Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Viewpoints 21.1: Zhang Dai, Englebert Kaempfer, and Thomas Platter on Urban Amusements

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1. Zhang Dai’s account of Pockmarked Liu provides evidence concerning which of the following?

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Correct: The answer is c. Urban elites provided the audience and the venue for Pockmarked Liu’s storytelling.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Urban elites provided the audience and the venue for Pockmarked Liu’s storytelling.
1. Zhang Dai’s account of Pockmarked Liu provides evidence concerning which of the following?

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2. Which of these is suggested by Zhang Dai’s description of Pockmarked Liu?

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Correct: The answer is a. Pockmarked Liu’s demands for absolute attention while he was telling a story suggests that he had a well-developed sense of himself as an artist.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Pockmarked Liu’s demands for absolute attention while he was telling a story suggests that he had a well-developed sense of himself as an artist.
2. Which of these is suggested by Zhang Dai’s description of Pockmarked Liu?

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3. Which of these was the basis of the performances witnessed by Engelbert Kaempfer?

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Correct: The answer is c. Kaempfer saw plays taken from the history of the Japanese gods and heroes. The plays depicted their adventures, their heroic actions, and their romantic entanglements.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Kaempfer saw plays taken from the history of the Japanese gods and heroes. The plays depicted their adventures, their heroic actions, and their romantic entanglements.
3. Which of these was the basis of the performances witnessed by Engelbert Kaempfer?

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4. Which of these is implied by Thomas Platter’s description of a performance of Julius Caesar?

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Correct: The answer is c. Platter notes that some of the actors danced after the performance, “two dressed as men and two as women.” This detail suggests that all the actors were of the same sex. In fact, all the actors in Shakespeare plays of this time were male.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Platter notes that some of the actors danced after the performance, “two dressed as men and two as women.” This detail suggests that all the actors were of the same sex. In fact, all the actors in Shakespeare plays of this time were male.
4. Which of these is implied by Thomas Platter’s description of a performance of Julius Caesar?

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5. Which of these was reflected in the seating arrangements of an Elizabethan theater?

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Correct: The answer is d. The seating was priced based on comfort and view, suggesting social and economic hierarchy.
Incorrect: The answer is d. The seating was priced based on comfort and view, suggesting social and economic hierarchy.
5. Which of these was reflected in the seating arrangements of an Elizabethan theater?