THAR 201 Final Exam Questions with
Correct Answers 2024/2025 Update
Graded A+
Rituals are unique in that participants are changed in some way by the experience. For example,
they may be purged of guilt, or begin a new phase of life. ✔✔True
Which ritual is an example of connecting physical activity to the spiritual endeavor of increasing
self-discipline? ✔✔Ramadan
The Abydos Play commemmorates ✔✔the death and resurrection of osiris
According to Ritualists, [a] becomes [b], which becomes [c], which becomes [d] ✔✔worship
becomes ritual, which becomes myth, which becomes performance.
Which of the following do performance and ritual have in common? ✔✔all of the above
Rituals are characterized by all but which of the following? ✔✔individualism
A periodic invitation by your society to come together with other people for an event that marks
an occasion best describes ✔✔ritual
Rituals are often ways of mediating between the human and the supernatural. ✔✔true
Which scholar argued that theater evolved directly from ritual, and was a refinement of ritual?
✔✔James Frazar
Which ritual festival is a time of atonement, and an opportunity for forgiveness? ✔✔Yom
Kippur
What is the name of the playwright who authored Trifles? ✔✔Susan Glaspell
What is the primary setting for the action of the play? ✔✔kitchen
Where is Mrs. Wright when Hale enters the farmhouse? ✔✔rocking chair
How did John Wright die? ✔✔strangulation
According to Mrs. Wright, who killed her husband? ✔✔she doesn't know
, Which of the following is a key theme in the play? ✔✔isolation
According to Mrs. Peters, what is Mrs Wright most concerned about? ✔✔her fruit
What aspect of Mrs. Wright's housekeeping does the County Attorney criticize? ✔✔her towels
What do the women find wrapped in a piece of silk? ✔✔a canary
What has Mrs. Wright asked for Mrs. Peters to bring to her? ✔✔an apron
text ✔✔words on a page
context ✔✔social situation, character relationships, the ideas being contested
subtext ✔✔the underlying meaning of the words the characters choose to use
What are some reasons to study world theater history? ✔✔all of the above
We know that theater originated in ✔✔we don't know where theatre originated
What does it mean for something to be ephemeral? ✔✔It lasts for only a very short time
a ritual is ✔✔the acting out of an established, prescribed procedure.
Acting, following scripts and having design elements ✔✔are the ties that bind rituals and
ceremonies to theatre.
The Abydos Passion Play was performed by ✔✔the Egyptians
Which are thought to be three possible origins of theater? ✔✔rituals, role-playing, and
storytelling
Performance is often referred to as _______________ because of various elements of the form
function as a particular type of language, a system of communication between performer and
audience. ✔✔codified
Theatre traditions can be defined as theatre [a] that have largely remained unchanged over time
and that have a fixed and identifiable [b] and specific conventions. ✔✔practices, aesthetic
Stage properties are extremely important in the play Trifles. Make a properties list of at least five
items that would be necessary for Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to act the scene. ✔✔1. dead canary
2. the bird cage
3. the fruit
4. the piece of sewing that Mrs. Hale rips a stitch out of
Correct Answers 2024/2025 Update
Graded A+
Rituals are unique in that participants are changed in some way by the experience. For example,
they may be purged of guilt, or begin a new phase of life. ✔✔True
Which ritual is an example of connecting physical activity to the spiritual endeavor of increasing
self-discipline? ✔✔Ramadan
The Abydos Play commemmorates ✔✔the death and resurrection of osiris
According to Ritualists, [a] becomes [b], which becomes [c], which becomes [d] ✔✔worship
becomes ritual, which becomes myth, which becomes performance.
Which of the following do performance and ritual have in common? ✔✔all of the above
Rituals are characterized by all but which of the following? ✔✔individualism
A periodic invitation by your society to come together with other people for an event that marks
an occasion best describes ✔✔ritual
Rituals are often ways of mediating between the human and the supernatural. ✔✔true
Which scholar argued that theater evolved directly from ritual, and was a refinement of ritual?
✔✔James Frazar
Which ritual festival is a time of atonement, and an opportunity for forgiveness? ✔✔Yom
Kippur
What is the name of the playwright who authored Trifles? ✔✔Susan Glaspell
What is the primary setting for the action of the play? ✔✔kitchen
Where is Mrs. Wright when Hale enters the farmhouse? ✔✔rocking chair
How did John Wright die? ✔✔strangulation
According to Mrs. Wright, who killed her husband? ✔✔she doesn't know
, Which of the following is a key theme in the play? ✔✔isolation
According to Mrs. Peters, what is Mrs Wright most concerned about? ✔✔her fruit
What aspect of Mrs. Wright's housekeeping does the County Attorney criticize? ✔✔her towels
What do the women find wrapped in a piece of silk? ✔✔a canary
What has Mrs. Wright asked for Mrs. Peters to bring to her? ✔✔an apron
text ✔✔words on a page
context ✔✔social situation, character relationships, the ideas being contested
subtext ✔✔the underlying meaning of the words the characters choose to use
What are some reasons to study world theater history? ✔✔all of the above
We know that theater originated in ✔✔we don't know where theatre originated
What does it mean for something to be ephemeral? ✔✔It lasts for only a very short time
a ritual is ✔✔the acting out of an established, prescribed procedure.
Acting, following scripts and having design elements ✔✔are the ties that bind rituals and
ceremonies to theatre.
The Abydos Passion Play was performed by ✔✔the Egyptians
Which are thought to be three possible origins of theater? ✔✔rituals, role-playing, and
storytelling
Performance is often referred to as _______________ because of various elements of the form
function as a particular type of language, a system of communication between performer and
audience. ✔✔codified
Theatre traditions can be defined as theatre [a] that have largely remained unchanged over time
and that have a fixed and identifiable [b] and specific conventions. ✔✔practices, aesthetic
Stage properties are extremely important in the play Trifles. Make a properties list of at least five
items that would be necessary for Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to act the scene. ✔✔1. dead canary
2. the bird cage
3. the fruit
4. the piece of sewing that Mrs. Hale rips a stitch out of
