Statement I: Eric Bentley wrote The Life of the Drama. Statement II: The book focuses on the lives of seminal twentieth-century dramatists.

1. ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
2. BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
3. CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
4. DStatement II is true but Statement I is false

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Correct answer: C. Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation

Bentley's The Life of the Drama (1964) is a theory of drama's elements and genres (plot, character, dialogue; melodrama, farce, tragedy, comedy), not a set of biographies.