Melodrama And The Nineteenth-century Theater
Melodrama was the new style in theatre after the abolition of the existing theatres during the French Revolution where it all started. How much of a theatre and play fan are you? Take up the quiz below and find out.
- 1.What kind of entertainment did the new audience of theater prefer during this time?
- A.
Complex, simple, and comedical
- B.
Simple, vivid, and emotional
- C.
The Walking Dead
- D.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice
- 2.Why was there a change in theater?
- A.
The industrial revolution brought more people to the cities
- B.
The industrial revolution pushed people out of bigger cities
- C.
Both A & B
- D.
None of the above
- 3.What was this new audience like?
- A.
Educated, rich, and underworked
- B.
Just like us
- C.
Uneducated, poor, and overworked
- D.
All of the above
- 4.Which one do you like?
- A.
Option 1
- B.
Option 2
- C.
Option 3
- D.
Option 4
- 5.Caused the population shift that increased the market of theater?
- A.
Steam power, which led to factories
- B.
Justin Beiber
- C.
Factories, which led to more jobs
- D.
Both A&C
- 6.Which of these WAS NOT an invention of the Industrial Revolution that influenced Melodramas?
- A.
Paper airplanes
- B.
Treadmills
- C.
Electrical lights
- D.
Trapdoors
- 7.Select the ones you like
- A.
Option1
- B.
Option2
- C.
Option3
- D.
Option4
- 8.Who wrote the play The Octoroon?
- A.
Deion Sanders
- B.
Dinosaurs
- C.
Dion Boucicault
- D.
Dora The Explorer?
- 9.Where was this playwright/actor famous?
- A.
London and America
- B.
The North Pole
- C.
The South Pole
- D.
Are there even East and West Poles?
- 10.Melodrama got their name from their music
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Melodrama has spectacular scenic effect
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.At first, the people went to pantomimes
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Melodrama was always accompanied by music
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Melodrama only used candles for lighting
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.This theater used the Wing-and-Border AND the proscenium stage
- A.
True
- B.
False
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