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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality






2. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






3. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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4. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






5. The era we are currently in






6. Proscenium arch/stage






7. Linear events progress forward in time






8. Main character






9. The first director






10. Verse






11. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






12. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






13. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






14. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






15. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






16. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






17. Rhyming






18. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






19. Less than 100 people - experimental theatre - not exactly commercial






20. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






21. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






22. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






23. 'Storm and stress'






24. Causes trouble for the main character






25. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






26. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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27. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






28. 100-499 people






29. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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30. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






31. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






32. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






33. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






34. Focused on thought - controversial






35. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






36. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






37. Feel more in stage acting.






38. Planned actor movement






39. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






40. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






41. Part of What is included in the text






42. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






43. Greek - actor






44. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






45. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






46. Rejection of neoclassicism -






47. Part of What is included in the text






48. A>B>C>D






49. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






50. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited