Theater kms QUESTIONS WELL
ANSWERED ALREADY PASSED
Movement/Dance theatre, exemplified by groups like Stomp and Blue Man Group, focus on
dance, movement, and music as the center of the performance experience.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
The climax of a play is the peak of the struggle in the characters' conflict.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
All of the following are true about Elizabethan theatre except:
a. Shakespeare was an innovative Elizabethan playwright. One innovation involved his use of
soliloquies to explore a character's deepest thoughts and feelings rather than to simply provide
information as had been done in the past.
b. The classical humanists of Greece and Rome became models for Elizabethans.
c. Christopher Marlowe was a contemporary of Shakespeare's during this period
d. Jacobean plays were light hearted comedies, while Tudor plays evolved in the universities and
broke from the control of the church.
,e. Small, more expensive indoor theatres were built to house boy companies, a special group of
male actors. - correct answer ✔✔ d
Georgian theatre was a theatre that was very concerned about aristocratic privilege.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ False
"Unfortunately, most actors did not grasp the opportunity afforded them by the audience's
nearness to deliver a rich performance. For example, the opening scene that features the
famous line, "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bit my thumb, sir," was played
angrily — as if the actors did not realize that the whole scene was a play on words."
This quote from a review of Romeo and Juliet by Jacqueline O'Connor for The Tech
demonstrates which guideline for writing critical reviews:
A.
Never give away surprise elements of a show.
B.
Be sure to provide an example that explains your strong or negative criticism.
C.
Be sure to name the actors when reviewing their performance.
D.
Do not spend time recounting the entire plot of the play in your review - correct answer ✔✔ B
The actors in Restoration theatre were cast according to type.
,true or false - correct answer ✔✔ True
Live theatre will often demand more dialogue in the script than film events, as the audience will
most likely be expected to listen carefully, and experience the event in a more auditory way,
rather than the more visual way used by film.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ true
The "theatron" was the part of the Greek theatre where
Selected Answer:
a. a pulley system lowered "gods"
b. the audience was seated
c. the actors performed
d. entrances and exits were provided, as well as a changing room - correct answer ✔✔ b
The most popular form of Kabuki is onna Kabuki, which is performed entirely by men.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
Proscenium Stage - correct answer ✔✔ a stage with a permanent framed opening through
which the audience sees the play
, Greek plays tended to take place in "real time," located in a ingle place, and they tend to tell
one story about one event, usually starting near the end (a late point of attack).
True or false - correct answer ✔✔ true
Action is necessary in a good play and this must be comprised of physically active moments or
scenes.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
The conceptual director seeks to serve the script, aiming to realize and enhance the playwright's
vision, whereas the traditional director uses the script as a vehicle to express an idea, explore a
problem, or serve a cause--regardless of the playwright's intent.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
Which of the following is true about the ground rules of Improvisational theatre:
A.
All participants need to accept whatever their fellow actors say or do in order to keep the action
of the scene moving forward.
B.
Actors need to let go of trying to predetermine, steer, or control a scene and instead work
together as a group to solve the issue of a scene.
C.
ANSWERED ALREADY PASSED
Movement/Dance theatre, exemplified by groups like Stomp and Blue Man Group, focus on
dance, movement, and music as the center of the performance experience.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
The climax of a play is the peak of the struggle in the characters' conflict.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
All of the following are true about Elizabethan theatre except:
a. Shakespeare was an innovative Elizabethan playwright. One innovation involved his use of
soliloquies to explore a character's deepest thoughts and feelings rather than to simply provide
information as had been done in the past.
b. The classical humanists of Greece and Rome became models for Elizabethans.
c. Christopher Marlowe was a contemporary of Shakespeare's during this period
d. Jacobean plays were light hearted comedies, while Tudor plays evolved in the universities and
broke from the control of the church.
,e. Small, more expensive indoor theatres were built to house boy companies, a special group of
male actors. - correct answer ✔✔ d
Georgian theatre was a theatre that was very concerned about aristocratic privilege.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ False
"Unfortunately, most actors did not grasp the opportunity afforded them by the audience's
nearness to deliver a rich performance. For example, the opening scene that features the
famous line, "No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bit my thumb, sir," was played
angrily — as if the actors did not realize that the whole scene was a play on words."
This quote from a review of Romeo and Juliet by Jacqueline O'Connor for The Tech
demonstrates which guideline for writing critical reviews:
A.
Never give away surprise elements of a show.
B.
Be sure to provide an example that explains your strong or negative criticism.
C.
Be sure to name the actors when reviewing their performance.
D.
Do not spend time recounting the entire plot of the play in your review - correct answer ✔✔ B
The actors in Restoration theatre were cast according to type.
,true or false - correct answer ✔✔ True
Live theatre will often demand more dialogue in the script than film events, as the audience will
most likely be expected to listen carefully, and experience the event in a more auditory way,
rather than the more visual way used by film.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ true
The "theatron" was the part of the Greek theatre where
Selected Answer:
a. a pulley system lowered "gods"
b. the audience was seated
c. the actors performed
d. entrances and exits were provided, as well as a changing room - correct answer ✔✔ b
The most popular form of Kabuki is onna Kabuki, which is performed entirely by men.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
Proscenium Stage - correct answer ✔✔ a stage with a permanent framed opening through
which the audience sees the play
, Greek plays tended to take place in "real time," located in a ingle place, and they tend to tell
one story about one event, usually starting near the end (a late point of attack).
True or false - correct answer ✔✔ true
Action is necessary in a good play and this must be comprised of physically active moments or
scenes.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
The conceptual director seeks to serve the script, aiming to realize and enhance the playwright's
vision, whereas the traditional director uses the script as a vehicle to express an idea, explore a
problem, or serve a cause--regardless of the playwright's intent.
true or false - correct answer ✔✔ false
Which of the following is true about the ground rules of Improvisational theatre:
A.
All participants need to accept whatever their fellow actors say or do in order to keep the action
of the scene moving forward.
B.
Actors need to let go of trying to predetermine, steer, or control a scene and instead work
together as a group to solve the issue of a scene.
C.
