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FESTIVAL & SPECIAL EVENT MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIALS
CHAPTER NO. 01: AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT FIELD
QUESTION POOL
1. The event tradition in Australia has been forged by:
a. Governments
b. Business
c. Community groups and individuals
*d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.1: Define special events and demonstrate an awareness of why special
events have evolved in human society.
2. The tradition of events in Australia:
a. Derives directly from Aboriginal Australian culture
*b. Is a continuation of the human need to celebrate and mark important occasions
c. Is a celebration of our connection to the natural environment, such as seasons and moon phases
d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.1: Define special events and demonstrate an awareness of why special
events have evolved in human society.
3. At the beginning of the 20th
Century, Australians had come to terms with the Australian landscape. This led to the rise in popularity
of:
a. Anniversary Day
,b. Balls, shows and travelling entertainment
*c. Picnics
d. Rum-soaked debauchery
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
4. An Australian home-grown tradition of celebration, typified by Sydney's Waratah Festival,
Melbourne's Moomba Festival or Ballarat's Begonia Festival emerged:
a. After Federation
b. After the Depression
*c. After World War II
d. After 1970
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
5. City and town festivals such as Young's Cherry Festival, Bowral's Tulip Time and Newcastle's
Mattara Festival:
a. Were the vanguard of an Australian home-grown tradition of celebration
b. Were and continue to be a badge of civic pride
c. Were and continue to be a focus for community groups and charity fund-raising
*d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
6. In 1947, the Edinburgh Festival, founded as part of the post-war spirit of reconstruction and renewal,
provided the world with a powerful new model of community festival. An example of a festival in
Australia that was inspired by this model is:
a. Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers
,*b. The Adelaide Festival of the Arts
c. Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
d. Melbourne's Moomba Festival
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
7. Festivals like the Aquarius Festival or the Lygon Street Festa emerged following the Australia
Council's push to:
a. Free the Arts from suburban shackles
b. Empower the artist to see beyond their own cultural context
*c. Re-integrate artistic practice into community life
d. Celebrate Australia's colonial history
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
8. The emergence of multiculturalism and cultural pluralism in Australia in the 1970s:
a. Focused artistic life on the vibrant inner-cities
b. Consolidated power in the hands of experienced and professional artists, curators and organisers.
*c. Encouraged new voices, particularly migrants, workers and Aboriginal people to engage in the
artistic culture of Australia
d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
9. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were significant for the events industry because:
*a. It demonstrated that major events could be economically viable
b. It heralded an era of events that were more show than substance
c. It demonstrated how popular sporting events could be corrupted by the Television Industry
, d. It paved the way for the Americanisation of cultural life
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
10. The boom in special events in the 1980s was:
*a. Supported by the Public Sector, through the newly established State Event Corporations
b. Regulated by the Public Sector, through the newly established Event Regulations Act
c. Discouraged by the Public Sector, through the Department of Cultural Preservation
d. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
11. In the 1990s, the corporate world became drawn to events
a. Through State and Federal policies of grants and tax incentives
b. As they saw that major events would not be possible without corporate backing
c. As they realised that superior events could be produced in-house.
*d. As they recognised of the marketing and image-making power of events.
12.
From an events perspective, an enduring legacy of the Australian Bicentenary Celebrations is:
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
Feedback:
*d) Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an
event industry.
a. The on-going Government support for events
b. The number of public spaces dedicated to celebrations and special events
c. The public appetite for high-quality special events
*d. All of the above.
FESTIVAL & SPECIAL EVENT MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIALS
CHAPTER NO. 01: AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT FIELD
QUESTION POOL
1. The event tradition in Australia has been forged by:
a. Governments
b. Business
c. Community groups and individuals
*d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.1: Define special events and demonstrate an awareness of why special
events have evolved in human society.
2. The tradition of events in Australia:
a. Derives directly from Aboriginal Australian culture
*b. Is a continuation of the human need to celebrate and mark important occasions
c. Is a celebration of our connection to the natural environment, such as seasons and moon phases
d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.1: Define special events and demonstrate an awareness of why special
events have evolved in human society.
3. At the beginning of the 20th
Century, Australians had come to terms with the Australian landscape. This led to the rise in popularity
of:
a. Anniversary Day
,b. Balls, shows and travelling entertainment
*c. Picnics
d. Rum-soaked debauchery
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
4. An Australian home-grown tradition of celebration, typified by Sydney's Waratah Festival,
Melbourne's Moomba Festival or Ballarat's Begonia Festival emerged:
a. After Federation
b. After the Depression
*c. After World War II
d. After 1970
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
5. City and town festivals such as Young's Cherry Festival, Bowral's Tulip Time and Newcastle's
Mattara Festival:
a. Were the vanguard of an Australian home-grown tradition of celebration
b. Were and continue to be a badge of civic pride
c. Were and continue to be a focus for community groups and charity fund-raising
*d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
6. In 1947, the Edinburgh Festival, founded as part of the post-war spirit of reconstruction and renewal,
provided the world with a powerful new model of community festival. An example of a festival in
Australia that was inspired by this model is:
a. Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers
,*b. The Adelaide Festival of the Arts
c. Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
d. Melbourne's Moomba Festival
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
7. Festivals like the Aquarius Festival or the Lygon Street Festa emerged following the Australia
Council's push to:
a. Free the Arts from suburban shackles
b. Empower the artist to see beyond their own cultural context
*c. Re-integrate artistic practice into community life
d. Celebrate Australia's colonial history
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
8. The emergence of multiculturalism and cultural pluralism in Australia in the 1970s:
a. Focused artistic life on the vibrant inner-cities
b. Consolidated power in the hands of experienced and professional artists, curators and organisers.
*c. Encouraged new voices, particularly migrants, workers and Aboriginal people to engage in the
artistic culture of Australia
d. All of the above
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.2: Describe the role of special events in Australia and the Australian tradition of
special events.
9. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were significant for the events industry because:
*a. It demonstrated that major events could be economically viable
b. It heralded an era of events that were more show than substance
c. It demonstrated how popular sporting events could be corrupted by the Television Industry
, d. It paved the way for the Americanisation of cultural life
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
10. The boom in special events in the 1980s was:
*a. Supported by the Public Sector, through the newly established State Event Corporations
b. Regulated by the Public Sector, through the newly established Event Regulations Act
c. Discouraged by the Public Sector, through the Department of Cultural Preservation
d. All of the above.
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
11. In the 1990s, the corporate world became drawn to events
a. Through State and Federal policies of grants and tax incentives
b. As they saw that major events would not be possible without corporate backing
c. As they realised that superior events could be produced in-house.
*d. As they recognised of the marketing and image-making power of events.
12.
From an events perspective, an enduring legacy of the Australian Bicentenary Celebrations is:
General Feedback:
Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an event
industry.
Feedback:
*d) Learning objective 1.3: Discuss the growth of state event corporations and the emergence of an
event industry.
a. The on-going Government support for events
b. The number of public spaces dedicated to celebrations and special events
c. The public appetite for high-quality special events
*d. All of the above.
