Theatre Exam

Front 1

Parades, juggling, pantomime and street carnivals may all be considered theatrical
entertainments.

Back 1

True

Front 2

. “Exposition” relates that part of the action that occurs after the “crisis” or “climax”.

Back 2

False

Front 3

A reader may re-read, reflect, and sustain several possible interpretations of a line, scene or
entire play, but the playgoer experiences the action and characters more immediately and
directly.

Back 3

True

Front 4

Audience taste may significantly influence what is performed, how it is performed and
where it is performed.

Back 4

True

Front 5

The sound of the performers’ voices can be included in the category of music.

Back 5

True

Front 6

Thought can be expressed in plays in a number of ways in addition to speech, argument or
debate. For example, it can be expressed by symbols or visual metaphors.

Back 6

True

Front 7

What the audience sees is always the only possible interpretation of a script

Back 7

False

Front 8

Which definition best describes “willing suspension of disbelief”

Back 8

A dynamic in which the audience agrees to accept the fictional world of the play on an imaginative level while knowing it to be untrue

Front 9

Which statement accurately reflects similarities between theatrical performance and sports?

Back 9

Both have players and spectators
Both have specialized dress for their participants
Both have a special playing space or area for the activity

Front 10

Which does NOT express a difference between theatre and games or sports?

Back 10

A.Theatre has a predetermined outcome
B.In theatre, audience loyalty or support is formed during the performance rather than preceding it
C. In theatre, spectators assemble at a special time and place for the event
Answer is C ^^

Front 11

Which statement BEST defines the rules about how to experience a theatrical performance?

Back 11

There are no rules on how to experience a theatrical performance, but it may be more satisfying if one gives his or her full attention

Front 12

Which of the following is NOT one of the six elements or parts of drama, according to Aristotle?

Back 12

a. Plot
b.Character
c.Thought
d.Situation
e.Spectacle
f.Diction (or Language)
answer is D

Front 13

Style in the theatre results from?

Back 13

A playwright’s assumption about what is truthful and valuable
b.
The manner in which the playwright manipulates the means of expression
c.
The manner in which the play is presented in the theatre

Front 14

What function did the chorus serve in the Classical Greek theatre?

Back 14

Served as a group character to express opinion or give advice
b.
Expressed the author’s point of view
c.
Served as the ideal spectator

Front 15

In which Roman paratheatrical entertainments were naval battles represented?

Back 15

Naumachiae

Front 16

Which statement best describes the medieval convention of “mansion and platea” staging?

Back 16

The platea was treated as undifferentiated stage space that might be used as an extension of any particular location that a mansion represented

Front 17

Which is an Elizabethan theatrical convention?

Back 17

The use of spoken décor to help establish particular locations
b.
Non-illusionistic staging (such as the use of just a few props rather than fully depicted scenes)
c.
The use of Soliloquy
d.
The presence of a neutral façade

Front 18

Which audience area had the least expensive admission price?

Back 18

The Yard

Front 19

Which did NOT influence the development of Elizabethan drama?

Back 19

Competition for a limited audience
b.
The short lifespan for continuous performances of the same play
c.
Strict adherence to neoclassical unities of time, place, and action
d.
Playwrights dependent on selling their plays to make a living

answer is C

Front 20

Parades, juggling, pantomime and street carnivals may all be considered theatrical entertainments.

Back 20

TRUE

Front 21

Audience taste may significantly influence what is performed, how it is performed and where it is performed.

Back 21

True

Front 22

A reader may re-read, reflect, and sustain several possible interpretations of a line, scene or entire play, but the playgoer experiences the action and characters more immediately and directly.

Back 22

True

Front 23

What the audience sees is always the only possible interpretation of a script.

Back 23

False

Front 24

Developing an articulate critical response basically involves first having an
experience, then analyzing that experience, and finally communicating it to another person.

Back 24

True

Front 25

Thought can be expressed in plays in a number of ways in addition to speech, argument or debate. For example, it can be expressed by symbols or visual metaphors.

Back 25

True

Front 26

“Exposition” relates that part of the action that occurs after the “crisis” or “climax.”

Back 26

False

Front 27

The sound of the performers’ voices can be included in the category of music.

Back 27

True

Front 28

An effective tragedy requires the arousal of empathy for those who strive for
personal integrity and dignity.

Back 28

True

Front 29

To show the corpses in a Greek play, the “eccyclema” was wheeled or pushed out through the central doorway of the “skene.”

Back 29

True

Front 30

During the Middle Ages, the movement from Liturgical to Vernacular religious drama saw performances of drama move outside of the church and into larger community spaces.

Back 30

True

Front 31

Most morality plays basically concern themselves with the question: how should mortal man live his life on earth to assure himself of eternal happiness?

Back 31

True

Front 32

Processional staging can be thought of in terms of a modern parade with floats.

Back 32

True

Front 33

Elizabethan theatre was a shift from communal, religious and occasionally performed theatre to a professional, secular and regularly performed theatre.

Back 33

True

Front 34

As in Greek theatre, the Elizabethan dramas did not show violence on stage.

Back 34

False

Front 35

Shakespeare was the only significant dramatist of his time.

Back 35

False