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. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






2. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






3. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






4. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






5. Six elements - catharsis






6. The first director






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






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






9. Events that set off a major conflict






10. Based on the lives of the saints






11. Top of stage






12. The standard tool for casting a production






13. Visible light source on stage






14. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






15. Main character






16. Based on the lives of the saints






17. Focused on thought - controversial






18. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






19. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






21. Organization of action






22. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






23. The first director






24. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






25. Proscenium arch/stage






26. Appearance of truth






27. A>B>C>D






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






29. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






30. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






31. Events that set off a major conflict






32. Busiest person in the theatre






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






34. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






35. Ideas within the play






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






37. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






38. 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


39. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality






40. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






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






43. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






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






46. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






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






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






50. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce