The British historical time known as the was when playwrights could diversify their subject matter. Elizabethan era

Middle English period

Jacobean age

Caroline age

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Two new drama genres that emerged from 1558–1603 were .

satyrs and pantomime

tragedy and comedy

mystery and morality plays

tragicomedy and romance

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During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, mainly played the parts of women.

playwrights

rulers

men

children

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A dramatic convention when a character overhears important information about the plot and informs the audience is called .

eavesdropping

soliloquy

chorus

aside

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A dramatic convention whereby one character speaks to the audience (on the side) to reveal important information that other characters do not know is called .

a mask

eavesdropping

an aside

a soliloquy

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A dramatic convention of a character making a speech expressing inner thoughts but not speaking to other characters onstage is called .

a soliloquy

eavesdropping

a mask

an aside

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Playwrights in the Elizabethan era often alluded to classical mythology as well as .

Christian texts

Hinduism

Muslim tenets

Chinese proverbs

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How does an aside, eavesdropping, or the use of a soliloquy cause dramatic irony?

Events do not turn out how the audience believes they will.

The audience finds out that the character speaking to the audience is tricking them.

The audience becomes more informed than some characters in the play.

These are the times when the audience answers the character’s questions to them.

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Elizabethan playwrights make allusions. An allusion is .

borrowing ideas from well-known works

using magical tricks to entertain the audiences

plagiarizing words from other authors’ plays

making humorous jokes about tragic circumstances

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Minerva is the Roman goddess of .

wisdom

love

revenge

fertility

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Hercules is the half-god, half- superhero in Greek mythology.

calf
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wolf

human

giant

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In the historical play Richard II by Shakespeare, what place is both called the seat of Mars (in Roman mythology) and also Eden (the Biblical name for the center of creation)?

Heaven

Great Britain

Ireland

Denmark

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In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, Iago speaks to the audience in a(n) , telling the audience of his motivations and plans to ruin Othello’s marriage.

soliloquy

dream

allusion

secret meeting

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Iago has suspicions about Othello and his , which is one of the reasons he wants to ruin Othello.

sister

daughter

wife

lieutenant