Test your basic knowledge |

Theatre Appreciation 2

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. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






2. Central character






3. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






4. Creates a visual home for the play






5. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






6. Physical commedy






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






8. Oversees artistic aspects of show






9. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






10. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






11. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






12. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters

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


13. Sentences/paragraph structure






14. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






15. Was in favor of theater






16. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






17. Greatest dramatist of all time






18. Handles business aspects of show






19. The area farthest away from the audience






20. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






21. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






22. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






23. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






24. Creates a visual home for the play






25. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






26. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






27. Seats 100-500; professional






28. Director champions intention of playwright






29. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






30. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






31. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






32. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






33. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






34. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






35. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






36. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






37. Author of play






38. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






39. Spoken words






40. Attempts to represent reality on stage






41. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






42. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






43. Generally rhyming






44. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






45. Scenery






46. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






47. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






48. Saint's plays






49. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






50. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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


Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests