BCLE 2000 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED 100% CORRECT
⩥Section 1 discussed professional wrestling. Is The Undertaker doing
theatre (according to your reading)?
- Yes. Theatre in 'the raw.'
-no
-hella no
-B & C but not A. Answer: Yes. Theatre in 'the raw'
⩥On stage, "we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the
duration of a performance." What is this called in theatre?
-learned behavior
-social modeling
-stage convention
-none of the above. Answer: stage convention
⩥To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means
you have...
-become a snowflake
-suspended your disbelief
-forgotten it is a talking lion and they don't exist
,-none of the above. Answer: suspended your disbelief
⩥Can a bench be a car?
-In a theatre, yes
-If there is an accepted stage convention, yes
-If you have suspended your disbelief, yes
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥"A strong theatrical event has an agreed upon script/event that has
been created by a script writer or playwright." The assumption when
going to a play is that something interesting is going to happen worthy
of our attention. Which of the following is more likely to appear in a
stage play?
-a man sits alone, silently typing away at a computer
-An empty stage sits quietly when the curtain rises
-a 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp
and has forgotten his sun screen
-a woman listens to music and chops vegetables. Answer: a 12 year old
vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp and has
forgotten his sun screen
⩥What is a big difference between live theatre and film?
-the popcorn is different
-the smells are different
,-the immediacy is different
-all of the above. Answer: the immediacy is different
⩥Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film
never changes. What example/s of this was given?
-During a showing of Avengers: The Age of Ultron, a cell phone goes
off. The person is rude and begins to talk loudly on the phone. Mark
Ruffalo can't hear this in film and respond AS THE HULK, "Get off
phone, puny man, or Hulk SMASH!" No, it is always the same
performance no matter what.
-a ten-year-old girl stood up in the front row and yelled at the actor
playing Falstaff. She said, "I can't understand a damn word you're
saying! And besides! This is a re-run! I saw this show last week!"
-Film and theatre are exactly the same
-A & B but not C. Answer: A & B but not C
⩥Are Reality TV shows and stage Realism real?
-No
-Hella No
-For God's sake, NO!
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥What, exactly, is Realism?
-theatrical illusion
, -truth seeming
-performance style
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥Who, or what, is Og?
-The plumber on 42nd Street Broadway Theatre
-a sensitive theoretical caveman
-The first extant dramatic poem
-all of the above. Answer: a sensitive theoretical caveman
⩥The most common Western dramatic form of storytelling uses...
-bait and switch
-cause and effect
-read and weep
-all of the above. Answer: cause and effect
⩥If you build logically toward a climatic end of a story, this is probably
what form of dramatic storytelling structure?
-architectural
-foundational
-Climatic
-none of the above. Answer: climatic
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED 100% CORRECT
⩥Section 1 discussed professional wrestling. Is The Undertaker doing
theatre (according to your reading)?
- Yes. Theatre in 'the raw.'
-no
-hella no
-B & C but not A. Answer: Yes. Theatre in 'the raw'
⩥On stage, "we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the
duration of a performance." What is this called in theatre?
-learned behavior
-social modeling
-stage convention
-none of the above. Answer: stage convention
⩥To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means
you have...
-become a snowflake
-suspended your disbelief
-forgotten it is a talking lion and they don't exist
,-none of the above. Answer: suspended your disbelief
⩥Can a bench be a car?
-In a theatre, yes
-If there is an accepted stage convention, yes
-If you have suspended your disbelief, yes
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥"A strong theatrical event has an agreed upon script/event that has
been created by a script writer or playwright." The assumption when
going to a play is that something interesting is going to happen worthy
of our attention. Which of the following is more likely to appear in a
stage play?
-a man sits alone, silently typing away at a computer
-An empty stage sits quietly when the curtain rises
-a 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp
and has forgotten his sun screen
-a woman listens to music and chops vegetables. Answer: a 12 year old
vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp and has
forgotten his sun screen
⩥What is a big difference between live theatre and film?
-the popcorn is different
-the smells are different
,-the immediacy is different
-all of the above. Answer: the immediacy is different
⩥Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film
never changes. What example/s of this was given?
-During a showing of Avengers: The Age of Ultron, a cell phone goes
off. The person is rude and begins to talk loudly on the phone. Mark
Ruffalo can't hear this in film and respond AS THE HULK, "Get off
phone, puny man, or Hulk SMASH!" No, it is always the same
performance no matter what.
-a ten-year-old girl stood up in the front row and yelled at the actor
playing Falstaff. She said, "I can't understand a damn word you're
saying! And besides! This is a re-run! I saw this show last week!"
-Film and theatre are exactly the same
-A & B but not C. Answer: A & B but not C
⩥Are Reality TV shows and stage Realism real?
-No
-Hella No
-For God's sake, NO!
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥What, exactly, is Realism?
-theatrical illusion
, -truth seeming
-performance style
-all of the above. Answer: all of the above
⩥Who, or what, is Og?
-The plumber on 42nd Street Broadway Theatre
-a sensitive theoretical caveman
-The first extant dramatic poem
-all of the above. Answer: a sensitive theoretical caveman
⩥The most common Western dramatic form of storytelling uses...
-bait and switch
-cause and effect
-read and weep
-all of the above. Answer: cause and effect
⩥If you build logically toward a climatic end of a story, this is probably
what form of dramatic storytelling structure?
-architectural
-foundational
-Climatic
-none of the above. Answer: climatic
