
The "university wits" included
Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd
500
The playwright(s) who wrote the most masques was/were
Ben Jonson
500
The following were associates of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the most famous acting company in the Elizabethan era (3 answers $500 each)
William Shakespeare, Will Kempe, and Richard Burbage