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Key Facts: Andalusia PAU Dramatic Literature Exam
90 min
Exam Time Limit
Distrito Único Andaluz
0–10
Grading Scale
Junta de Andalucía
4.0
Min. Access Phase Score
Comisión Interuniversitaria
EUR 58.70
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Junta de Andalucía
5 Blocks
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2º Bachillerato Dramatic Literature Syllabus
The Andalusia PAU Dramatic Literature exam (Literatura Dramática) is administered by the Distrito Único Andaluz and Comisión Interuniversitaria de Andalucía for students completing 2nd Bachillerato. The exam lasts 90 minutes and is graded on a 0–10 scale (minimum 4.0 required in the Access Phase). Note that local questions on this platform are an English-language MCQ study adaptation created to help students master the underlying 2nd Bachillerato curriculum.
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1According to Aristotle's Poetics, what is the ultimate emotional and spiritual effect that Greek tragedy should induce in the audience through pity and fear?
A.Catharsis
B.Hamartia
C.Anagnorisis
D.Peripeteia
Explanation: Catharsis refers to the purging or purification of emotions—specifically pity and fear—experienced by the audience at the resolution of a tragedy. Aristotle posited this emotional cleansing as the essential purpose of tragic theatre.
2In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex, what fundamental flaw or error in judgment (hamartia) leads Oedipus to fulfill the horrific prophecy regarding his parents?
A.His excessive pride (hubris) and stubborn determination to uncover the truth despite warnings
B.His cowardice when facing the Sphinx outside Thebes
C.His explicit desire to harm his father King Laius for political power
D.His refusal to accept the throne of Thebes after solving the riddle
Explanation: Oedipus exhibits hubris and stubborn intellectual pride, insisting on pursuing the investigation of Laius's murder despite urgent warnings from Tiresias and Jocasta, ultimately uncovering his own tragic guilt.
3What was the primary dramatic function of the Chorus in classical Attic Greek tragedy?
A.To comment on the action, represent societal perspectives, and provide moral or thematic reflection
B.To perform acrobatic comedy during set changes between acts
C.To sell refreshments and collect entrance tokens from spectators
D.To act out violent scenes that could not be displayed directly on stage
Explanation: The Chorus served as an ideal spectator and moral commentator, singing choral odes (stasima) that reflected on the tragic action, mediated between characters and audience, and contextualized thematic conflicts.
4Which playwright is recognized as the master of Greek Old Comedy, renowned for sharp political satire and fantastical plots in works such as The Frogs and Lysistrata?
A.Aristophanes
B.Menander
C.Plautus
D.Terence
Explanation: Aristophanes is the foremost playwright of Athenian Old Comedy (5th century BCE), using imaginative satire, topical political attacks, and parody of contemporary figures like Euripides and Socrates.
5In Roman comedy (Fabula Palliata), which famous stock character introduced by Plautus represents a boastful, cowardly soldier?
A.Miles Gloriosus
B.Servus Callidus
C.Senex Iratus
D.Adulescens Amans
Explanation: Miles Gloriosus ('braggart soldier') is Plautus's quintessential stock figure—a vain, arrogant military officer who boasts of non-existent heroic deeds and romantic conquests, only to be humiliated.
6What 10th-century Latin Easter trope, featuring a short chanted dialogue between angels and the Marys at Christ's tomb, is considered the origin of medieval European liturgical drama?
A.Quem Quaeritis
B.Auto de los Reyes Magos
C.Misterio de Elche
D.Dança de la Muerte
Explanation: The 'Quem Quaeritis?' ('Whom do you seek?') trope arose as a four-line chanted dialogue in the Benedictine Easter liturgy, initiating the reintroduction of dramatic representation in Western Europe.
7In his influential 1609 verse treatise Arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo, what did Lope de Vega defend regarding Spanish Golden Age theatre?
A.Adapting theatrical rules to suit the tastes of the contemporary paying public while mixing tragic and comic elements
B.Strict enforcement of the classical Aristotelian unities of time, place, and action
C.The complete prohibition of music, dance, and comic relief in public performances
D.Restricting theatrical audiences exclusively to nobility and royal courts
Explanation: Lope de Vega argued that theatre should please the audience ('como las paga el vulgo, es justo hablarle en necio para darle gusto'), justifying breaking classical rules and synthesizing comedy and tragedy.
8Which major structural innovation defined Lope de Vega's Spanish Comedia Nueva in contrast to neoclassical drama?
A.Dividing the play into three acts (jornadas) rather than five
B.Eliminating verse and writing exclusively in unrhymed prose
C.Restricting performance cast sizes to a maximum of three actors
D.Banning all subplots and minor characters
Explanation: Lope standardized the three-act structure (jornadas: exposure, climax, and resolution), departing from the traditional five-act classical division while maintaining verse polymetry.
9In Spanish Golden Age theatre, what essential stock character serves as the witty servant, comic foil, and pragmatic counterpart to the noble protagonist?
A.El gracioso (or donaaire)
B.El galán
C.El gracioso viejo
D.El criado traidor
Explanation: El gracioso (created by Lope de Vega and popularized across Golden Age drama) represents earthly common sense, fear, hunger, and comedic commentary, contrasting with the idealist, honorable galán.
10Who serves as the true collective protagonist in Lope de Vega's celebrated drama Fuenteovejuna?
A.The entire town of Fuente Obejuna, united in resisting feudal tyranny
B.King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella acting alone
C.The corrupt Commander Fernán Gómez de Guzmán
D.The individual villainous servant Flores
Explanation: Fuenteovejuna is famous for its collective protagonist: the townspeople jointly claim responsibility under torture for killing the abusive Commander, declaring 'Fuenteovejuna lo hizo'.
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