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


2. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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






4. Causes trouble for the main character






5. Events progress forward in time






6. Events that set off a major conflict






7. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






8. Information needed to understand the play






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






10. Ideas within the play






11. Gas lights - etc.






12. Controls the environment in the theatre






13. Imitation of character and action






14. Proscenium arch/stage






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






16. Focused on thought - controversial






17. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






18. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






20. Not many props or detailed scenery






21. Performs Actions of the Play






22. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






24. Italians






25. 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






26. Information needed to understand the play






27. Organization of action






28. Not many props or detailed scenery






29. Series of short stories






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






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






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






33. Writer and first actor






34. Humorous - objective view point






35. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






36. Linear events progress forward in time






37. The standard tool for casting a production






38. Feel more in stage acting.






39. Main character






40. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






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


43. To see something in a 3 dimensional way


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






45. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






46. Humorous - objective view point






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






48. Gas lights - etc.






49. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






50. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production