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






2. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






3. Events that set off a major conflict






4. Gas lights - etc.






5. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






6. Emotional release






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






8. Humorous - objective view point






9. Busiest person in the theatre






10. Planned actor movement






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






12. Causes trouble for the main character






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






14. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






15. Top of stage






16. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






17. Someone who writes plays






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

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19. 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






20. The era we are currently in






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






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






23. Works published before 1923






24. Medea - The Bacchae






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






26. The standard tool for casting a production






27. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






28. Events progress forward in time






29. Rhyming






30. A>B>C>D






31. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






32. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






33. Series of short stories






34. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






35. Used alienation to encourage distance






36. Works published before 1923






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






38. Italians






39. Less than 100 people - experimental theatre - not exactly commercial






40. Controls the environment in the theatre






41. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






42. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






43. Busiest person in the theatre






44. Not many props or detailed scenery






45. Audience watches from 3 sides






46. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






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

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49. Units of action that build emotional intensity






50. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)