The premiere performance of the ballet, The Rite of Spring, with music composed by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, was disrupted shortly after the music began by catcalls, hissing, and booing from the audience, and resulted in police intervention.

Which of the following events caused a climate of intellectual skepticism in middle-class men and women of the era?

A. the Black Death B. the Hundred Years' War C. the Great Schism of the Catholic Church D. None of these answers is correct.

The imaginary wall between the actors and audience is called

A) The Invisible Wall B) The Fourth Wall C) The Berlin Wall D) The Theatrical Wall E) The Wall of Disbelief