English

An _________ is a literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style.

• burlesque

• pantomime

An _________ is a dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show.

• burlesque

• pantomime

Rhymed couplets appeared in which type of drama?

• Restoration comedy

• Sentimental drama

• Elizabethan

• Heroic drama

In part, the novel arose to compensate for the limitations of the theater in regards to moral and sentimental subject matter.

• true

• false

According to the text, which of the following were characteristic of Restoration drama?

• psychologically complex characters

• virtuous heroines

• gratuitous violence

• sharp, witty cosmopolitan heroes

• satirical treatment of the Puritan ethic

Speech or writing which uses irony, wit, or mockery to ridicule something can be described as_________

• satirical

• medieval

the __________is a type of story written in the Middle Ages, telling tales of heroes and kings.

• satirical

• medieval

The novel has at times been considered an inferior art form.

• true

• false

The novel as we know it began in the eighteenth century.

• true

• false

According to the text, some people feel that the Greek romances should be considered novels.

• true

• false