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7. Such morality comic figures as the Vice and the Devil were especially
well-developed and influenced later ______________.
8. In a typical Morality Play the characters are moods, attitudes, virtues
and vices, physical (and mental) conditions such as old age and youth
___________.
9. The ____________of the English drama was more complex than that
of the classical Greek drama.
10. The limited – scope morality _____________with a single vice or
moral problem or a situation applicable to a certain person.
11. Drama derives its _____________from the age in which it is written.
12. John Wycliffe believed that the Bible, not the church was the true
________.
13. The English Mystery Cycle is undoubtedly ____________with the
dramatic rituals upon which it drew.
14. The Mystery Cycle is a ____________communal or national drama.
15. ___________in Arthur decreased in the 18
th
century.
16. Spenser used an Arthurian background for his ___________epic.
17. The earliest ___________Morality Play is “The Castell of
Persevearance”.
18. There is a fragment of an English interlude ___________from as early
as the 13
th
century, “The Clerk and the Maiden”.
19. The morality style derives from the medieval ____________idiom.
20. The only truly _____________or English drama before the
Shakespearean is the Mystery Cycle.
Comprehension Activities
I. Read the following statements. Which of these statements do you think
are correct?
1. Rituals have nothing to do with the Morality Plays.
2. The Mystery Plays and The Moralities became so secularized as to
bring on the disapproval of the Church.
3. Arthurian legend had taken its place as one of the greatest themes of
medieval romance.
4. The term “Interlude” suggests short pieces between other
entertainments.
5. The drama in the 15
th
century was dramatically restricted by the
requirements of religion.
6. The last years of the fifteenth century saw the arrival of the Interlude.
7. Toward the end of the Middle English period England had a weak
dramatic tradition.
8. The 14
th
century was disastrous for Britain, because of the effect of
wars and plagues.
9. The central figure in the Morality Play represents a particular trade
guild.
7. Such morality comic figures as the Vice and the Devil were especially
well-developed and influenced later ______________.
8. In a typical Morality Play the characters are moods, attitudes, virtues
and vices, physical (and mental) conditions such as old age and youth
___________.
9. The ____________of the English drama was more complex than that
of the classical Greek drama.
10. The limited – scope morality _____________with a single vice or
moral problem or a situation applicable to a certain person.
11. Drama derives its _____________from the age in which it is written.
12. John Wycliffe believed that the Bible, not the church was the true
________.
13. The English Mystery Cycle is undoubtedly ____________with the
dramatic rituals upon which it drew.
14. The Mystery Cycle is a ____________communal or national drama.
15. ___________in Arthur decreased in the 18 th century.
16. Spenser used an Arthurian background for his ___________epic.
17. The earliest ___________Morality Play is “The Castell of
Persevearance”.
18. There is a fragment of an English interlude ___________from as early
as the 13th century, “The Clerk and the Maiden”.
19. The morality style derives from the medieval ____________idiom.
20. The only truly _____________or English drama before the
Shakespearean is the Mystery Cycle.
Comprehension Activities
I. Read the following statements. Which of these statements do you think
are correct?
1. Rituals have nothing to do with the Morality Plays.
2. The Mystery Plays and The Moralities became so secularized as to
bring on the disapproval of the Church.
3. Arthurian legend had taken its place as one of the greatest themes of
medieval romance.
4. The term “Interlude” suggests short pieces between other
entertainments.
5. The drama in the 15th century was dramatically restricted by the
requirements of religion.
6. The last years of the fifteenth century saw the arrival of the Interlude.
7. Toward the end of the Middle English period England had a weak
dramatic tradition.
8. The 14th century was disastrous for Britain, because of the effect of
wars and plagues.
9. The central figure in the Morality Play represents a particular trade
guild.
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