課程名稱︰戲劇選讀一 課程性質︰外文系群組必修Ｃ：戲劇小說４選３ 課程教師︰王寶祥 開課學院：文學院 開課系所︰外國語文學系 考試日期（年月日）︰2015.12.04 考試時限（分鐘）：90分鐘（9:30-11:00） 範圍： Henrik Ibsen. A Doll's House. August Strindberg. Miss Julie. 試題 : I. Multiple Choice Questions: pick the best answer. (40%) 1. Pick the FALSE dipiction of realist theater. 1) actors speak prose 2) acting recedes behind the proscenium 3) facilitated by the installment of lights 4) actors stay close to the footlights 2. Pick the CORRECT statement concerning A Doll's House. 1) Ibsen changed the ending for the Swedish premiere 2) the ending has been modified to accommodate maternal love 3) Ibsen claims to value feminist rights above human rights 4) Chairman Mao acted in the Chinese premiere 3. Which is FALSE about Nora? 1) has a weakness for sweets 2) does embroidery to earn money on the side 3) husband an accountant at a law firm 4) Her friend Kristine has been an old flame of her arch foe. 4. Select the CORRECT statement about Ibsen: 1) supported Norwegian neutrality during Prussian-Danish War. 2) sustained friendship with Bjørnson 3) finished Peer Gynt in Italy 4) finally won the coverted Nobel Prize in 1906. 5. Select the CORRECT statement about Ibsen's plays: 1) The Master Builder is an expressionist drama 2) Grieg composed an opera for Peer Gynt 3) The Wild Duck has been adapted for stage by Bo Widerberg and screen by Ingmar Bergman 4) count Hu Shi (胡適) and Lin Shu (林紓) among Chinese translators 6. Which play was NOT staged in Nationalist China (before Communism)? 1) A Doll's House 2) The Ghosts 3) Little Eyolf 4) The Lady from the Sea. 7. Which play does NOT belong to Ibsen's great cycle of prose dramas? 1) Brand 2) A Doll's House 3) A Public Enemy 4) Wild Duck 8. Who is NOT active as part of the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia? 1) Kiekregaard 2) Brandes 3) The Copenhagen Bohemians 4) Munch 5) Hans Jaeger 9. Pick the TRUE statement. 1) Miss Julie was born out of wedlock 2) Julie's mother married against her will. 3) Julie's ancestor won royal favor through battle honors 4) Kristine is a devout Catholic. 10. Which goddess' name is invoked with biting irony in Miss Julie? 1) Venus 2) Diana 3) Juno 4) Athena 11. What is FALSE about Strindberg's life? 1) the son of a servant from a maternal side 2) writes Miss Julie after his inferno period 3) married three times 4) fascinated by the occult 5) Red Chamber his major novel 12. When is Miss Julie set? 1) Spring time in April 2) Midsummer eve 3) Ash Wednesday 4) Winter solstice 13. Strindberg is a man of multiple talents and broad interests, but he is not known as a 1) playwright 2) novelist 3) painter 4) photographer 5) composer 14. Select the CORRECT description about Miss Julie 1) Jean learns German in Switzerland 2) Julie prefers red wine to beer 3) Jean has worked as a sommelier 4) Kristin is a lapsed churchgoer 15. Strindberg came into contact with diverse intellectual currents, but not including 1) Nietzsche 2) Swedenborg 3) Ingmar Bergman 4) Otto Weininger (pan- homosexuality, eg. 90% masculine man seeks 10% masculine woman) 16. To which play's preface does the Strindberg quote derive from? "The characters split, double, multiply, dissolve, condense, disperse." 1) Dance of Death 2) To Damascus 3) Ghost Sonata 4) A Dream Play 17. Which is WRONG regarding Strinberg's works. 1) Hamsun's novel Victoria finds the class parallel with Miss Julie. 2) William Morris's A Dream of John Ball inspires A Dream Play 3) The actor famed for creating Charlie Chan on American screen has translated Strindberg plays. 4) To Damascus is a trilogy. 18. Which is not used as a Biblical reference in Miss Julie? 1) Salome 2) Adam and Eve 3) Diana 4) Joseph 19. Which item is not supposed to make its appearance on the property list of Dollhouse and Julie? 1) razor 2) bird cage 3) wine bottle 4) pistol 5) porcelain stove 6) piano 7) whip 20. Who is NOT a contemporary painter of Ibsen? 1) Hakon Bleken 2) Edvard Munch 3) Harriet Backer 4) Carl Larsson II. Short Q&A (60%/ 5 pts each unless otherwise indicated) 1. In what manner can A Doll's House be perceived as a "miracle play?" Process Nora's peculiar expections of a miracle with special care. 2. How do Nora and Mrs. Linde (Kristine) look at the polarity of freedom and necessity differently and act accordingly? 3. Interpret the symbolism of Julie's and Jean's respective dreams. 4. With Pavlov and Althusser in mind, how can the ring of the bell relate to the psychology of authority in Miss Julie? 5. Briefly illustrate the rhetorical devices of synecdoche and oxymoron in Miss Julie. 6. Why so many references to animals in Miss Julie? Pick two and explain their symbolic significance. (2/2/2) 7. How was the concept of degeneration disseminate in late 19th century and how did it manifest itself in both Ibsen and Strindberg's plays? Give 3 concrete examples. (3/2/2/2) 8. How are the dual forces of naturalism at work in the battle of the sexes in Miss Julie? Mark the point of reversal in your discussion (10pts) 9. Ibsen is a major exponent of realism, just as Strindberg is known for his naturalism. Yet traces of symbolism and expressionism can be detected in their plays. Illustrate with two concrete instances and interpret those moments of departure from the regular norms. (10) --

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