UIUC THEA 110 EXAM 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
◉ The Book. Answer: generates the theater in musical theater; an
outline of highly compressed dramatic development that provides a
working umbrella for the songs and dances that distinguish a good
production
◉ The Lyrics. Answer: compact pattern of words that when set to
music communicates information vital to the dramatic life of a show;
put language to the task of expressing thoughts and emotions
through the denotative and connotative meanings of words, patterns
of literary development, and form
◉ denotative meaning. Answer: explicit factual definition found in
the dictionary
◉ connotative meaning. Answer: a more emotional meaning derived
from personal experience and associated less with fact than with
memory and imagination
◉ the score. Answer: reinforces emotions in drama in a way that
cannot be duplicated by language alone
, ◉ the dance. Answer: "the most direct expression of human feeling
and sentiment"; transcends geography in a way that language
cannot; humanizes expression in a way that music cannot
◉ Kislan's view on musicals. Answer: musicals embody the spirit
and philosophy of the theater of romance; enriches human life by
raising the ordinary to the exceptional; musical theater is
presentational; musical theater requires a strict acceptance of the
convention unique to it
◉ Theater of Romance. Answer: presents life as it should be
◉ total theater. Answer: an artistic system that not only encourages
the use of techniques beyond the spoken word for projecting
dramatic ideas but makes nonliteral dramatic revelation a priority in
the creative and interpretive process
◉ Naturalism. Answer: a style of theater or film in which everything
feels as if its actually happening for the first time
◉ Realism. Answer: portray human life as it really is
◉ Waiting for Godot. Answer: very non-realistic and an extreme
example of how some plays ignore verisimilitude
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
◉ The Book. Answer: generates the theater in musical theater; an
outline of highly compressed dramatic development that provides a
working umbrella for the songs and dances that distinguish a good
production
◉ The Lyrics. Answer: compact pattern of words that when set to
music communicates information vital to the dramatic life of a show;
put language to the task of expressing thoughts and emotions
through the denotative and connotative meanings of words, patterns
of literary development, and form
◉ denotative meaning. Answer: explicit factual definition found in
the dictionary
◉ connotative meaning. Answer: a more emotional meaning derived
from personal experience and associated less with fact than with
memory and imagination
◉ the score. Answer: reinforces emotions in drama in a way that
cannot be duplicated by language alone
, ◉ the dance. Answer: "the most direct expression of human feeling
and sentiment"; transcends geography in a way that language
cannot; humanizes expression in a way that music cannot
◉ Kislan's view on musicals. Answer: musicals embody the spirit
and philosophy of the theater of romance; enriches human life by
raising the ordinary to the exceptional; musical theater is
presentational; musical theater requires a strict acceptance of the
convention unique to it
◉ Theater of Romance. Answer: presents life as it should be
◉ total theater. Answer: an artistic system that not only encourages
the use of techniques beyond the spoken word for projecting
dramatic ideas but makes nonliteral dramatic revelation a priority in
the creative and interpretive process
◉ Naturalism. Answer: a style of theater or film in which everything
feels as if its actually happening for the first time
◉ Realism. Answer: portray human life as it really is
◉ Waiting for Godot. Answer: very non-realistic and an extreme
example of how some plays ignore verisimilitude
