Restoration Theatre Review

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the main influence on what was popular and fashionable during the Elizabethan and Restoration periods?

The Monarch

The President

The Movie Stars

Reality Television Stars

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When King James I became King of England during his reign as the King of Scotland, what union was created?

The European Union

The United Kingdom

The United States

The People's Republic of China

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was one thing that King Charles I did that made Parliament not like him?

Raised taxes without permission

Murdered his wife

Spend a year on vacation in France

Committed genocide

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

18th-19th century religious reformers who wanted to purify the country and eliminate sin from England and the Colonies were called...

Puritans

Buddhists

Reformationists

Clandestines

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was England’s Government called under Oliver Cromwell?

The United Kingdom

The Commonwealth

The Confederacy

The Union

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why was 1660-1785 called the Restoration?

The English Monarchy was restored

The Catholic Church was restored

Theatre was restored

The French Revolution ended

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the most popular style of theatre in the Restoration Period?

Comedy of Errors

Comedy of Manners

Greek Tragedy

Kabuki

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the most influential playwright of the Restoration?

Moliere

Shakespeare

Sir Thomas Moore

David Mamet

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is a characteristic of Restoration Theatre costuming?

Rich Fabrics

Bright Colors

All of the Above

Corsets

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is a characteristic of Restoration Theatre makeup and hair for wealthy characters?

Big and heavy makeup & wigs

Light and natural face and hair

Short cropped hair

Black winged eyeliner

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which stock character is a young and beautiful but naive female?

Ingenue

Fop

Rake

Cuckold

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which stock character is the unsuspecting husband of a cheating wife?

Fop

Ingenue

Cuckold

Captain Plume

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who reigned in England first:

Queen Mary I

Queen Elizabeth

King Charles II

King James II

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which king was beheaded?

Queen Mary

King Charles I

King Joffery

King James I

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the first king of the Restoration Period?

King Edward IV

King James I

King Charles I

King Charles II

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