Intro to Theatre Chapter 16

Did you read chapter 16?

• Yes

• No

• Some

• Skimmed

Following the death of the Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell, who was the monarch that came back from exile to rule in England?

• Henry VIII

• Charles II

• Edward III

• George III

The period from 1670-1800 which the Italians referred to as "Illuminismo" and Thomas Paine called the "The Age of Reason" is commonly known as _____ _________________.

During this period attacks on Christianity were so great it was said that it would not exist in 100 years. Which French philosopher is credited with this quote?

• Moliere

• Diderot

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

What were the writers called who felt that science was not adequate to describe the full range of human experience?

• Intuitionists

• Thinkers

• Purists

• Romantics

During the Romantic period what new form of theatre was developed that mixed music and drama?

• Melodrama

• Opera

• Musicals

• Operetta