TEST: French Neoclassical Rules 2025

What rule says that tragedy and comedy should never be mixed?

• Decorum

• Genre

• Three Unities

• Verisimilitude

What rule says that you cannot have any fantastical elements?

• Genre

• Decorum

• Three Unities

• Verisimilitude

What rule says that characters need to behave in a way appropriate to their social status, etc.? AND this tells you that every story should have a MORAL LESSON.

• Decorum

• Genre

• Three Unities

• Verisimilitude

THREE UNITIES is about which 3 things?

• Time, Place, Action

• Theme,

  Place, Action

• Time, Props, Action

• Time, Place, Actors

Which unity is about making sure the play takes place in 24 hours?

• Time

• Place

• Action

Which unity is about making sure the play takes place in one location?

• Time

• Place

• Action

Which unity is about having only ONE main plot and no subplots?

• Time

• Place

• Action

What is the rule of 5 Acts?

• Plays needed to be 5 minutes long

• Plays needed to have 5 Acts

• Plays needed to have 5 characters

• Plays needed to have 5 audience members

Which was the hardest RULE to incorporate into your NEW fairy tale? (Choose from Verisimilitude, 5 Acts, Decorum, Genre, 3 Unities) WHY?

Which rule did you have the most fun putting into your NEW story? WHY?