Test your basic knowledge |

Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






2. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


3. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






4. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






5. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






6. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






7. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






8. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






9. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






10. Someone who writes plays






11. Proscenium arch/stage






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






13. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






14. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






15. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






16. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






17. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






18. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






19. Someone who writes plays






20. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






21. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






22. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






23. Causes trouble for the main character






24. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






26. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






28. England's type of theatre






29. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






31. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






32. The era we are currently in






33. Series of short stories






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






35. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






37. Grammatically based






38. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






40. Not many props or detailed scenery






41. Play reenacting biblical stories






42. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






43. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






44. Feel more in stage acting.






45. Writer and first actor






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






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






48. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


49. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183