What is the term for a play that presents a lighthearted and often satirical portrayal of everyday life?

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What is the term for a play that presents a lighthearted and often satirical portrayal of everyday life?

A. Comedy

C. Farce

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C. Farce

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B. Tragedy

Answer 2

D. Melodrama

Answer 3

A. Jean-Paul Sartre

Answer 4

B. Eugene Ionesco

Answer 5

C. Bertolt Brecht

Answer 6

D. Luigi Pirandello

Answer 7

A. Musical

Answer 8

C. Operetta

Answer 9

A. Luigi Pirandello

Answer 10

B. Samuel Beckett

Answer 11

C. Anton Chekhov

Answer 12

D. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 13

A. William Shakespeare

Answer 14

B. George Bernard Shaw

Answer 15

C. Samuel Beckett

Answer 16

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 17

A. Samuel Beckett

Answer 18

B. Tom Stoppard

Answer 19

C. Harold Pinter

Answer 20

D. Edward Albee

Answer 21

A. August Wilson

Answer 22

B. Lorraine Hansberry

Answer 23

C. Tennessee Williams

Answer 24

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 25

A. Aeschylus

Answer 26

B. Euripides

Answer 27

C. Sophocles

Answer 28

D. Aristophanes

Answer 29

A. Black Comedy

Answer 30

B. Tragedy

Answer 31

C. Absurdist

Answer 32

D. Melodrama

Answer 33

A. Antonin Artaud

Answer 34

B. Jean-Paul Sartre

Answer 35

C. Eugene Ionesco

Answer 36

D. Harold Pinter

Answer 37

A. Samuel Beckett

Answer 38

B. Tom Stoppard

Answer 39

C. Eugene Ionesco

Answer 40

D. Harold Pinter

Answer 41

A. Anton Chekhov

Answer 42

B. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 43

C. Samuel Beckett

Answer 44

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 45

A. Anton Chekhov

Answer 46

B. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 47

C. Samuel Beckett

Answer 48

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 49

A. Arthur Miller

Answer 50

B. Tennessee Williams

Answer 51

C. Edward Albee

Answer 52

D. Sam Shepard

Answer 53

A. Pantomime

Answer 54

B. Monologue

Answer 55

C. Soliloquy

Answer 56

D. Dialogue

Answer 57

A. Arthur Miller

Answer 58

B. Tennessee Williams

Answer 59

C. August Wilson

Answer 60

D. Edward Albee

Answer 61

A. Anton Chekhov

Answer 62

B. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 63

C. William Shakespeare

Answer 64

D. Tennessee Williams

Answer 65

A. Aeschylus

Answer 66

B. Euripides

Answer 67

C. Sophocles

Answer 68

D. Aristophanes

Answer 69

A. Repetition

Answer 70

C. Leitmotif

Answer 71

D. Refrain

Answer 72

A. Anton Chekhov

Answer 73

B. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 74

C. Samuel Beckett

Answer 75

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 76

A. Autobiographical Drama

Answer 77

B. Historical Drama

Answer 78

C. Surrealism

Answer 79

D. Naturalism

Answer 80

A. Samuel Beckett

Answer 81

B. Tom Stoppard

Answer 82

C. Harold Pinter

Answer 83

D. Edward Albee

Answer 84

A. Macbeth

Answer 85

C. Othello

Answer 86

D. Julius Caesar

Answer 87

A. Tennessee Williams

Answer 88

B. Arthur Miller

Answer 89

C. August Wilson

Answer 90

D. Edward Albee

Answer 91

A. Kitchen Sink Drama

Answer 92

B. Absurdist

Answer 93

C. Expressionist

Answer 94

D. Surrealist

Answer 95

B. Burlesque

Answer 96

C. Slapstick

Answer 97

D. Black Comedy

Answer 98

A. Anton Chekhov

Answer 99

B. Henrik Ibsen

Answer 100

C. Samuel Beckett

Answer 101

D. Arthur Miller

Answer 102

A. Samuel Beckett

Answer 103

B. Tom Stoppard

Answer 104

C. Eugene Ionesco

Answer 105

D. Bertolt Brecht

Answer 106

A. Monologue

Answer 107

B. Soliloquy

Answer 108

C. Dialogue

Answer 109

D. Pantomime

Answer 110

A. Realism

Answer 111

B. Historical Drama

Answer 112

C. Absurdist

Answer 113

D. Expressionism

Answer 114

B. Silent Play

Answer 115

C. Absurdist

Answer 116

D. Expressionism

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