Comedy of Manners Quiz

The _______________________ are the target of most plays.

What play did Molière write in 1664?

• The Bourgeois Gentleman

• The Country Wife

• The Man of Mode

• Tartuffe

True or False: Characters are types and rarely ever change.

• True

• False

Plays emphasize __________________ comedy over physical comedy.

_______________ versions of love and marriage are common topics.

True or False: Comedy of manners plots involved the fantasy world.

• True

• False

9. Theatres were _____________ from 1642 to 1660.

True or False: King Charles II loved the theatre and the bawdy nature of the comedy of manners.

• True

• False

The comedy of manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviors, _______________, fashions, and manners of a segment of society.

Comedy of manners plays during this time were referred to as _______________ comedies.