THEA-1000 FINAL

What is a gobo or template? A circular item with an image or pattern cut out so that light passing through projects the image/pattern onto the set. A light that is used specifically for cycloramas. light with a circular beam whose size can be adjusted but is not incredibly powerful. Colored plastic that is placed in front of the beam of light to change its color.

A circular item with an image or pattern cut out so that light passing through projects the image/ pattern onto the set

Theatrical realism is often seen as having serious limitations as it excludes what? Fantasy All of these Supernatural Symbolism

All of these

In Red by John Logan, the setting for the play is a(an): A Loft Apartment Artist's Studio The Guggenheim Museum. An art gallery in SoHo.

Artist's Studio

Which lighting instrument type can utilize gobos and templates, can be used as a followspot, and can alter the focal length of the light beam with the use of barrels? Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlights Automated or Moving Lights Soft-Edged Spotlights Floodlights, strip light, or border light.

Automated or Moving Lights

What is a line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter called? Personification Blank Verse Elision Allusion

Blank Verse

This type of musical featured a story that was typically frivolous combined with enduring popular songs: Jukebox Musical Concept Musical Book Musical Film Adaptation Musical

Book Musical

Which type of Japanese theatre uses puppets operated by three performers? Noh Kabuki Wayang Bunraku

Bunraku

The lighting terminology that describes one set of lights fading down while another gets brighter is a: Split Cross-Fade Black-out Fade Cross-Fade

Cross-Fade

What is the Element of Stage Lighting that helps the lighting designer achieve differences in intensity. Dimmers Gels Angle Transitions

Dimmers

During the 18th Century, and new form of French drama formed. What was it called? None of these Moliere Drame Bourgeois tragedy

Drame

What does Ken realize the red paint reminds him of? Rust and decay Dried blood A particular sunset he witnessed

Dried blood

Which modern theatre movement instructs by alienating the audience and hoped to create an intellectual climate for social change? Theatre of the Absurd Happenings Epic Theatre Existentialism

Epic Theatre

A stitcher is a technician who patterns, pins, and drapes the fabric to fit the individual actor perfectly, whereas a draper is a technician who sews all the costumes. True False

False

Because costumes must stand out from the scenery in order to be seen, costumes are rarely designed to be consistent with the scenic design for a production. True False

False

Costume designers rarely meet the actors who will be wearing their costumes, leaving those responsibilities to the stage manager. True False

False

The choregus is the lead actor in a Greek drama. True False

False

True or False: Light plots cannot be used to determine what type of lighting instruments should be used to accomplish the lighting design. True False

False

True or False: Private theatres in Elizabethan England were outdoor spaces in which circulating vendors sold wine, beer, ale, nuts, and even playing cards. True False

False

Waiting For Godot is probably the most famous realistic play ever written. True False

False

When costumes are taken from inventory or rented from a costume house, this is known as rendering a costume. True False

False

While fabric affects the silhouette, texture, and bulk of a costume, it has little symbolic value. True False

False

Which playwrights double as pioneers of both realism and antirealism? Wedekind & Chekov Ibsen & Strindberg Ibsen & Chekov Strindberg & Wedekind

Ibsen & Strindberg

In Red, the characters reference the artist, Jackson Pollock. How did he die? He shot himself. Liver Cancer He hung himself. In a car accident.

In a car accident.

This type of musical takes source material from a popular band, musician, or musical artist and strings songs together with a loose plot: Jukebox Musical Concept musical Film Adaptation Musical Book Musical

Jukebox Musical

In Red by John Logan, whose artistic process and thoughts do we explore? Mark Rothko Andy Warhol Pablo Picasso

Mark Rothko

Which of the following is NOT an element of Costume Design? Mass Line/Silhouette Color Texture

Mass

Which of the following is an extreme form of realism where dramatic action should look like a "slice of life"? Symbolism Theatricalism Naturalism

Naturalism

In Red by John Logan, we see a fictionalized account of an artist creating several paintings for a commission. Do the paintings end up hanging in the Four Seasons as planned? Yes, the artist completes the paintings and attends their unveiling. Yes, but the artist can't stand to see his work commercialized and doesn't attend the unveiling. No, the artist gives the money back and keeps his paintings.

No, the artist gives the money back and keeps his paintings.

Which of the following wrote plays that dealt exclusively with domestic situations Plautus Seneca Horace Sophocles

Plautus

In Red by John Logan, which genre of visual art is threatening to overtake the popularity of Abstract Expressionism? Assemblage Cubism Pop Art Surrealism

Pop Art

What theatrical genre seeks to make everything onstage resemble observable, everyday life through credibility and sense of identification? Symbolism Realism Existentialism

Realism

What type of dramatic genre rejected artistic rules, kept to episodic dramatic structure, and showcased a romantic hero who was a social outcast? Satirical Ballad Opera Melodrama Drame Romanticism

Romanticism

In the play, Red, where is the main character from? England Brooklyn, NY Germany Russia

Russia

The works of ________ likely influenced Shakespeare's Hamlet. Terence Horace Plautus Seneca

Seneca

What is a lengthy speech in which a character, alone onstage, expresses their thoughts aloud? Dialogue Soliloquy Monologue

Soliloquy

Who increased the number of members in the chorus from twelve to fifteen? Aristophanes Euripides Aeschylus Sophocles

Sophocles

Which modern theatre type emphasized bombarding the sensory and believed western theatre was antithetical to its ritualistic origins because of its emphasis on language? Expressionism Epic Theatre Surrealism Theatre of Cruelty

Theatre of Cruelty

Which modern theatre movement combined existentialist philosophy with revolutionary, avant-garde dramatic form and reflected ridiculousness and absurdity in dramatic action? Theatre of the Absurd Futurism Existentialism Russian Theatricalism

Theatre of the Absurd

What are the three unities of Neoclassism? Time, Place, Action Time, Relationship, Action Time, Place, Plot Emotion, Place, Time

Time, Place, Action

What is the number one function and priority of stage lighting? To provide visibility To reinforce sound design To provide symbolism To create mood

To provide visibility

Despite the popularity of medieval religious drama, secular theatre and drama also existed in the Middle Ages True False

True

In addition to the costumes themselves, makeup and wigs are also part of the responsibilities of the costume designer. True False

True

Noh Theatre was influenced by both Shinto and Buddhism. True False

True

Realistic plays often tackle subjects that are taboo, such as economic justice, gender double standards, and religious hypocrisy. True False

True

The speeches of the Greek chorus were sung and danced. True False

True

True or False: Sound Reproduction is the use of motivated or environmental sounds. True False

True

True or False: The Pole & Chariot System of moving scenery allowed all scenic shutters belonging to the same scene to be moved at once, increasing the efficiency of scenery shifts. True False

True

Women were allowed to perform in the Sanskrit dramas in India. True False

True

Restoration theatre architecture included what onstage? A balcony on one side and two doors on the other side of the stage None of these One door and no balcony on either side of the stage Two Doors under a balcony on either side of the stage

Two Doors under a balcony on either side of the stage

The person who organizes and preps costumes for dress rehearsal and performances is the _________________________. Wardrobe Supervisor First Hand Costume Shop Supervisor None of these

Wardrobe Supervisor

Which of the following most accurately defines the term "unities"? repeated bits of comic business used in commedia dell'arte a neoclassicist mandate for playwrights, formulated by Italian critics adoption of Italian theatrical conventions by the French and Spanish during the Renaissance a system of tracks that allows for the movement of wings on and off stage

a neoclassicist mandate for playwrights, formulated by Italian critics adoption of Italian theatrical conventions by the French and Spanish during the Renaissance

In the play, Red, by John Logan, what does the main character say his art work needs? a critic an art dealer bright lighting a viewer

a viewer

Walking sticks are examples of line, shape, and silhouette color fabric accessories

accessories

Through the use of color, shadow, and intensity, lighting can suggest a time of day a season of the year a place all of these answers are correct.

all of these answers are correct.

The main stage area under the roof of a Noh theatre is called the: samisen raza hanamachi butai

butai

Clothes have always indicated or signaled a number of things regarding the wearer, except for which of the following? flamboyance or modesty character flaws position or status gender identity

character flaws

A type of play that pokes fun at the social conventions of the upper class is called a bourgeois comedy. sentimental comedy. burlesque. comedy of manners.

comedy of manners

The sound designer's primary collaborator on any theatrical production is the automation engineer master electrician director moving light programmer

director

The objective of costumes are many. For example, costumes help establish the style of the production. Which of the following, however, is NOT one of a costumer's objectives? draw attention to the skill of the designer indicates the historical period of the play works to be consistent with the production as a whole shows relationships among characters

draw attention to the skill of the designer

Sound that recreates the noises of everyday life and help create the verisimilitude of a play, but are not specifically called for by the script, are called motivated sounds environmental sounds atmospheric sounds contextual sounds

environmental sounds

Bertolt Brecht is associated with which theatrical movement? theatre of cruelty theatricalism epic theatre realism

epic theatre

The use of historificattion and other techniques to alienate the audience are features of naturalism expressionism epic theatre theatricalism

epic theatre

Presentation of dramatic action through the eyes of the protagonist, often distorted and dreamlike, is a feature of which theatrical movement? futurism symbolism naturalism expressionism

expressionism

Which of the following is NOT a collaborator of the costume designer? buyers first hand wardrobe supervisor fashion or style editor

fashion or style editor

When a beam of light is aimed at a particular area on the stage, it is said to be focused guided trained pointed

focused

Shadow puppets are actually made of what material? cold pressed paper intricately carved leather Malaysian plywood veneers thick felt fabric and glue

intricately carved leather

A ________ dramatizes a series of biblical events. mystery play mortality play motivational play morality play

mystery play

Which two forms of Asian theatre include long narrow bridges (the hashigakari and the hanamichi) used for actor entrances? bunraku and Sanskrit Sandskrit and No noh and kabuki kabuki and bunraku

noh and kabuki

In sentimental comedy, the subject matter and story did what? poked fun at the social conventions of the upper class Judged the lower class on their work habits reaffirmed the morality of the middle class None of these

reaffirmed the morality of the middle class

Distinguishing major from minor characters is an analysis of which of the following? style historical period relationships status and personality

relationships

The amplification of sounds produced by a performer or musical instrument is called sound reinforcement sound reproduction sound composition sound embellishment

sound reinforcement

Which modern theatre type presented the mystery of being and the infinite qualities of the human spirit, expressing inner truth rather than representing life realistically? Symbolism Futurism Expressionism Surrealism

symbolism

In the play, Red, how does the scenery change? The set pieces move on their own through automated stage machinery. stage hands move the pieces It doesn't move. The look stays the same. the actors move it themselves

the actors move it themselves

Vsevolod Meyerhold is associated with which theatrical movement? theatricalism existentialism absurdism expressionism

theatricalism

The most obvious difference between theatre during the English Renaissance and Restoration theatre was that Restoration theatre was more serious. members of the Restoration audience were seated on the stage. Restoration theatre shunned all Italian and French stage conventions. women began to appear as actors on stage during the Restoration.

women began to appear as actors on stage during the Restoration