TA 101 Art of Theatre Chapter 11-17 Exam
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
A musical has three parts: the music with orchestrated melodies; the lyrics or the sung words;
and the spoken lines of dialogue. What other name describes the spoken lines?
Book
A play without music is sometimes called a(n)...
Straight play
A big musical number that results in a torrent of applause is called...
Showstopper
What musical combined comedy and serious drama to create what we know today as the
American musical?
Show Boat
Which play, produced in 1866, is often called the first modern musical?
The Black Crook
Which type of opera is sometimes called light opera?
Operetta
Musicals that have less spoken dialogue than music, such as Les Misérables and Evita, are also
known as...
Operatic musicals
Musicals that have particularly well-developed storylines, characters, and spoken dialogue are
called...
Book musicals
What form of early American "entertainment" included comic scenes, dance interludes, and
sentimental ballads, all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South?
Minstrel shows
, Which country produces more musicals today than any other?
India
A(n) ____ is a program of satirical sketches, singing, and dancing on a particular theme.
Revue
The song "Tonight" from West Side Story is an example of a...
Ballad
Who writes the book portion of a musical?
Librettist
Mamma Mia! is considered a(n)...
Jukebox musical
At the beginning of a traditional musical, the __________ lets the audience know that the
performance is about to begin.
Overture
Many scholars agree that theatre grew out of...
Religious rituals
Which type of opera used an orchestra made up of gongs, cymbals, lutes, rattles, drums,
castanets, and a two-string violin?
Peking opera
In this type of Japanese theatre the audience is expected to actively participate. They will call
out an actor's name if they like a particular moment.
Kabuki
Which type of early African theatre uses acting, music, storytelling, poetry, dance, costumes,
and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama?
Precolonial
In the nineteenth century, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Italy
divided Africa into territories. They introduced what type of theatre?
Western-style theatre
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
A musical has three parts: the music with orchestrated melodies; the lyrics or the sung words;
and the spoken lines of dialogue. What other name describes the spoken lines?
Book
A play without music is sometimes called a(n)...
Straight play
A big musical number that results in a torrent of applause is called...
Showstopper
What musical combined comedy and serious drama to create what we know today as the
American musical?
Show Boat
Which play, produced in 1866, is often called the first modern musical?
The Black Crook
Which type of opera is sometimes called light opera?
Operetta
Musicals that have less spoken dialogue than music, such as Les Misérables and Evita, are also
known as...
Operatic musicals
Musicals that have particularly well-developed storylines, characters, and spoken dialogue are
called...
Book musicals
What form of early American "entertainment" included comic scenes, dance interludes, and
sentimental ballads, all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South?
Minstrel shows
, Which country produces more musicals today than any other?
India
A(n) ____ is a program of satirical sketches, singing, and dancing on a particular theme.
Revue
The song "Tonight" from West Side Story is an example of a...
Ballad
Who writes the book portion of a musical?
Librettist
Mamma Mia! is considered a(n)...
Jukebox musical
At the beginning of a traditional musical, the __________ lets the audience know that the
performance is about to begin.
Overture
Many scholars agree that theatre grew out of...
Religious rituals
Which type of opera used an orchestra made up of gongs, cymbals, lutes, rattles, drums,
castanets, and a two-string violin?
Peking opera
In this type of Japanese theatre the audience is expected to actively participate. They will call
out an actor's name if they like a particular moment.
Kabuki
Which type of early African theatre uses acting, music, storytelling, poetry, dance, costumes,
and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama?
Precolonial
In the nineteenth century, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Italy
divided Africa into territories. They introduced what type of theatre?
Western-style theatre
