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Question 9 • Senior English

Which statements describe Elizabethan drama? Choose two correct answers.

Answer
A
Plays include Biblical characters in present-day settings.
B
Miracle plays tell the stories of Christian saints.
C
Plays address secular themes.
D
Actors portray emotions that reflect life experiences.
E
Flat characters represent single concepts, such as “justice.”

Explanation

Elizabethan drama often portrayed human emotions and experiences, so actors could show feelings that audiences recognized from life. It also explored secular, or nonreligious, themes alongside religious subjects. Miracle plays about saints and flat characters representing ideas are features associated with earlier medieval drama, while placing biblical characters in present-day settings is not a defining feature of Elizabethan drama.

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