Deck 17: Modern Theatre

Question 1

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Problem plays

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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 7

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

Question 8

Facing a cold,hostile universe,playwrights of this "ism" 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.

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

Question 9

Unstructured theatrical events staged on street corners,at bus stops,and virtually anywhere people gathered were known as…

Question 10

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 11

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

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

Question 12

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 13

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

Question 14

A realistic play that has lyrical language is called...

Question 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

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 21

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

Question 22

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 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

__________ began in Germany as a reaction to the Impressionist art of painters such as Monet,Renoir,and Cezanne.

Question 28

Which Russian playwright was famous for writing The Cherry Orchard?

Question 29

By the late nineteenth century,the Broadway theatre district was known as "The Great White Way" thanks to the invention of the…

Question 30

Before Stanislavsky,most acting on the European and North American stages was declamatory and presentational.After Darwin,Freud,and Ibsen,the style of acting needed to change and Stanislavsky ushered in that change.What is Stanislavsky-style acting,and how did the work of Darwin,Freud,and Ibsen influence his approach?

Question 31

The nineteenth century was a time of tremendous change throughout Europe and North America.The style of theatre known as realism was the product of these changes.What were the dominant changes that characterized the nineteenth century theatre and resulted in the development of realism as the dominant theatrical style from the late nineteenth into the twentieth century?

Question 32

Avant-garde theatre was born in reaction to dwindling theatre audiences brought about by the invention of…