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

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


2. The first director






3. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






5. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






6. Used alienation to encourage distance






7. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






8. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






9. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






10. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






11. Information needed to understand the play






12. Series of short stories






13. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






14. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






16. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story






17. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






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






20. Controls the environment in the theatre






21. Focused on thought - controversial






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






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






24. The standard tool for casting a production






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






26. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






27. 500-1800 people






28. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






29. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






30. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Gas lights - etc.






37. Play reenacting biblical stories






38. 100-499 people






39. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






40. 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)






41. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






42. Performs Actions of the Play






43. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






44. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






45. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






46. Linear events progress forward in time






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






48. Used alienation to encourage distance






49. Busiest person in the theatre






50. Causes trouble for the main character