Crucible Essay Questions

1. What happened after Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest opened? 2. ( T or F ) Arthur Miller's The Crucible has one set: a courtroom during the HUAC hearings. 3. ( T or F ) Ballet companies of today are afraid the public will boycott The Rite of Spring. 4. Calling a wife "the little woman" and saying that certain minorities exhibit recognizable traits such as laziness or stinginess are examples of: 5. Identifying closely with minorities was Edmonia Lewis, whose talent was: 6. In one of her essays, Virginia Woolf spoke of her experiences at Oxford University and complained that: 7. Joyce's Ulysses was described by Judge Woolsey as 'not an easy book to read or to understand," partly because: 8. (T or F) Like van Gogh, Michelangelo was
soundly rejected by the society of his time. 9. Linda Nochlin's essay entitled "Why There are No Great Women Artists" points out that all of these circumstances hindered female artists, except one: 10. Marcel Duchamp was excluded from an art exhibit because: 11. Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ was denounced for its: 12. ( T or F ) Nelson Rockefeller demanded that Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center be removed because of alleged obscenity and its bizarre style. 13. (T or F) The artist Frida Kahlo was forced to exhibit under her husband's name at first. 14. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was formed for: 15. The Nazi Minister of Propaganda attempted to purge the nation by burning the books of all of the following groups with the exception of which one: 16. When we say that stereotyping is a form of repression, we mean that: 17. Igor Stravinsky was controversial because? 18. Salman Rushdie wrote: 19. Lady Chatterly's Lover caused a stir because: 20. Oscar Wilde was the controversial artist of: 21. The Crucible is about: 22. After viewing the first version of Tartuffe, Catholic authorities demanded that the playwright: 23. Opponents of Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ frequently argued that the film: 24. What are the rumors about the death of Mozart?

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A famous speech by Shakespeare's Falstaff questions the value of: 2. ( T or F ) Aristotle considered plot more important than character or thought. 3. ( T or F ) Aristotle was both a theater critic and a philosopher. 4. Aristotle's famous analysis of tragedy is found in a work called: 5. Aristotle's work on comedy is how long? 6. What did the Commedia delle'arte specialize in? 7. What is satire? The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues 8. ( T or F ) The prophecies in Oedipus Rex turn out to be wrong. 9. One actor on stage, speaking his private thoughts aloud is an example of: 10. Satire does what: 11. Only the opening sentence survives of : 12. ( T or F ) Satire is always serious. It criticizes ideas and behaviors that are dangerous to society. 13. Shakespeare's five great tragedies include: Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and: 14. The plays of Chekhov feature: 15. Which of the following conventions is seldom found in Elizabethan theaters: 16. Know the plot summary of Oedipus
Rex. 17. Which of these are least likely to be found in the theater of ancient Athens? 18. Who was Thespis? Thespis, a Greek, was the traditional founder of drama. Thespian is still a word to describe a member of the acting profession. 19. What is Medea and how does it end? 20. Catharsis is? Catharsis or katharsis (Greek: κάθαρσις) is a Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging". It is derived from the verb καθαίρειν, kathairein, "to purify, purge," and it is related to the adjective καθαρός, katharos, "pure or clean." A catharsis is an emotional release. According to psychoanalytic theory, this emotional release is linked to a need to release unconscious conflicts. For example, experiencing stress over a work-related situation may cause feelings of frustration and tension. Rather than vent these feelings inappropriately, the individual may instead release these feelings in another way, such as through physical activity or another stress relieving activity. 21. Ibsen's Nora is famous for? Leaving her husband. 22. Who is Antigone, and why is she arrested. That she is Oedipus' and Jocasta's daughter, Ismene's sister, Haemon's betrothed, and Creon's niece is who Antigone and that she breaks her uncle's law of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead is why Antigone is arrested in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is a member of the royal household. She is first cousin and bride-to-be of Prince Haemon, Creon's only child and heir apparent. But her status makes no difference when she breaks her uncle's cruel law by which bodies of her brother Polyneices and the other disloyal Theban dead are left above ground and denied their god-given rights to below-ground burials. 23. What does Creon think of Antigone's brother Polyneices? 24. How does the play Antigone end? 25. Know the terms aside, parody, melodrama,dues ex machina, hubris, verisimilitude, unities, proscenium, protagonist, subtext, recognition scene, exposition, catharsis 26. The first recorded comedies were written by Greek tragic playwrights in order to: 27. Athol Fugard wrote a play about? Apartheid in South Africa. The play was "Master Harold...and The Boys". He has an extensive body of work about apartheid.