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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. How often were the lower classes the stars of a Restoration drama?
2. French playwrights sought:
3. In William Wycherly's play 'The Country Wife,' how does Mrs. Pinchwife almost expose Mr. Horner's plan?
4. Why do the characters in 'Sturm und Drang' dramas undergo such emotional extremes?
5. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 'Emilia Galotti' presents the audience with a man in love. How does the character of the prince reflect the ideas behind 'Sturm und Drang'?
6. In Friedrich von Schiller's 'The Death of Wallenstein,' why does Butler choose to kill Wallenstein?
7. 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?
8. What is pathetic drama?
9. All of the following are the objects of satire in John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' EXCEPT:
10. Richard Steele's 'The Conscious Lovers' changes the formula of Restoration drama in all of the following ways EXCEPT that:
11. Each theater company had a group of actors that was a mixture of:
12. In Voltaire's 'Socrates,' what does this sentence from one of the judges reveal?
A JUDGE: 'I don't wish a quarrel with Anitus; he's a man much to be feared. If it were only a question of the gods it would still be overlooked.'
13. What quality of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther makes it an exemplar for the 'Sturm und Drang' movement?
14. The difference between a satire and a comedy is that:
15. In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 'Emilia Galotti,' the prince's chamberlain Marinelli sets in motion the events that will culminate in the death of Count Appiani. What is revealed about Marinelli's loyalty?
16. The conclusion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' has been called confusing. What exactly happens at its end?
17. According to James Kalb's review of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 'Emilia Galotti,' the actions of characters are:
18. French Harlequin comedy first appeared in what country?
19. Why is Emila's father not enamored with the idea of his daughter marrying a prince?
20. In Friedrich von Schiller's 'The Death of Wallenstein,' the character Octavio Piccolomini manages to convince:
21. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' is the greatest expression of what literary movement?
22. The plot of Nicholas Rowe's 'Jane Shore: A Tragedy' was:
23. 'Sturm und Drang' is a German phrase that refers to a type of drama that was predominantly:
24. Because of the Enlightenment, the relationship between faith and reason changed during the 18th century. Which of the following is the most accurate description of that relationship?
25. In William Wycherly's play 'The Country Wife,' Mr. Horner's ruse to gain entry into women's bedchambers is to pretend he's: