,The Theatre Experience, 14e (Wilson)
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
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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
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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
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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
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,5) The degree of separation between the object or event that an artist creates and the audience
that observes it is called
A) aesthetic distance.
B) intellectual separation.
C) reinforcement.
D) alienation.
Answer: A
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Define aesthetic distance
6) In ________ theatre, the emphasis is on education, personal development, or therapy.
A) participatory
B) distanced
C) alienated
D) observed
Answer: A
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Classify observed and participatory theatre
7) In Shakespeare's own day, women's parts were played by
A) prostitutes.
B) old men.
C) boys.
D) castrati.
Answer: C
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Illustrate the use of imagination in theatre
8) Rapid movements back and forth in time are called
A) crosscuts.
B) reminiscences.
C) flashbacks.
D) fades.
Answer: C
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, 9) An anachronism involves
A) the relating of a story or event that happened prior to the start of the play.
B) the refusal of the audience to suspend disbelief during a portion of the play.
C) use of a metaphor to communicate the underlying meaning of the play.
D) placing some character or event outside its proper time sequence.
Answer: D
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Illustrate the use of imagination in theatre
10) When we say that one thing is like another, it is called a simile; when we say one thing is
another, that is called a(n)
A) anachronism.
B) symbol.
C) metaphor.
D) substitution.
Answer: C
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Explain the use of metaphor as a tool of imagination
11) When an element of theatre resembles observed reality, it is considered
A) realistic.
B) nonrealistic.
C) anachronistic.
D) metaphoric.
Answer: A
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Contrast realism and nonrealism
12) Realism became the dominant form of European drama in the
A) Elizabethan era.
B) early eighteenth century.
C) middle of the twentieth century.
D) late nineteenth century.
Answer: D
Bloom's: Remember
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LO: Contrast realism and nonrealism
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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
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,5) The degree of separation between the object or event that an artist creates and the audience
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
6) In ________ theatre, the emphasis is on education, personal development, or therapy.
A) participatory
B) distanced
C) alienated
D) observed
Answer: A
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Classify observed and participatory theatre
7) In Shakespeare's own day, women's parts were played by
A) prostitutes.
B) old men.
C) boys.
D) castrati.
Answer: C
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Illustrate the use of imagination in theatre
8) Rapid movements back and forth in time are called
A) crosscuts.
B) reminiscences.
C) flashbacks.
D) fades.
Answer: C
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Illustrate the use of imagination in theatre
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, 9) An anachronism involves
A) the relating of a story or event that happened prior to the start of the play.
B) the refusal of the audience to suspend disbelief during a portion of the play.
C) use of a metaphor to communicate the underlying meaning of the play.
D) placing some character or event outside its proper time sequence.
Answer: D
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Illustrate the use of imagination in theatre
10) When we say that one thing is like another, it is called a simile; when we say one thing is
another, that is called a(n)
A) anachronism.
B) symbol.
C) metaphor.
D) substitution.
Answer: C
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Explain the use of metaphor as a tool of imagination
11) When an element of theatre resembles observed reality, it is considered
A) realistic.
B) nonrealistic.
C) anachronistic.
D) metaphoric.
Answer: A
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Contrast realism and nonrealism
12) Realism became the dominant form of European drama in the
A) Elizabethan era.
B) early eighteenth century.
C) middle of the twentieth century.
D) late nineteenth century.
Answer: D
Bloom's: Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
LO: Contrast realism and nonrealism
3
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