Discuss the spread of the Black Death and its impact on art and literature.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- Black Death, or the bubonic plague, was named for the black buboes that became inflamed as a result of the disease.
- The plague spread from the infected fleas on the rats aboard a trade ship.
- The illness afflicted humans across socioeconomic classes.
- The death rate in many populated areas was as high as 60 percent.
- The plague was continually referenced in art and literature, sometimes around a moral lesson.
- Rising vernacular literature provided the vehicle to express the horrors of the plague. For example, in Decameron, Boccaccio vividly describes the ravages of the disease.
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What will be an ideal response?
Because of the “graven images” warning in the Koran some Islamic countries use what
type of theatre?
a) Bunraku b) Epic Theatre c) Shadow Theatre d) Cross-Cultural Theatre e) Sanskrit Drama
The Messiah is an oratorio.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The people who work backstage during a production are called
A) Grips B) Running crew C) Moles D) Men in black E) The unseen