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Survey of Drama 213 /01
Midterm Exam No. 1
15 Oct.
, 2001
Question One:
a. Who are the playwrights
who wrote “ Oedipus The King”, and Pygmalion?
b.
In what language do
they write these two plays?
c. Who are
the characters in these two plays ?
d. What type of plays are these two :
first in terms of causing great
sadness at the end and second
in terms of prose /poetry ?Why ?
e
.Identify the following
quotation ( the speaker , the listener, the act ,
and the type of relationship between the two ) :
------. Do you know what you would do if you really loved me , Henry ?
-------. Oh bother ! What ? Marry. I suppose .
-------. No . Stop fidgeting and take your hands out of your pockets….
Answer each part
separately.
Question
Two:
Define the following eight items in detail . Use “ Oedipus The King” and Pygmalion as examples( where applicable ) :
1. “play ”,2.“drama”,3. “ actor, actress ”, 4.character”,5. “protagonist”,6.“ chorus” , 7.“the City Dionysia , and 8.“Choregos”.
Answer each part separately.