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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. The fundamental difference between the rake characters of male authors like William Wycherly and William Congreve and the rake characters of Aphra Behn is that:
2. The conclusion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' has been called confusing. What exactly happens at its end?
3. The term 'Restoration' refers to what event that followed the English Civil War?
4. The emphasis upon promiscuity in Restoration plays:
5. The Glorious Revolution was:
6. In the play 'Emilia Galotti,' the prince Hettore Gonzaga is almost as affected by an artistic rendering of Emilia as he is of her in person. What art form moves Hettore's emotions?
7. In Friedrich von Schiller's 'The Death of Wallenstein,' what advice do Wallenstein and his daughter Thekla give to Max. Piccolomini?
8. In William Wycherly's play 'The Country Wife,' Lady Fidget, Mrs. Squeamish, and Mr. Horner substitute talk about 'sex' with talk about 'china.' What literary convention are they using?
9. Restoration drama often presents the upper classes as vapid and vain. What is the purpose of doing so?
10. 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'?
11. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust' is the greatest expression of what literary movement?
12. Which of the following was an integral part of Restoration musical theater?
13. What was the name of one of the two theatre companies during the Restoration?
14. 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?
15. In William Wycherly's play 'The Country Wife,' Mr. Horner's ruse to gain entry into women's bedchambers is to pretend he's:
16. Why did playwrights such as John Dryden and Nicholas Rowe write about subjects from the distant past?
17. Characters' names in Restoration drama were typically:
18. 'Sturm und Drang' is a German phrase that refers to a type of drama that was predominantly:
19. In Richard Sheridan's 'The School for Scandal,' we learn that Lady Teazle married Sir Peter Teazle only for his money. By the end of the play:
20. As a 'Sturm und Drang' play, what feature is most prominent in 'The Death of Wallenstein'?
21. The main religious conflict in England prior to the Glorious Revolution in 1688 was between what two groups?
22. Why do the characters in 'Sturm und Drang' dramas undergo such emotional extremes?
23. How does Butler kill Wallenstein?
24. Henry Fielding's 'The Author's Farce' satirizes all of the following EXCEPT:
25. All of the following are the objects of satire in John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' EXCEPT:

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