The artist __________ placed his self-portrait into the painting Las Meninas (fig. 19.10)

Facing a cold, hostile universe, these playwrights felt that what happens in life cannot

be explained logically, that human existence is futile, that relationships are ineffective, language is imprecise and that traditional structures of plays fail to reflect the ridiculousness, meaninglessness, anxiety and chaos of the world. Which “ism” is this?

a) Surrealism b) Realism c) Expressionism d) Naturalism e) Absurdism

Which comic form requires a temporary suspension of the natural laws of probability and logic?

A. satire B. burlesque C. farce D. All these answers are correct.