Amazing Trivia Quiz On Medieval Drama!
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Read your notes on mystery, miracle and morality plays, and tick as many boxes as necessary. Please note that some scholars use the terms mystery and miracle interchangeably
- 1.The subject matter was religious
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 2.The characters were drawn from the Bible
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 3.The characters were abstractions
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 4.They included contemporary characters
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 5.They had a didactic purpose
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 6.They were performed on pageant wagons
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 7.They were first performed during the mass
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 8.They were more popular than the others
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 9.Their tone was serious on the whole
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 10.They influenced Renaissance drama
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 11.The actors were members of trade guilds
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 12.They dealt with Bible story
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 13.They were concerned with how to achieve salvation
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 14.They were first performed in Latin, and then in English
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
- 15.They allowed the audience to identify with the characters
- A.
Mystery/miracle plays
- B.
Morality plays
- C.
Both
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