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. Attempts to represent reality on stage






2. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






3. Collection of mystery plays






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






5. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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


6. Action - place - time






7. Greatest dramatist of all time






8. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






9. Who or what opposes the central character






10. 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






11. Author of play






12. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






13. Sentences/paragraph structure






14. 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






15. 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


16. Fee for each performance






17. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






18. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






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






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






21. Physical commedy






22. Scenery






23. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






24. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






25. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






26. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






27. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






28. The area farthest away from the audience






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






30. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






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






32. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






33. Seats 500-1800; professional.






34. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






36. Generally rhyming






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






38. Seats 100-500; professional






39. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






40. Handles business aspects of show






41. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






42. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






43. Historical accuracy






44. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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


45. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






46. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






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






48. Was in favor of theater






49. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






50. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production