Deck 17: Then and Now Version Modern Theatre

Question 1

Facing a cold, hostile universe, these playwrights felt that what happens in life cannot be explained logically, that human existence is futile, that relationships are ineffective, language is imprecise and that traditional structures of plays fail to reflect the ridiculousness, meaninglessness, anxiety and chaos of the world. Which "ism" is this?

A) Surrealism
B) Dadaism
C) Expressionism
D) Naturalism
E) Absurdism

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of Ibsen's plays is the first one to spark controversy around his embracing of realism as a style of playwriting?

A) Hedda Gabbler
B) Enemy of the People
C) Ghosts
D) Brand
E) A Doll's House

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Which "ism" might be described as a subjective account of a subjective perception?

A) Surrealism
B) Dadaism
C) Expressionism
D) Naturalism
E) Absurdism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths is an example of what style of theatre?

A) Realism
B) Naturalism
C) Expressionism
D) Symbolism
E) Surrealism

Question 5

This philosophy teaches that humans have free will, but that there are no alibis, no gods to thank, no devils to blame, no original sin to account for our situation and that existence precedes essence.

A) Stoicism
B) Dualism
C) Expressionism
D) Existentialism

Question 6

Which "ism" was an extreme form of realism, sometimes called "slice of life"?

A) Surrealism
B) Dadaism
C) Expressionism
D) Naturalism
E) Absurdism

Question 7

Some realistic plays simply point out the problem but without offering a solution. These plays are called…

Question 8

Which playwright is often called the father of realism?

A) Oscar Wilde
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Émile Zola
D) Maxim Gorky
E) Henrik Ibsen

Question 9

Who was the first black female playwright to be produced on Broadway?

A) Lorraine Hansberry
B) Ida B. Wells-Barnett
C) Jan Doherty
D) Shirley Chisholm

Question 10

A realistic play that has lyrical language is called…

Question 11

A permanent, professional theatre that is located away from New York City is called…

Question 12

What word is used to describe any work of art that is experimental, innovative, or unconventional?

Question 13

Bertolt Brecht wanted the audience to be both conscious and critical during a performance. He called his technique of accomplishing this…

A) Rational Consciousness
B) Objectivism
C) Conscious Consciousness
D) The alienation effect
E) Emotional catharsis

Question 14

One of the first theatres to have box sets was the Olympic Theatre in ____.

A) New York
B) Chicago
C) Paris
D) London
E) Madrid

Question 15

Which type of modern performance mixes theatre, visual arts, music, dance, gesture, and ritual?

A) Dadaism
B) Realism
C) T.V.A.M.D.R shows
D) Performance Art

Question 16

One of the most popular playwrights of the first half of the twentieth century who wrote "high comedies and thought provoking plays and was the author of Pygmalion is _____.

A) Oscar Wilde
B) Henrik Ibsen
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) John Millington Synge
E) Tennessee Williams

Question 17

Which type of theatre flourished in lofts, basements, coffeehouses, storefronts, and cafes in New York City?

A) Off-Off-Broadway
B) Regional Theatre
C) Loop Theatre
D) Repertory Theatre
E) Neighborhood Theatre

Question 18

Which of the following individuals did not have a great effect on the creation of realism?

A) Charles Darwin
B) Karl Marx
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Bertolt Brecht

Question 19

Which of Chekhov's plays was the first one produced by the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 and initiated the new style of acting advocated by Stanislavsky that would later become the dominant form of acting for most theatre and film today?

A) The Seagull
B) The Three Sisters
C) Uncle Vanya
D) The Cherry Orchard

Question 20

By the late 1960s, Off Broadway was becoming a victim of its own success, as actors, designers, and technical unions were demanding better working conditions and higher pay. Soon, smaller experimental theatres opened in New York City. These theatres were
called…

Question 21

Which Russian playwright was famous for writing The Cherry Orchard?

Question 22

Which type of theatre, founded by Antonin Artaud, agitates the masses, attacks the spectators' sensibilities, and purges people of their destructive tendencies?

Question 23

Much of traditional African and Asian theatre did not adopt Western styles of drama until the early twentieth century. When they did, they called it _____.

Question 24

Realism and its development are most closely associated with the development of what other art form?

Question 25

The idea of "art for art's sake" is associated most closely with which late nineteenth century British playwright?

Question 26

What late nineteenth century invention did the most to fundamentally change
stenographic possibilities for the theatre?

Question 27

What type of realistic sets often depicted real rooms with the fourth wall removed so that the audience could sit in the dark and spy on the characters?

Question 28

What German philosopher and social scientist had a great effect on realism?

Question 29

Which American playwright is famous for writing the expressionistic play The Hairy
Ape?