Deck 12: Theatre Around the World

Question 1

Which type of early African theatre uses acting,music,storytelling,poetry,dance,costumes,and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama?

A)Peking opera
B)Colonial drama
C)Nigerian actorless plays
D)Morocco mimes
E)Precolonial

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Ritual ...

A)Continues to play an important role in our lives today
B)Is no longer important in the modern world
C)?Is synonymous with theatre
D)?Is more important today than in ancient times

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In India,____ is the god of actors and dancers.

A)Brahmin
B)Vishnu
C)The Mahabarata
D)Siva
E)Krishna

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is Bunraku?

A)The silhouette theatre of Morocco
B)Traditional colonial drama
C)Traditional Japanese puppet theatre
D)Another name for Natyasastra theatre
E)A modified form of Batruni theatre

Question 5

Some may argue that __________ is actually "incomplete" because it is less connected to its original ritual inspiration.

Question 6

Of the three periods of African theatre which is sometimes called total theatre?

Question 7

In order to understand the early forms of theatre in _______,the likely birthplace of theatre,it is necessary to first free ourselves from Western conventions.

A)Europe
B)The Americas
C)Antarctica
D)Oceania
E)Africa

Question 8

In the nineteenth century,Great Britain,France,Portugal,Belgium,Germany,Spain,and Italy divided Africa into territories.They introduced what type of theatre?

A)Western-style theatre
B)Covent garden opera
C)American style theatre
D)Precolonial theatre
E)Morocco mimes

Question 9

Which type of Japanese theatre grew out of the dance-prayers of Buddhist priests?

A)Natyasastra
B)Noh
C)Yoshimitsu
D)Shakuntala
E)Sanskrit

Question 10

African theatre is usually divided into three periods.Which of these periods is the oldest?

Question 11

The ____ of Australia continue their thousand-year-old rituals by fusing music,dance,and drama together.

A)Apaches
B)Kung Bushman
C)Aborigines
D)Maori
E)Celts

Question 12

In many ancient Islamic countries,acting was outlawed.As a result,what type of theatre became popular?

A)Córdoba missionary plays
B)Morality plays
C)Shadow plays
D)Actorless dramas

Question 13

Who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Question 14

Which type of opera used an orchestra made up of gongs,cymbals,lutes,rattles,drums,castanets,and a two-string violin?

A)Japanese opera
B)Covent garden opera
C)Western opera
D)Peking opera

Question 15

Which book is often considered to be the most valuable historical record of Indian theatre?

Question 16

What is modern African theatre that combines traditional African ritual and Western-style drama called?

A)Morocco mimes
B)Natyasastra
C)Sarzan
D)Total theatre
E)A.R.W.S.

Question 17

Which type of Indian drama is named for the ancient Indian language?

A)Natyasastra
B)Dushyanta
C)Kalidasa
D)Shakuntala
E)Sanskrit

Question 18

In __________,the storytelling theatre Halqa,meaning "circle," is named for the performance space.

A)India
B)Nigeria
C)Japan
D)China
E)Morocco

Question 19

Many scholars agree that theatre grew out of...

A)Aristotle's writing
B)Bronze Age kings
C)Political speeches
D)Religious rituals
E)Scripted weddings

Question 20

In this type of Japanese theatre the audience is expected to actively participate.They will call out an actor's name if they like a particular moment.

A)Juuichicho
B)Deshi
C)Kabuki
D)Dangire
E)Onnagata

Question 21

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The play Sarzan,written by Senegalese poet Lamine Diakhaté,is a postcolonial drama known as the…

Question 22

_____ is a technique used by everyone from Shakespeare to African storytellers in which audiences are invited to "see" the story with their mind's eye.

Question 23

The British opened the first European-style theatre in what country or region on the African continent?

Question 24

____________________ by Kalidasa is one of the most revered and important Sanskrit plays.

Question 25

A play can be a ritual,but not all rituals can be a play.What distinguishes theatre from ritual?

Question 26

Who was Chikamatsu Monzaemon?

Question 27

The word ritual comes from the Latin word ritualis which means a(n)____________________ connected with human life and all that sustains it.

Question 28

What is an onnagata?

Question 29

Which country invaded India and introduced Western-style theatre?

Question 30

The pine tree painted on the back wall of traditional Japanese theatres symbolizes eternal life.Name one of the two types of physical Japanese theatres that have a pine tree painted on its back wall.

Question 31

Actors in China sometimes refer to themselves as Children of the...