Deck 2: Stage versus Screen

Question 1

Which federal agency in the United States disburses tax dollars to the arts?

A)Domestic Policy Council
B)The Treasury
C)National Endowment for the Arts
D)Chief Financial Arts Council
E)The National Arts Council

Answer 1

C

Question 2

This is a legal guarantee granted by the government to an author,composer,choreographer,inventor,publisher,and/or corporation to maintain control and profit from a particular creative work.

A)Government arts grant
B)Government arts warranty
C)Author contract
D)Copyright
E)Arts and entertainment pack

Answer 2

D

Question 3

An example of product placement is...

A)Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl"
B)An actor in a movie drinking Tropicana orange juice
C)Super Bowl advertising
D)Dubbing songs for screen actors

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The word ____________________ is often used to describe the collaborative nature of theatre-making.

Question 5

Which type of scriptwriters sells their copyrights?

Question 6

If you were elected to the Senate or the House of Representatives,what policy would you advocate for the role of the federal government in terms of supporting or not supporting the arts? What would be the main points you would make to the citizens who elected you?

Question 7

A playwright's pay is called...

A)A royalty
B)A tax write-off
C)A play fee
D)The author's fee
E)The playwright's take

Question 8

If the playwright has been deceased for more than seventy years,the copyright no longer applies.What is this called?

Question 9

Unlike in the theatre,the film _______ is all-powerful.

A)actor
B)screenwriter
C)director
D)editor

Question 10

Which type of scriptwriters does not sell their copyrights?

Question 11

Which best describes public domain?

A)Family rated TV
B)When a copyright expires
C)Another way of saying "audience."
D)TV shows about the general public
E)When the general public decides what will and what will not be on TV

Question 12

The average taxpayer in which of the following countries pays the least of his or her tax dollars to the arts?

A)Finland
B)Sweden
C)Ireland
D)Australia
E)USA

Question 13

Identify three reasons why the federal government of the United States does not provide the same level of support for the arts that comparable Western democracies do.What would need to happen in this country to change this policy?

Question 14

What distinguishes the role of the actor in film from that of the theatre?

Question 15

Many theatre companies do not have stockholders and pay no dividends or federal taxes.These theatres are known as...

A)Nonspecific theatres
B)Free theatres
C)Profit tomorrow theatres
D)IRS theatres
E)Nonprofit theatres

Question 16

Most nonprofit theatres do not cover their costs from selling tickets.On average what percentage of their costs are covered by selling tickets?

A)10%
B)25%
C)60%
D)75%
E)99%

Question 17

Besides ticket sales,name three sources of funding for nonprofit theatres.