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6. how many years was theatre banned and by whom?

  • 50 years Oliver Cromwell
  • 35 years Oliver Cromwell
  • 400 years King James I
  • 30 years Charles II

7. Is there similarities between 'The Recruiting Officer' and Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'?

  • True
  • False

8. What similarties are there?

  • Slyvia tries to tame Plume - Petruchio tries to tame Kate
  • Euphemistic
  • All of the above
  • Non-naturalistic

9. what is the period called when this play was written?

  • Restoration theatre
  • Elizbethan Theatre
  • minstrel theatre
  • Upper-Class Theatre

10. Where was the first performance?

  • The Queens Theatre
  • Theatre Royal in Dury Lane
  • The Globe
  • The Royal Court

11. Where is the play set?

  • all of the above
  • Sainsbury
  • Shrewsbury
  • Shottery

12. What play features 'The Recruiting Officer'

  • All of the above
  • Our country
  • Princess and the Pea
  • Dr Faustus

13. How many main characters are there?

  • 23
  • 14
  • 15
  • 13

14. How many minor characters are there?

  • 4 + extras(mob/servants/recruits)
  • 2 + extras(mob/servants/recruits)
  • 12 + extras(mob/servants/recruits)

15. what do the three justices names symbolise? (Balance, Scale, Scruple)

  • balanced scruples(decisions)
  • All of the above
  • the scales of justice
  • The law

16. what do the names, Kite and Bullock symbolise?

  • Lower class portrayed as wildlife
  • upper class portrayed as vegetation
  • middle class portrayed as wildlife

17. What does Lucy use to try and get a husband?

  • her sexualiity
  • her eyes
  • letters coppied in handwritting
  • stolen handkerchief

18. what does this quote from Plume mean? " have you made any use of your german doctor's habit"?

  • Kite disguise for a group event
  • all of the above
  • Kite disguise for recruiting
  • kite in attire for the party

19. What does plume do at the end of the play?

  • give his job to brazen
  • have a fight with Balance
  • strike Silvia
  • all of the above

20. What are Melinda's objectives in Act 3 scene 2?

  • to make worthy Jealous with Brazen
  • to sustain her false image, maintain her pretense
  • all of the above
  • to win the power struggle with her maid