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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. Italians






2. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






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






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






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






7. Proscenium arch/stage






8. Writer and first actor






9. Feel more in stage acting.






10. 100-499 people






11. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






13. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






14. Based on the lives of the saints






15. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






16. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






18. Verse






19. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






20. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






22. Italians






23. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






24. Focused on thought - controversial






25. High point of action






26. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






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






29. Events progress forward in time






30. Someone who writes plays






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






32. Rejection of neoclassicism -






33. A group of actors - not just one star






34. Based on the lives of the saints






35. The first director






36. Used alienation to encourage distance






37. Information needed to understand the play






38. Visible light source on stage






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






40. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






41. Top of stage






42. Gas lights - etc.






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






44. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






45. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






46. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






47. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






48. Works published before 1923






49. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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