For most of American theatre history whites wearing heavy "ethnic" makeup acted as African Americans, Native Americans, and Asians. This lead to a now discontinued form of theatre in which white people played black people. What name was given to this form of theatre?
A) Cross-cultural Theatre
B) Minstrel Show
C) Ethnic Theatre
D) Whiteface Theatre
B
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A) Friedrich Schiller B) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe C) Thomas Mann D) Bertolt Brecht
The independent spirit and relative freedom Etruscan women enjoyed horrified which of the following?
a. Greco-Roman male authors b. Egyptian male authors c. Etruscan male authors d. Trojan male authors
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a) Killers b) Substitutions c) Contrafacts d) Moldy figs
The Romantic period can be described as a time of
A. non-creativity. B. restraint, clarity, and balance. C. emotionalism and expression. D. experimentation and chaos.