Multiple-Choice
Please choose the answer that best completes each sentence.
1. ___________________________was the name given to any play presented at Corpus Christi.
A. Comedia nuevas
B. Carros
*C. Auto Sacramental
D. Fuente Ovejuna
2. The nonreligious plays of the Spanish Golden Age were produced in public theaters known as:
A. Carros
*B. Corrales
C. Alojero
D. Taburetes
3. Under what circumstances were women allowed as actors in the Spanish theater (after 1599)?
A. If they were members of the nobility.
*B. If their husbands or fathers were members of the company.
C If they were members of the acting union.
D If they were chosen by the King.
4. ___________________________ was the most prolific writer of the Spanish Golden Age, having written 470 to 1500 plays.
*A. Lope de Vega
B. Guillen de Castro
C. Calderon de la Barca
D. Tirso de Molina
5. The Spanish Renaissance made use of ________________________which is dialogue indicating locale.
A. neoclassicism
*B. spoken decor
C. companias de partes
D. proscenium prose
6. The full-length, secular dramas of the Spanish Golden Age were known as:
A. autos sacramentales
*B. comedias nuevas
C. corrales
D. lunetas
7. One important figure in the development of secular theatre in Spain was:
*A. Lope de Rueda
B. Calderon de la Barca
C. Pierre Corneille
D. Ortega Y Gassett
8. In form, Spanish plays were very similar to ____________________________ plays.
A. French
B. Italian
*C. Elizabethan
D. German
9. Which of the following is true of Calderon de la Barca's plays:
A. They were religious.
B. Love and honor are common themes.
C. They were performed at court occasionally.
*D. All of the above
10. Religious plays of the Spanish Renaissance were mounted on:
*A. carros
B. platea
C. mansions
D. nuevas
11. In the late sixteenth century, autos sacramentales were performed by
A. amateur actors
*B. professional troupes
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
12. Before the Corpus Christi festival, actors performing the autos were required to give a preview performance for
A. the King
B. the city council
*C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
13. The Olives is an example of a short comic piece known as
A. carras
B. autos
C. corrales
*D. pasos
14. The author-manager of a troupe was known as the
*A. autor
B. carras
C. entremeses
D. cazuela
15. Which of the following neoclassical ideals did comedias observe:
A. unity of place
B. unity of action
C. avoiding supernatural characters
*D. none of the above
16. Spanish secular dramas would be closest to the ____________ of today.
A. syphonic concerts
B. musicals
*C. melodramatic entertainment
D. situation comedies
17. One type of comedia was the ___________, which had a daredevil romantic quality.
*A. capa y espada
B. cuerpo
C. ruido
D. teatro
18. In comedia, the intermission featured interludes known as:
A. cuerpo
*B. entermeses
C. autor
D. pesos
19. Lope de Vega wrote in a(n) _____________ style.
A. neoclassical
*B. episodical
C. existentialist
D. none of the above
20. Scenic conventions in Spain were most similar to practices in Renaissance:
A. Italy
B. France
*C. England
D. America
21. The equivalent of the Elizabethan groundlings in Spain were the:
*A. mosqueterors
B. taburetes
C. gradas
D. desvanes
22. Women attending the corrales sat in a separate gallery known as:
A. carros
B. gradas
C. taburetes
*D. cazuela
23. A unique Spanish court entertainment was the __________, a stylized musical drama.
A. companias de parte
B. comedia nuevas
C. rejas
*D. zarzuela
24. Which of the following is true of Spanish acting troupes?
A. They consisted of fifty or more actors.
B. Actors played only one role per play.
*C. All troupes had to be licensed.
D. All of the above
25. __________________, a nun, wrote secular dramas that were probably produced at the palace of governmental officials.
A. Leonor de la Cueva y Silva
*B. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
C. Isabella Calderon de la Barca
D. Maria de Rueda
True/False
Please choose whether the statement is true or false.
26. Religious dramas in Spain were originally produced inside churches and cathedrals as part of the service.
*True
False
27. Playwrights chose to specialize in either religious or secular drama, and did not write both types of plays.
True
*False
28. Autos sacramentales were forbidden in 1765, because they were deemed to reflect a carnival atmosphere rather than a religious one.
*True
False
29. By the mid-seventeenth century, a fixed platform was used at each playing space for the autos sacramentales.
*True
False
30. Secular theatre emerged in the seventeenth century, about one hundred years after the religious theatre emerged.
True
*False
31. Lope de Rueda built the first permanent theater in Spain.
True
*False
32. Comedias could contain both serious and comic elements.
*True
False
33. Lope de Vega lived at the same time as Shakespeare, and wrote in a similar form.
*True
False
34. Both Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca were ordained priests.
*True
False
35. Female dramatists in the Spanish Golden Age had their works produced widely and were immensely popular.
True
*False
Essays
36. Compare and contrast religious and secular drama and staging practices in the Spanish Golden Age.
37. Compare and contrast the Spanish and English Renaissance plays and theaters. |