UCF Theatre Survey-Shafer Final
a 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp and has forgotten his sun screen
"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?
Plautus
"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance in three days." This quote is an example of the playwright's focus on everyday life. Who is he?
quizzes
According to Start Here, your Assessment will include...
in a theatre-yes if there is an accepted stage convention-yes if you have suspended you disbelief-yes
Can a bench be a car?
a special effect where gods are flown in with ropes and pulleys
Deus Ex Machina means 'God in the Machine.' What does it refer to?
yes
Did Elizabeth I support theatre in London?
censor
Elizabeth I's Master of Revels was a...
Sophocles
He was the first to introduce the use of three actors separate from the Chorus. His most famous tragedies feature Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Who is this man?
True
It may be assumed that we developed basic language skills before we began telling actual story.
religious drama
Queen Elizabeth I outlawed what as soon as she ascended the throne?
attendence at one Approved live theatre performance
Syllabus mentions what major class requirement?
Plautus
This playwright was a comedian who borrowed from the Greeks. Rather than focusing on kings and heroes, his characters inhabit middle and lower class lives. His writing is often disparaged as being 'low comedy.' Who is this?
suspended your disbelief
To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means you have...
John Leguizamo's - Freak
links appeared in start here
A script a process a product
the typical theatrical venue or show has which of the following elements?
The Lion King The Book of Mormon Cirque de Soliel -Zumanity
videos viewed in Start Here
a passion play
Any play that details the story of the life, death, and resurrection of any deity may be called?
no
Are Reality TV shows and stage Realism real?
Dionysus
Greek plays were also performed as part of religious festivals in honor of ...
Euripedes
He was a rebel known for daring to raise questions about the validity of the gods themselves. Two of his most significant works were The Bacchae and Medea. Who was he?
the church
Legal theatre appeared again (after the ban) in a surprising place. Where?
a cathedral
Liturgical Drama generally was held in a specific place. Where?
republic
Rome started as a _________ and ended as an Empire.
Yes. Theatre in "the raw"
Section 1 discussed professional wrestling. Is The Undertaker doing theatre (according to your reading)?
false
Shakespeare's History plays are historically true.
bread and circuses
Some blame the fall of Rome on rulers who distracted their populations from real problems with...
excommunication
The Catholic Church needed an ultimate weapon after the fall of Rome. What did they use?
the fall of the Roman Empire
The Catholic Church rose to fill a power vacuum caused by...
The Poetics
The Greek philosopher Aristotle (one of the big three of ancient philosophy) described the formula for a dramatic script. It is believed that Aristotle wrote two books on the dramatic form; one on tragedy and one on comedy. Only the book on tragedy survived. What is it called?
The Catholic Church
The Holy Roman Empire is another reference to...
-was an early form of comedy -Is the origin of the word 'satyric' -was performed in addition to tragedies
The Satyr Play...
Seneca
"Religion is regarded as truth by the common people, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." I find this quote to be quite amusing coming from a Senator and tragic playwright! Who is it?
Terence
"She never was very charming till she died." This is an example of the humor of...
ritual
A _________ is nothing without the story behind it that explains it.
a schism
A __________ is when a group in one form of Christianity disagrees with one or more teachings of the original group and splinters off to form their own independent church.
NO
According to Syllabus, are late assignments accepted?
NO, HELL NO, NOT YES
According to Syllabus, is there any possibility for make-ups or extra credit?
don't be stupid. there is no book for this course
According to Syllabus, what book is required for this course?
by Og to call on the spirits for aid to create hope
According to a major theory presented in your module, the first story and ritual was invented...
Thespis
According to many records, __________ is considered to be the person who was the first principal actor in a play. (We discussed earlier that this has been discovered to be incorrect.) The story goes that _________ stepped away from the Chorus and spoke to them and engaged in a dialogue that was different from the group chanting that had been going on.
tourist attractions
According to your Module, Secular plays in Europe were...
-He understood that art and science were two sides of the same coin. -He was a poet. -He is like theatre artists. He tried to figure out the truth of the world.
Albert Einstein was included in your Module. Why?
using the vernacular
Another way of indicating/saying that you are using the 'common spoken tongue of a region' would be...
The Concordia Regularus
England's Bishop Ethelwold (963-984) wrote a doctrine of rules that outlined what was permissible to perform in Churches. What was it called?
Festival Dionysia
Greek Tragic Poets normally presented their plays in groups of four: three tragedies and a Satyr Play. Where?
-outdoors -in the daylight -with no sound amplification
Greek theatre was performed...
an angry mob tore him to pieces for what they considered to be a bad performance
How did St. Genesius die?
centuries
How long did the ban on theatre in western Europe last during the Medieval period?
a schism
If you are a Protestant Christian, you are the direct result of...
judge
If you are a kritai, you are a...
Climatic
If you build logically toward a climatic end of a story, this is probably what form of dramatic storytelling structure?
dancing demons
If you found a Hell Mouth, what might be in it?
ucf online support
If you have trouble accessing a link, who do you contact?
read protocols
Instructor Advice and Guidelines in Start Here lists three things you should do. Which of the following is one of the things?
read the syllabus
Instructor Advice and Guidelines in Start Here lists three things you should do. Which of the following is one of the things?
Terence
It is believed that _________ was of African descent. One recent and unconfirmed source claims he was Tunisian. He, too, borrowed from the Greeks, but his writing style and intellectual humor have often been cited as a reason to consider him a superior playwright. His plays are often referred to as being 'high comedy.' Who is he?
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!" and 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.
Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film never changes. What example/s of this was given?
no, hell no, not yes
Module 1 introduced the idea of the 'socially theatrical' person. Is this the same as theatre?
true
Never get on the wrong side of a master poet!
stage convention
On stage, "we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the duration of a performance." What is this called in theatre?
branded as infamous
One of the first things the Church did was to BAN ALL theatre. They went further and banned ALL story tellers. The officially terminology was...
Thomas Kidd Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare
Pick the Elizabethan playwright/s?
teacher
Playwrights were referred to as a didaskalos, which means...
-Story often was told by shaman/holy men of other faiths -a desire to control all story for themselves -Controlling story-tellers was a lot easier than controlling hostile armies
So, why ban theatre and story?
May contain adult content
Some materials in this course
a key human survival trait
Some surmise that the ability to tell story is not only entertaining and sometimes educational, but may be...
wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare
Some think the 17th Earl of Oxford...
tend to skip and or tune out
The first sentence in Syllabus reads as the following: "This is usually a place where students...
the Quem Quaeritis
The first short play we have recorded that appeared in a church after the ban on theatre was ____________. roughly translated as, 'Whom Do You Seek?'It was an instant hit.
been sung or chanted
The function of the Greek Chorus was to watch and comment on the action after a major scene took place. These "chorale odes" may have...
Everyman
The message that only your good deeds will follow you beyond the grave may be found in...
cause and effect
The most common Western dramatic form of storytelling uses...
skip around
The next piece of advice offered in Syllabus suggests that you don't...
read all of this and other content pages
The second sentence in Syllabus reads as: "SUCCESS FOR THIS COURSE REQUIRES THAT YOU...
Seneca
The three major extant Roman playwrights mentioned in your Module include...
a safe place
Theatre has never been...
real
There is an extant record of one Roman Emperor commanding that all depictions of sex on stage must be...
Osiris
What character was featured in the Abydos Passion Play?
-the world's oldest known clown -a mythical creature of the underworld -an embodiment of chaos and creation
What is a Kusillo?
the immediacy is different
What is a big difference between live theatre and film?
a stage shoe
What is a kathornoi?
-chief magistrate -first producers or perhaps a generous church Deacon -the person you applied to as a playwright in Greece
What is an Archon? (Not the social fraternity Archon- the one related to theatre)
morality play
What might be an example of medieval Secular Drama?
theatrical illusion truth seeming performance style
What, exactly, is Realism?
basically, anywhere other than a church
Where does Secular Drama take place?
Egypt
Where was the first recorded play?
Greek
Which culture, Egyptian or Greek, had more influence on later Western cultures?
-Everyman -Wealth -Death
Which of the following appear in Everyman?
-the passion play -the miracle play -the cycle play
Which of the following is a form of Secular Drama from the Medieval period?
take the time to read it all
Which of the following is likely contained in the first paragraph of Syllabus?
Satan
Who (essentially) chased theatre out of the church?
Aeschylus
Who is often called the father of Greek drama (and/or tragedy)?
Genesius
Who is the patron saint of actors, thieves, and whores?
Not Sophocles Aeschylus Euripedes
Who was the most significant comic Greek playwright? He wrote Lysistrata.
a sensitive theoretical caveman
Who, or what, is Og?
the syllabus
You must read
Do not lobby a professor for higher grades that are unearned
Your Syllabus offers the following "advice for care and feeding of professors- Never say the following to any instructor. Biting may occur." What advice is actually given?
Not Levi Terence Plautus
_________ was a Senator and it has been hotly debated whether his tragic plays were ever performed in public during his life time. However, the impact of his writing is undoubted. He wrote tragedies and was credited for creating raging and sorrowful Tragic Rants- a form of extended and heightened monologue.
absurdism/absurd
__________ explores the belief that the entire world is _________ and therefore any truthful exploration of the human experience will also be __________ and make little sense.
ritual drama
__________ is a repeatable event. Great care must be taken. There are rules/conventions that must be followed that match the expectations of the group.
