Identification of American Plays Before 1925

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GRE Subject Test: Literature in English › Identification of American Plays Before 1925

Questions
3
1

Several American plays have been considered “firsts”—the first American play, the first professionally produced American play, the first American play written by an African-American, or even the first play by a “professional” American playwright. Which of the following works cannot claim ANY of these distinctions?

2

Which of the following was not likely to be seen in pre-twentieth-century American theater?

3

This early American political writer and satirist wrote several highly critical and controversial plays about Revolutionary-era politics: The Adulateur, The Defeat, and The Group. Who is the playwright in question?

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