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
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