بسم اللة الرحمن الرحيم

Midterm 1, Wed. April 16,2003                       213/1           SURVEY of DRAMA                                           

Choose one question {either A or B} :

QUESTION A :

1. HOW did drama originate as suggested in Aristotle‘s Poetics ? Who perform or act ?

 2.When and by whom  was the actor first used in drama ? Explain and show how   other actors were later used and by whom .

3.Was there a difference in number of actors in the classical tragedy and comedy ? Answer in detail .

4.What are the gender (sex) of actors ,dramatists ,and the like ? Why ?

    5.What did actors and the like wear while acting  a tragedy or a comedy ? Describe in detail .

6. How do you classify Pygmalion in terms of tragedy  , comedy ,or farce ? Why did Shaw call it ‘ a Romance ’? Explain  in detail .

7.Define ‘act’ and ‘scene’ with a detailed reference to Act III in Pygmalion .

QUESTION B : Identify the following  two quotations  :

     1. --------.Ha! ha! how awfully funny !

   ---------.What is wrong with that , young man ? I bet I got       

                  it right .

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  2.--------.What am I fit for ? What have you left me fit for ? 

                      Where am I to go ? What am I to do ? Whats to 

                       become of me ?

-------------  .  Oh ,that’s whats worrying you  ,is it ? …You see 

                       ,…,all men are not confirmed old bachelors like …. 

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Who are the speakers and listeners ?            What are the situations - topics of dialogue?               In which parts of the  plots (  Rising Actions , Climaxes , or others ) and acts and scenes do these  two quotes take place ? Explain in detail.