Crash Course Theater: Ibsen and Strindberg

What did Ibsen do with Strindberg's portrait?

• He gifted it to a friend.

• He burned it.

• He retitled it 'The Outbreak of Madness' and hung it above his writing desk.

• He sold it.

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What was Ibsen's first major career move after leaving school?

• He started writing verse dramas.

• He became a pharmacist.

• He became a teacher.

• He moved to Sweden.

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Which play by Ibsen is about a priest who lets everyone die?

• Ghosts

• A Doll's House

• Peer Gynt

• Brand

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What radical change did Ibsen make in his plays?

• He focused on plot over character.

• He wrote only verse dramas.

• He introduced soliloquies.

• He shifted themes towards heredity and environment.

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What is the main theme of 'A Doll's House'?

• The power of love.

• The beauty of nature.

• The sham of the bourgeois family.

• The importance of family.

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Why did Strindberg hate Ibsen?

• He thought Ibsen was a better writer.

• He believed Ibsen modeled characters after him.

• He was jealous of Ibsen's success.

• He disliked Ibsen's focus on male characters.

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What was Strindberg's most famous play?

• The Creditors

• Miss Julie

• The Father

• To Damascus

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What did Strindberg believe about the theater?

• It should entertain the masses.

• It is a public school for the young, the half-educated, and women.

• It should avoid controversial topics.

• It should focus on plot over character.

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What style did Strindberg turn to in his late career?

• Realism

• Naturalism

• Symbolism

• Romanticism

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What did Strindberg's late plays anticipate?

• Realism and Naturalism

• Expressionism and Surrealism

• Romanticism and Classicism

• Modernism and Postmodernism

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