بسم اللة الرحمن الرحيم

Midterm 2, Wed. May 14,2003                       213/1           SURVEY of DRAMA                                           

Choose one question {either A or B} :

QUESTION A :

1. Define ‘Morality Play’ in  the late Middle Ages . Why are modern readers confused by Doctor Faustus’s morality elements ? Explain in detail .

2.Define ‘Prologue’ . Use Doctor Faustus as an example to show who says the prologue and its dramatic importance . Explain.

3.Exile in Oedipus The King and Doctor Faustus is seen as a sign of torture and punishment .Analyze with examples from the plays .

QUESTION B : Identify the following  three  quotations  and answer the questions below  :                 Quote 1

--------.How like a woman !No, but seriously , …,you  know what       

                    I think about that . No debts !Never borrow !….

-------------------Quote 2----------------------------------------

.--------.Now hast thou but one bare hour to live

              And then thou must be damned perpetually….

------------------------Quote 3--------------------------------------------

----------.I pitied the little baby , master,

                 hoped he’d take him off to his own country ,

                far away , but saved him for this , this fate.

                If you are the man he says you are , believe me                        

                you were born for pain.

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4.Who are the speakers and listeners ?          

5.What are the situations - topics of dialogue?              

6.In which parts of the  plots (  Rising Actions , Climaxes , or others ) and acts and scenes do these  three quotes take place ? Explain in detail.