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ENGL412 Final Exam - Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama
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ENGL412 Final Exam - Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama
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1. In England in the 18th century, women's rights:
2. A typical plot of 'Sturm und Drang' drama involves:
3. Because of all of the adultery and humor of William Wycherly's 'The Country Wife,' it is easy for the reader not to see true love unfold between:
4. All of the following are the objects of satire in John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' EXCEPT:
5. When Miss Millamant delivers the following speech in William Congreve's 'The Way of the World,' what is the overall tone of her words?
'Trifles; as liberty to pay and receive visits to and from whom I please; to write and receive letters, without interrogatories or wry faces on your part; to wear what I please, and choose conversation with regard only to my own taste; to have no obligation upon me to converse with wits that I don't like, because they are your acquaintance, or to be intimate with fools, because they may be your relations. Come to dinner when I please, dine in my dressing-room when I'm out of humour, without giving a reason. To have my closet inviolate; to be sole empress of my tea-table, which you must never presume to approach without first asking leave. And lastly, wherever I am, you shall always knock at the door before you come in. These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.'
6. After the deposition of Charles I and the end of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell established the:
7. All of the following were either King or Queen of England EXCEPT:
8. All of the following are reasons why 'The Rover' is an important play EXCEPT that it:
9. What was the main cause of the English Civil War?
10. The emphasis upon promiscuity in Restoration plays:
11. In Friedrich von Schiller's 'The Death of Wallenstein,' why does Butler choose to kill Wallenstein?
12. Jonathan Swift once wrote that satire is:
13. According to James Kalb's review of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 'Emilia Galotti,' the actions of characters are:
14. The main religious conflict in England prior to the Glorious Revolution in 1688 was between what two groups?
15. In William Congreve's 'The Way of the World,' why is Mrs. Millamant against marriage?
16. What is the distinguishing characteristic of pathetic drama?
17. Sentimental comedy reacted against:
18. How often were the lower classes the stars of a Restoration drama?
19. Like William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' is a philosophical drama. What is the primary issue that the 'Faust' play explores?
20. The 'Prelude in the Theater' of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' presents a conversation between an audience member, a theater owner, and a playwright. The audience member wants to be entertained, and the theater owner wants money. What does the playwright want?
21. 'Sturm und Drang' in English means:
22. Which of the following was an integral part of Restoration musical theater?
23. When it comes to the subject of marriage in William Congreve's 'The Way of the World,' what do the main characters Mirabell and Millamant value most above anything else?
24. The emphasis upon the social classes in Restoration drama shows:
25. The term 'Restoration' refers to what event that followed the English Civil War?