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






2. Events progress forward in time






3. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






4. Italians






5. 'Storm and stress'






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






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






8. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






9. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






10. Causes trouble for the main character






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






12. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






13. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






14. Focused on thought - controversial






15. Rejection of neoclassicism -






16. Works published before 1923






17. Person who embodies a character on stage






18. Someone who writes plays






19. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






21. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






22. 'Father of Realism'






23. Greek - actor






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






25. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






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






27. Series of short stories






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

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






30. Was poetry for many years






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






32. Six elements - catharsis






33. 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)






34. Greek - actor






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






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






37. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






39. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






40. Events that set off a major conflict






41. 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






42. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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

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44. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






46. Events progress forward in time






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






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






49. The standard tool for casting a production






50. Main character