Deck 6: Theatre

Question 1

This type of theatre arrangement puts the audience around the playing area on all sides.

A) arena
B) mise-en-scene
C) thrust
D) island

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The central personage in a play.

A) antagonist
B) foil
C) protagonist
D) playwright

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is an example of

A) tragicomedy
B) romantic comedy
C) melodrama
D) tragedy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Theatrical arrangement most widely used in contemporary productions that places the audience on only one side,viewing the action through a frame.

A) proscenium
B) arena
C) theatre-in-the-round
D) thrust

Question 5

Designed as critiques of consumerist culture,these Performance Art pieces grew out of the Pop Art movement of the 1960's.

A) happenings
B) sentimental comedy
C) comedy of manners
D) reversals

Question 6

Poetic language in a theatrical production indicates

A) the plot
B) less realism
C) complication
D) the context

Question 7

According to Aristotle,this is one of the attributes of tragedy.

A) resolution
B) catharsis
C) empathy
D) stimulation

Question 8

The language device used by playwrights to convey a character's inner thoughts.

A) diaries
B) scripts
C) monologues
D) exposition

Question 9

In Greek Classical theatre what is the term for the character defect that causes classical heroes to contribute to their own downfall.

A) tragic flaw
B) self-realization
C) denouement
D) discovery

Question 10

The ultimate crisis in a play.

A) climax
B) denouement
C) resolution
D) plot

Question 11

The single,basic motivation of a character in a play from which all decisions arise.

A) objective
B) spine
C) lifelikeness
D) theatricality

Question 12

The term used to describe our reaction to and involvement with what we experience in a theatrical production.

A) resolution
B) aural stimuli
C) empathy
D) catharsis

Question 13

Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a well-known example of what genre of theatre?

A) comedy
B) tragedy
C) melodrama
D) tragicomedy

Question 14

This theatrical element is the middle part of the play and consists of a series of conflicts and decisions.

A) denouement
B) foreshadowing
C) complication
D) discovery

Question 15

This genre of theatre generates amusement and excitement through an intricate plot of reversals with artificial,contrived situation.

A) tragicomedy
B) romantic comedy
C) comedy of intrigue
D) melodrama

Question 16

This theatrical element moves the play forward by pointing toward events that will occur later.

A) inciting incident
B) discovery
C) point of attack
D) foreshadowing

Question 17

The written document which contains the dialogue used by the actors.

A) plot
B) script
C) exposition
D) discovery

Question 18

The theatrical element that provides necessary background information.

A) plot
B) exposition
C) script
D) foreshadowing

Question 19

This kind of theatrical production first appeared in the late eighteenth century when dialogue took place against a musical background.

A) melodrama
B) tragicomedy
C) Performance Art
D) comedy of manners

Question 20

The mental and physical separation of the audience from the acting area.

A) arena
B) island stage
C) aesthetic distance
D) organic theory

Question 21

The actors' voices,background music,and other production sounds are called

A) dynamics
B) aural elements
C) scene design
D) lifelikeness

Question 22

Describe the three types of theatre arrangements.

Question 23

Explain the importance of lighting design in theatrical performance.

Question 24

What production element reveals information about characters,their personalities,relationships and feelings?

A) exposition
B) plot
C) discovery
D) script

Question 25

The main channel of communication between the playwright and the audience.

A) actors
B) script
C) dialogue
D) soliloquy

Question 26

In what ways does a director control the dynamics of a play?

Question 27

That element of a theatrical production that is the final resolution.

A) discovery
B) denouement
C) exposition
D) plot

Question 28

Describe the hypothetical dynamic and structural development of a three-act play.

Question 29

What are the three functions of costume design?

Question 30

By creating sunlight,moonlight to help the audience experience time and place,lighting design creates one of the following:

A) selective visibility
B) rhythm
C) illusion and motivation
D) structure