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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. Busiest person in the theatre






2. Gas lights - etc.






3. Rhyming






4. High point of action






5. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






6. Writer and first actor






7. Audience watches from 3 sides






8. Play reenacting biblical stories






9. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






10. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






11. A fee for each performance






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






13. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






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






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






17. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






18. Appearance of truth






19. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






20. Proscenium arch/stage






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






22. Linear events progress forward in time






23. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






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






25. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






26. Grammatically based






27. Not many props or detailed scenery






28. Main character






29. Feel more in stage acting.






30. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






31. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






32. Planned actor movement






33. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






34. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






35. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






36. Controls the environment in the theatre






37. The first director






38. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






39. Controls the environment in the theatre






40. Top of stage






41. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






42. A fee for each performance






43. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






44. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






45. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






46. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






47. 'Storm and stress'






48. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






49. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






50. Based on the lives of the saints