Imagine yourself attending a performance in Italy about 1550. The acting troupe comprises both men and women, masked and unmasked performers, who seem to be improvising a story about a recent scandalous love affair. You know that you are watching a:
a. a Neoclassical comedy
b. a Neoclassical tragedy
c. commedia dell’arte
d. a satyr pla
e. an intermezzo
Answer: C
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