TD 301 EXAM 1 | 2025/2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is theater? Answer - Art of Performing
Way to preserve culture
Gathering place for the public presentation of ideas (human expression)
Discover and test new identities
What 3 things did Peter Brook say were necessary to create theater? Answer -
"actor, audience, and an empty space"
Robert Edmund Jones stated what about theater? Answer - Magic born out of
desire to recreate shared experiences in order to experience community
Why do we perform? Answer - To entertain
Figure out identity
Gain sense of power
Ritual
To belong to a community
According to the book, what particular desire are most human beings born
with? Answer - The desire to role-play and perform
, What does Theater reflect? Answer - Values, morals, and beliefs of the society
in which it performs or originates.
What are some examples of performance in a theater? Answer - collective-
done by people as a group, public-exposed to general view
Most distinguishing fact about Theater Answer - It is live and dependent upon
actors and audience sharing an experience
Where did the arts particularly flourish in fifth century B.C.E Answer - Greece
How did Greeks deal with violence on the stage? Answer - Offstage
What was the name of the man who, legend has it, broke from the chorus to
speak first as an individual in Greek Theater? Answer - Vespus
Stands for agitation propaganda. Used by bolsheviks following the October
revolution to garner and secure support for the communist party.
Promotes Solidarity Answer - Agitprop Theater
The idea of breaking something down and looking at what's there and
describing what's there before trying to describe a meaning. Answer -
Analyzing Plays
Comedy by Aristophanes
Battle b/w sexes
Feminist in the sense that women use patriarchal rule to influence politics
Not feminist because women are manipulative Answer - Lyistrata
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is theater? Answer - Art of Performing
Way to preserve culture
Gathering place for the public presentation of ideas (human expression)
Discover and test new identities
What 3 things did Peter Brook say were necessary to create theater? Answer -
"actor, audience, and an empty space"
Robert Edmund Jones stated what about theater? Answer - Magic born out of
desire to recreate shared experiences in order to experience community
Why do we perform? Answer - To entertain
Figure out identity
Gain sense of power
Ritual
To belong to a community
According to the book, what particular desire are most human beings born
with? Answer - The desire to role-play and perform
, What does Theater reflect? Answer - Values, morals, and beliefs of the society
in which it performs or originates.
What are some examples of performance in a theater? Answer - collective-
done by people as a group, public-exposed to general view
Most distinguishing fact about Theater Answer - It is live and dependent upon
actors and audience sharing an experience
Where did the arts particularly flourish in fifth century B.C.E Answer - Greece
How did Greeks deal with violence on the stage? Answer - Offstage
What was the name of the man who, legend has it, broke from the chorus to
speak first as an individual in Greek Theater? Answer - Vespus
Stands for agitation propaganda. Used by bolsheviks following the October
revolution to garner and secure support for the communist party.
Promotes Solidarity Answer - Agitprop Theater
The idea of breaking something down and looking at what's there and
describing what's there before trying to describe a meaning. Answer -
Analyzing Plays
Comedy by Aristophanes
Battle b/w sexes
Feminist in the sense that women use patriarchal rule to influence politics
Not feminist because women are manipulative Answer - Lyistrata
