Restoration and Melodrama Quiz 2024

After the English Cival War Charles I was beheaded and Charles II fled to _____________.

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• America

The government of England under the Puritans was know as _____________________.

• The Restoration

• The Church of England

• The Commonwealth

• The Monarchy

The Puritans were anti-theatricalists. They believed that theatre _________ (check all that apply)

• taught how to sin

• was a fire hazard

• made men effeminate

• was against God

When Charles II was restored to the English throne what major change to theatre did he bring back from exile?

• commedia dell'arte

• elaborate scenery

• stage lighting

• women were allowed to be actors

What happened to The Globe during the Puritan rule?

• It burned down

• It was rebuilt

• It was torn down

• It was converted into a church

At the beginning of the restoration Shakespeare's play were brought back to the stage. However, his tragedies were re-written to__________

• be way more violent and bloody.

• to have a happy ending.

• to be more diverse in it's casting.

• to change all the villain's names to Cromwell.

____________wanted to express their emotions through art and embraced imagination, individuality, nature as a source of spirituality and intuition

• Realists

• Naturalists

• Romantics

• Emotionists

This new dramatic form triggered emotions through the use of spoken lines with alternating musical accompaniment to show a battle of good and evil, complete with special effects like train crashes, horse races and earthquakes.

• Comedy of Mannors

• Melodrama

• Sentimental Comedy

• Shakespeare

What are the 3 'P's" of a melodramatic plot?

• Purpose, Pride, and Penalty

• Polyester, Planes, and Plums

• Provocation, Passion, and Punishment

• Provocation, Pangs, and Penalty

In melodrama, the stock character 'Hero' must be_________.

• Lower Class

• Lower or Middle Class

• Middle class or higher

• Upper class