Test Bank for The Theatre Experience, 14th Edition

Test Bank for The Theatre Experience, 14th Edition Chapter 1 The Audience: Its Role and Imagination 1) The first challenge to theatre as a dramatic medium came from A) television. B) radio. C) silent movies. D) computer games. Answer: C Bloom's: Remember Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation LO: Recall that live theatre thrives despite changes in technology 2) Theatre is an event in which the performers are in the presence of the A) audience. B) press. C) ruling class. D) director. Answer: A Bloom's: Remember Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation LO: Explain the relationship between the actor and audience in theatre 3) One of the things that film can do that theatre cannot be A) create numerous computerized and/or mechanical special effects. B) show outdoor shots made from helicopters. C) instantaneously cut from one scene to another. D) All of these answers are correct. Answer: D Bloom's: Remember Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation LO: Describe the essence of theatre as a performing art rather than a visual art 4) At the heart of the theatre experience is the A) director-performer relationship. B) performer-audience relationship. C) audience-director relationship. D) performer-author relationship. Answer: B Bloom's: Remember Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation LO: Explain the relationship between the actor and audience in theatre 5) The degree of separation between the object or event that an artist creates and the audience 3 that observes it is called A) aesthetic distance. B) intellectual separation. C) reinforcement. D) alienation. Answer: A Bloom's: Remember Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation LO: Define aesthetic distance