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. 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






2. Author of play






3. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






4. Directors who operate with total control






5. 'dancing space'






6. Seats 500-1800; professional.






7. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






8. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






9. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






10. Sentences/paragraph structure






11. 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






12. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






13. Oversees artistic aspects of show






14. When line of action suddenly switches






15. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






16. Seats less than 100; amateur.






17. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






18. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






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






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

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


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






23. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






24. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






25. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






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






27. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






29. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






30. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






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






32. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






33. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






34. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






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






36. 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


37. Seats 500-1800; professional.






38. Who or what opposes the central character






39. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






40. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






41. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






42. Designs costumes for the show






43. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






45. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






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






47. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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

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


50. Seats 100-500; professional