Deck 7: Theatre

Question 1

Explain the fundamental characteristics of comedy and farce.

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright resolves the issues of the play?
A)Complication

A)Exposition
B)Denouement
C)Crisis

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the most popular dramatic form of the 20^th century?

A)Tragedy
B)Drama
C)Melodrama
D)Farce

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Explain the genres of tragedy, comedy, and melodrama, including similarities and differences.

Question 5

In his Poetics, Aristotle described in great detail the characteristics of which of the following?

A)Melodrama
B)Comedy
C)Farce
D)Tragedy

Question 6

Compare and contrast two or more types of theatres.

Question 7

Identify and explain the structural elements of a play.

Question 8

What are the elements of the plot?

Question 9

Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright twists the events of the plot and the subplots?

A)Complication
B)Denouement
C)Crisis
D)Exposition

Question 10

Explain what the lighting designer does and why his or her work is ephemeral.

Question 11

Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience totally surrounds the playing area?

A)Arena form
B)Thrust form
C)Proscenium form
D)Open form

Question 12

Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright gives the audience background information?

A)Complication
B)Denouement
C)Crisis
D)Exposition

Question 13

The central personage of a play is called the _____.

A)protagonist
B)focal point
C)person of interest
D)motivator

Question 14

The word theatre comes from the word _____, which means "a place for seeing."

A)thanatos
B)theatron
C)theos
D)thearchon

Question 15

Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience views the action through a frame?

A)Arena form
B)Thrust form
C)Proscenium form
D)Open form

Question 16

Explain the purposes of scenic, lighting, or costume design and how they work.

Question 17

In theatre, types of plays such as tragedies and comedies are called which of the following?

A)Conventions
B)Genres
C)Dynamics
D)None of the above

Question 18

What is the term for a play structured in such a way that it rises to a peak and falls to a conclusion?

A)Foreshadowed
B)Pyramidal
C)Episodic
D)Causal

Question 19

Which of the following terms is applicable to a situation such as a peasant jumping to the upper class?

A)Thematic reorder
B)Reversal
C)Crisis
D)None of the above

Question 20

In this type of play, the plot usually unfolds as a series of trials instigated by a villain that the hero must overcome.

A)Low comedy
B)High comedy
C)Tragedy
D)Melodrama

Question 21

Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience surrounds the action on three sides?

A)Arena form
B)Thrust form
C)Proscenium form
D)Open form

Question 22

Which of the following is the theatre for which Shakespeare wrote?

A)The Odeon
B)The Lord Chamberlain's
C)The Globe
D)The Bear

Question 23

According to Aristotle, one of the attributes of tragedy is that it produces _____, or the purging of the emotions of pity and fear.
A)all of the above

A)mood
B)dynamics
C)catharsis

Question 24

What is the main channel of communication between the playwright and the audience?

A)Exposition
B)Denouement
C)Actors
D)Scenery

Question 25

Items that are not as we find them in daily life are called _____.

A)true
B)theatrical
C)lifelike
D)false

Question 26

Which of the following is a type of theatre in which elements from fields in the humanities and arts may be combined?
A)Mime

A)None of the above
B)Performance art
C)Tragicomedy

Question 27

Items that are like those we see in everyday life are called _____.

A)true
B)theatrical
C)lifelike
D)false

Question 28

Which of the following terms means mental and physical involvement in situations not directly participated in?

A)Sympathy
B)Sensibility
C)Empathy
D)Aesthetic distance