Aesthetics 103 Final Quizlet (NOT INCLUDING LECTURE QUESTIONS)

Which of the following is NOT true? A) LYSISTRATA is a play about the Peloponnesian War, which had been ongoing for over 20 years when Aristophanes wrote it. B) Contemporary scholars and theatre artists are unable to reproduce LYSISTRATA in what may have been its original contexts and styles. C) Comedy is notable, in part, because it preceded tragedy as an art form in Ancient Greece. D) The dramatic structure of LYSISTRATA exemplifies the standard form of Old Comedy. E) Of the several hundred "Old Comedy" plays written in Greece, only eleven by Aristophanes survive.

C) Comedy is notable, in part, because it preceded tragedy as an art form in Ancient Greece.

What activity metaphorically stands in for the main action (seduction) of the play in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE? A) none of these choices B) Driving C) Fishing D) Hunting E) Surfing

C) Fishing

LYSISTRATA is an example of: A. Roman New Comedy B. Greek Old Comedy C. Greek New Comedy D. Roman Old Comedy E. None of these choices

C. Greek New Comedy

A DOLL HOUSE takes place during what time of the year? a) Easter b) Christmas c) Summer d) late fall e) The play doesn't specify an exact time

Christmas

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is a play that is about many things, it is a play that is primarily about: A) Coming of age B) Dysfunctional families C) Understanding the universe D) Sexual molestation

D) Sexual molestation

Which of the following is NOT a significant (or important) way in which one form of art (or poetry) differs from another? A) the medium B) the objects C) the mode of imitation D) the length

D) the length

In HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, what does Lil Bit do to try and kill herself? A) Walks the streets hoping to get raped B) None of these choices (she doesn't want to kill herself) C) Plays with a gun D) Uses hard drugs E) Drives drunk

E) Drives drunk

In LYSISTRATA, the leader of the chorus is referred to as: A) Demetrionis B) Kalonike C) Dikyphaios D) Ekkylema E) Koryphaios

E) Koryphaios

True/False: At the end of the play, Lysistrata and the women do not give in, but resolve to continue their strike.

False

True/False: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE has a melodramatic ending

False

True/False: Ibsen's influence was substantial, and plays that were rich, layered, indirect, and complex in treating character and theme became the normal mode of serious drama after his death.

False

True/False: In A DOLL'S HOUSE, Nora contemplates killing herself as well as Torvald and the children so no one will have to suffer for her mistakes.

False

True/False: In A DOLL'S HOUSE, Torvald gives Nora all the money that she wants when she wants so she can satisfy her spending needs.

False

True/False: In LYSISTRATA, it is Myrrhine's idea that the women should give up going to bed with the men.

False

True/False: In LYSISTRATA, the Commissioner and his Constables succeed in carrying off Lysistrata in Scene 1, but she is rescued later.

False

True/False: In the climax of A DOLL'S HOUSE, Torvald finally breaks free from the limitations of his self-absorbed concern and fear for his own social standing and begs Nora to stay with him and the children.

False

True/False: Lope de Vega was the most famous author to emerge from the Golden Age of Spanish Theatre.

False

True/False: Medieval cycle plays that used mansions were usually decorated to look very pretty.

False

True/False: Most Corpus Christi cycle plays are fairly uniform in structure, subject, and length.

False

True/False: Neoclassic influence in the late Renaissance was greatest in England and Spain, with France and Italy close behind.

False

True/False: Paula Vogel's early efforts at play writing were met with a mix success and failure.

False

True/False: Scholars and authors were an important part of theatrical practice during the early Middle Ages in Europe.

False

True/False: The Corpus Christi cycle plays were constrained by church rules and rarely included special effects or elaborate technical devices.

False

True/False: The Globe Theater was built with the timbers of the Rose Theater after a dispute with a landlord.

False

True/False: The debate that Plato and Aristotle engaged in over the nature and purpose of theatre is one that is largely over and settled today.

False

True/False: Theatre in France grew in importance when the mayor of Paris took an interest in supporting the arts in 1630.

False

True/False: Thought, according to Aristotle, claims the second most important rank in drama/tragedy.

False

True/False: Vogel shows Li'l Bit to be a victim in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

False

In HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Lil Bit re-enacts her own seduction with a younger boy.

True

True/False: A common theatrical arrangement for producing cycle plays included so called "sedes" or mansions and a "platea" or courtyard.

True

True/False: A key development in the history of theatre, and a reason why it emerged in Greece, was the development of written language and a general literacy among the population.

True

True/False: According to Aristotle, participation in tragic dramas was compulsory, whereas participation in comedic dramas were voluntary.

True

True/False: After the seventeenth century, court performances in Spain were produced with a splendor that rivaled those in Italy and France.

True

True/False: Aristophanes is the only comic playwright to have work survive into the modern age, though we know the names of other famous comic writers, including his main rival, Eupolis.

True

True/False: Aristophanes was born to power and wealth.

True

True/False: Aristotle claims that learning about ourselves through the imitative act (drama) is one of the greatest pleasures of humankind.

True

True/False: Aristotle divides dramatic poetry into two forms: graver, more noble imitations of good men, and more trivial, meaner imitations of bad men.

True

True/False: Aristotle lays out an argument for the examination of "poetry" which for him meant "dramatic poetry."

True

True/False: Characters in Sanskrit dramas spoke with different dialects that denoted their caste position.

True

True/False: Classical Chinese theater, unlike Greek theater, featured both male and female performers.

True

True/False: Desiree Armfeldt is a self-absorbed, once-successful actress who is now touring the countryside in what is clearly not the glamorous life.

True

True/False: Despite the advances in economic models, the rise of professional theater venues, and the continuing patronage of royalty and nobility, the life of a professional actor in the late Renaissance was a very difficult one.

True

True/False: Eighteenth-Century Theater was characterized by both stability and change.

True

True/False: English born and trained actors and writers dominated the early American stage for nearly 175 years after the USA became a country.

True

True/False: Evidence for the staging of morality plays suggests that these plays could be performed with great complexity and majestic settings or with great simplicity and a few hand props.

True

True/False: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE can be understood to stand for America's own sense of lost innocence, an innocence we probably never had.

True

True/False: Ibsen was, for a period of time, an apprenticed to a pharmacist before becoming a playwright.

True

True/False: In A DOLL'S HOUSE, Nora has saved Torvald's life, though he doesn't know about it.

True

True/False: Late in the play LYSISTRATA, a Spartan Ambassador arrives with a proposal of peace.

True

True/False: Noh drama of classical Japan focused on a meditative quality that included suggestive beauty, gracefulness, and an awareness of life's impermanence.

True

True/False: Peter the Great's palace in St. Petersburg was explicitly intended to rival Louis 14th's palace at Versailles.

True

True/False: Plays that concerned the lives of the saints were usually called "miracle plays" because they recounted the miracle or martyrdom that lead to that person becoming a Christian.

True

True/False: Private theatres in Renaissance London performed in the city on properties known as "liberties" because municipal law did not apply.

True

True/False: Public theaters offered a wide range of performances to an ever increasing audience throughout the 18th century.

True

True/False: Restoration Theatre in England was highly interactive, with audience members interrupting the performance.

True

True/False: Shakespeare's reputation was probably saved by the Romantic movement which considered him their most important predecessor, even in France and Germany.

True

True/False: The American and French Revolutions are arguably the most important events that reshaped the political and cultural landscape of the Western world.

True

True/False: The early modern period in Europe was profoundly affected by the discovery of the so-called New World of the Western Hemisphere.

True

True/False: The history of theatre is, at a basic level, the history of collaborative and ephemeral (temporary) moments of magical storytelling.

True

True/False: The playhouse of classical Indian theater had several different acting areas, which allowed the sweeping scope of Sanskrit drama to be staged effectively.

True

True/False: The playhouses of classical Indian theater likely resembled caves, relatively small indoor spaces where the actor's voices would have powerfully resonated.

True

True/False: The principle audiences for Noh theater have been primarily the courtly and upper classes.

True

True/False: The quality and sophistication of Yuan Dynasty drama has been compared to that of Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

True

True/False: The so-called Age of Revolution reached its second climax around 1848, when the industrial revolution was in full swing.

True

True/False: The staging of autos, as they were sometimes referred to, used conventions of Medieval staging common throughout Europe, such as wagons and scaffolds.

True

True/False: The titles for tropes were often taken from their first lines.

True

True/False: There were four Athenian festivals held in honor of the god Dionysus, but the City Dionysia was the most important event for theatre.

True

True/Fasle: At the end of A DOLL'S HOUSE, Nora decides to leave Torvald, the children, and the house and move back to her hometown so she may find herself.

True

Which of the following is NOT true of theatre artists in Golden Age Spain? a) Companies could perform at a single location for as long as they paid their fees b) After 1615, they became, in effect, governmental employees. c) Women were allowed to be actors after 1587, but they had to be married and could not cross-dress as men did in England.. d) Despite the cross dressing injunction, many exceptions were made in actual performances.

a) Companies could perform at a single location for as long as they paid their fees

Which of the following is NOT true of Neoclassicism in France? a) Its growth was aided by the continued attachment to Medieval styles of staging. b) French authors and intellectuals increasingly championed "rules" of drama that had emerged from the Renaissance's fascination with Aristotle. c) The new rules were given official sanction by the newly formed Academie Francaise. d) Authors who violated these rules risked audience riots and/or sanction from the King.

a) Its growth was aided by the continued attachment to Medieval styles of staging.

Which author is considered the "Shakespeare" of France? a) Moliere b) Racine c) Corneille d) Richelieu

a) Moliere

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the delay of the emergence of French Golden Age Theatre? a) Religious drama continued to hold sway over France despite their civil war. b) The first public theatre in Paris charged very high rates, discouraging the development of other companies. c) Professional companies traveling across Europe avoided France in general and Paris in particular due to high rental/fee rates. d) The middle class was late to adopt the practice of viewing plays.

a) Religious drama continued to hold sway over France despite their civil war.

Which of the following is the most dramatic change in Roman theatres from their Greek predecessors? a) The Roman skene rose several stories high, thus forcing the Roman audiences to see primarily the imagined world of the stage rather than the surrounding mountains and sea. b) The stage was separated from the audience by a curtain. c) The stage was changed from semi-circular to round, doubling the space for acting. d) The theatres included roofs so the events could happen regardless of the weather.

a) The Roman skene rose several stories high, thus forcing the Roman audiences to see primarily the imagined world of the stage rather than the surrounding mountains and sea.

Which of the following is NOT true of English Restoration theatre? a) The audience for the theatre echoed the vibrant and diverse cross section of society as had Shakespeare's. b) Theatre was restored as part of the restoration of the monarchy. c) The newly reestablished theatres in England adopted Continental techniques of staging. d) Charles II personally sponsored one of the newly restored theatrical toupes.

a) The audience for the theatre echoed the vibrant and diverse cross section of society as had Shakespeare's.

Which of the following caused the Enlightenment values of reason, rational planning, and thought to lose their value in late 18th century Europe? a) The increasing violence by which the old social organizations based on religion, birth, and power were being over thrown. b) The rise in new values of spontaneity, natural instincts, and moral relativism. c) New discoveries of primitive societies in the New World. d) The moral failings of Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire, Kant, and Jefferson.

a) The increasing violence by which the old social organizations based on religion, birth, and power were being over thrown.

Which of the following is NOT true? a) The most memorable theatrical moments are often ones in which nothing goes wrong, everything works perfectly, and the constructed dramatic illusion goes off perfectly. c) Film fixes the dramatic action in celluloid or other media, thus partially separating the story from its audience. d) The living presence of an actor embodies the audiences' hopes and fears, boldly enacting what is forbidden or only dreamed of. e) The ephemeral nature of theatre is one of its great sources of power.

a) The most memorable theatrical moments are often ones in which nothing goes wrong, everything works perfectly, and the constructed dramatic illusion goes off perfectly.

Which of the following is NOT true of Hrotsvit, the Canoness at the Saxon abbey of Gandersheim? a) The plays she wrote had a significant impact on her contemporaries. b) She is the first known female playwright. c) She wrote six plays. d) She adapted the conventions of Roman comedies to Christian themes and subjects.

a) The plays she wrote had a significant impact on her contemporaries.

Which part of theater changed the most during the 18th century? a) scenic conventions and technologies b) the social position of theater artists and their families c) plays and dramaturgical expectations d) audiences and who went to the theater

a) scenic conventions and technologies

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the rise of a professional theatre class in the late Renaissance? a) the sanction of the new Protestant powers b) power was asserted through spectacles, performances, and public rituals c) spirits of individualism and inquiry found a natural home in characters and actors d) patronage

a) the sanction of the new Protestant powers

Which of the following was a major factor in the demise of classical Indian theater (Sanskrit drama) around 1000 C.E.? a) A series of invasions by Muslim armies from the tenth century onward. b) The introduction of new rules for dramatic presentations. c) The split in Vedic traditions into Hinduism and Buddhism. d) The fall of the Gupta dynasty.

A series of invasions by Muslim armies from the tenth century onward.

Which of the following is the Aristotelian definition of a Tragedy? A) An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude... in the form of action, not of narrative, through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions. B) An imitation of a tragic human that is sad, complete, and of a certain magnitude... in the form of narrative; through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions C) An imitation of an action that is sad, complete, and of a certain magnitude... in the form of narrative; through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions D) An imitation of an action that is none serious, incomplete, and of an uncertain magnitude... in the form of inaction (e.g. narrative); through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions.

A) An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude... in the form of action, not of narrative, through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Aristotle's Six Parts of Drama? A) Imitation B) Plot C) Character D) Diction E) Thought F) Spectacle G) Song

A) Imitation

What is the "inciting action" for HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE? A) When Lil Bit goes with her uncle to the beach as an eleven year old girl. B) When Lil Bit gets assaulted in High School. C) None of these choices, there is no inciting action. D) When Uncle Peck fondles her the night before her prom. E) When Lil Bit gets kicked out of college.

A) When Lil Bit goes with her uncle to the beach as an eleven year old girl.

Which is the primary change that Aristotle claims that Aeschylus made to the dramatic form? A) Added call and response to narrative text. B) Added the second actor on-stage. C) Added the third actor on-stage. D) Added the use of music to the drama.

B) Added the second actor on-stage.

From where does Aristotle suggest that our impulse to create and enjoy dramatic art originated? A) From the desire to please the gods. B) From the pleasure felt in creating and recognizing the imitation of another human being. C) From the power and purpose of speech. D) From the competitive nature of early Greeks; each trying to create something novel over the others.

B) From the pleasure felt in creating and recognizing the imitation of another human being.

In HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, which of the following is the best metaphor for "learning how to drive?" A) Learning to control a man B) Learning to survive life's misadventures C) Learning to control the people around you D) Learning to control another person's body E) Learning to surrender your own body

B) Learning to survive life's misadventures

In LYSISTRATA, to whom is Kinesias married? A) Koryphaios B) Myrrhine C) Lysistrata D) Lampito E) Kalonike

B) Myrrhine

Which of the following was NOT a factor that affected the development of European Theater from 1500 - 1700? a) political change b) climate change c) economic change d) artistic change e) religious change

b) climate change

During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Minghuang a) Commissioned Guan Hanqing to write the first national play. b) opened the Pear Orchard Conservatory for actors. c) built the first tile districts wazi to stage a public theater. d) conquered the southern provinces and created a festival for nanxi and zaju plays.

b) opened the Pear Orchard Conservatory for actors.

Which of the following was a major factor in the spread of Renaissance texts and ideas, especially through an emphasis on classical texts preserved in monastic libraries? a) improved roads b) the printing press c) the Silk Road d) the square-sailed ship

b) the printing press

Which of the following is NOT true of morality plays? a) these plays focused on the salvation of an individual Christian b) these plays were based on the liturgical dramas (tropes) that preceded them c) these plays likely drew on the Pater Noster (or Lord's Prayer) c) these plays were allegorical in nature

b) these plays were based on the liturgical dramas (tropes) that preceded them

Which of the following was NOT a source for the earliest forms of theatre? a) A connection to religious rituals. b) A connection to hunting. c) A connection to poetry. d) A connection to fertility.

c) A connection to poetry.

In AMND, what does Puck transform Nick Bottom into? a) A fairy b) A woman c) An ass d) A goat

c) An ass

In AMND, who brings the complaint against Hermia to Theseus in Act 1? a) Lysander b) Peter Quince c) Egeus d) Bottom

c) Egeus

In the play-within-the-play in AMND, why does the hero kill himself? a) His lover has forsaken him for another. b) His lover has been killed by her father. c) He believes his lover has been killed by a lion because he finds a tattered garment at their meeting place. d) His lover has been killed by a lion.

c) He believes his lover has been killed by a lion because he finds a tattered garment at their meeting place.

Which of the following is NOT true of the City Dionysia? a) It was a competition. b) It attracted an international audience. c) It was held during the summer months. d) It was a multiday affair.

c) It was held during the summer months.

Many of the theatrical innovations that we take for granted, such as the dimming of the house lights, hiding the orchestra, unifying the lights, sets, costumes, and acting into a coherent whole, were largely the result _________'s efforts. a) Sarah Bernhardt b) George Bernard Shaw c) Richard Wagner d) Adolphe Appia

c) Richard Wagner

In AMND, by what name does Puck also go by? a) Little Oberon b) Harold c) Robin Goodfellow d) Bob the Builder

c) Robin Goodfellow

As LYSISTRATA nears its resolution, what does the female Koryphaios do for the male Koryphaios? a) She pours water over him, cleansing him of dirt and blood b) She agrees to have sex with him c) She pulls a mosquito from his eye d) She kisses him, healing a wound on the cheek e) She gives him a flute

c) She pulls a mosquito from his eye

In AMND, what element in the play within the play do the mechanicals believe will frighten the women and thus get them all hanged? a) The violent death of the hero b) The fireworks at the end c) The lion's roar d) The demons and goblins

c) The lion's roar

Which of the following is NOT true of the development of German theater in the 18th century? a) Goethe and Schiller are the two most influential playwrights to emerge from the rise in German theater. d) Numerous independent German-speaking states developed "national theaters" of their own, independently from one another. c) The rise of German theater coincided with the decline of French theatre. d) The rise in many independent German theaters marked the beginning of a larger cultural concern with German national identity.

c) The rise of German theater coincided with the decline of French theatre.

Which of the following is NOT true concerning Shakespeare? a) He remains famous because his plays are powerfully theatrical, able to hold an audience while exploring social and psychological truths of being human. b) His plays have been translated into every conceivable language. c) Both his plays and his life are still the subject of contemporary storytelling (movies and theatre). d) He was widely admired during his lifetime.

d) He was widely admired during his lifetime.

Which of the following is NOT true of the origins of Indian Theater? a) The earliest plays extant, which date from the first century C.E., suggest that a long period of development occurred. b) Unlike Greece, there are no surviving theatrical structures from this period. c) Similarly to the Greeks, an Indian author writing several centuries after the flowering of Indian theater wrote a work similar to Aristotle's Poetics, called Natyasastra, that is actually longer and more detailed. d) In some Vedic rituals priests performed rituals that included symbolic gestures and the use of actors who impersonated characters.

d) In some Vedic rituals priests performed rituals that included symbolic gestures and the use of actors who impersonated characters.

Where does everybody go for the weekend in the country? a) Desiree's farm b) Countess Charlotte's mansion c) Fredrik's lake cottage d) Madame Armfeldt's chateau

d) Madame Armfeldt's chateau

In AMND, how did the flower Puck uses for the love juice become enchanted? a) Fairies sleep in it. b) It sprang from a teardrop from Aphrodite. c) Oberon places a spell over it. d) One of Cupid's arrows struck it.

d) One of Cupid's arrows struck it.

What is significant about the Greek word for actor (hypokrites). a) It was the key ritual in Dionysian worship. b) It describes the characteristics of "memesis" which is key to understanding Greek Theatre. c) It was Thespis' last name. d) The word is still in use today, though now with a negative connotation, but still speaks to the imitation and pretense that constitute all acting.

d) The word is still in use today, though now with a negative connotation, but still speaks to the imitation and pretense that constitute all acting.

Which professional theater company primarily performed the plays of Christopher Marlowe? a) the King's Men b) the Virginian's Men c) the Lord Chamberlain's Men d) the Admiral's Men

d) the Admiral's Men

Although the so-called early modern/Renaissance period was fruitful and volatile, the most important advances in the visual, plastic, architectural, theatrical, and musical arts were made in which of the following areas? a) architectural b) music c) painting d) theater

d) theater

In response to a German theater manager's insistence, the playwright revised A DOLL'S HOUSE. What significant change was made to the plot? a) Nora leaves Torvald and marries Dr. Rank. b) Nora takes her children with her when she leaves Torvald. c) None of these choices d) Through an intense debate and discussion, Torvald convinces Nora to stay with him. e) Nora returns home, and Torvald leads her to the door of her children's room; she falls weeping as the curtain goes down.

e) Nora returns home, and Torvald leads her to the door of her children's room; she falls weeping as the curtain goes down.

In A DOLL HOUSE, Torvald is determined to make which of the following changes in his personnel at the bank? a) fire Mrs. Linde and hire Dr. Rank in her place b) fire Mrs. Linde and hire Krogstad in her place c) fire Dr. Rank and hire Mrs. Linde in his place d) fire Krogstad hire Dr. Rank in his place e) fire Krogstad and hire Mrs. Linde in his place

e) fire Krogstad and hire Mrs. Linde in his place