Exam 1 Quiz Review
_____________ is the patterned arrangement in a drama of events and characters, with incidents selected and arranged for maximum dramatic impact.
?
In this chapter, the photograph of the cast in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is intended to illustrate
African American cast (photo was removed from textbook)
Brick drinks so that he can:
All of the Above hear the "click" avoid interaction with Maggie drown his sorrows
Maggie and Brick quarrel over:
All of the Above: having children Brick's drinking Skipper
In episodic drama,
All of the above
The whole family has gathered to celebrate:
Big Daddy's birthday
Gooper is most concerned about:
Big Daddy's estate
Big Daddy most prefers the company of:
Brick
Gooper is also called:
Brother Man
"Ensemble playing" is acting that emphasizes the total artistic unity of an individual actor's performance.
False
A comic premise is an idea about the real world or a theme that the playwright wants the audience to take with them after seeing a production.
False
A fade is a rapid dimming of all of the lights onstage.
False
A gobo is a detailed outline or diagram showing where each lighting instrument is placed in relationship to the stage.
False
An auteur director focuses closely on interpreting the vision of the playwright.
False
An auteur director is one who allows the playwright's point of view to dominate the theater production
False
Anne-Marie, the nurse who cares for Nora's children, also cared forHelmer when he was a boy.
False
As an art form, music exists in space rather than in time.
False
Damis is in love with Flipote much to the chagrin of Orgon.
False
Elmire sets a trap for Tartuffe by flirting with him while Cleante hides in a closet.
False
Farce is a form of comedy that uses comic techniques--such as wit, irony and exaggeration--to attack and expose folly and vice.
False
Generally speaking, the audience-performance arrangement created in a proscenium theater results in less "aesthetic distance" than that created by an arena theater.
False
Helmer believes Krogstad a fine asset to the bank.
False
Heroic drama is is serious, but basically optimistic, drama written in verse or elevated prose, with lower class and middle-class characters involved in extreme domestic conflicts.
False
Imagine that an opera is being televised as it is happening at New York's Metropolitan Opera. You are watching that television broadcast. You are experiencing the art of theatre.
False
It is during the dress rehearsals that the technical elements of a production are brought together for the first time.
False
Madame Pernelle tries to warn Orgon about Damis.
False
Nora's children play a primary role in the action of the play.
False
Oedipus is grateful for the wisdom that Teiresias imparts about who is at fault in causing the plague on Thebes.
False
Oedipus is sentenced to die by imprisonment in a cave deep in the mountains of Cithaeron.
False
Oedipus worries about what will become of his sons.
False
One major difference between modern tragedy and traditional tragedy is that modern tragedy has a happy ending.
False
One of the three major criteria for criticism discussed in the chapter is "What does the play or production have to say about society?"
False
Props are items onstage used to stabilize scenery.
False
Running sound during a performance means a sound cue that travels from one speaker to another in quick succession creating a "stuttering" effect..
False
Stanislavski urged the actor to divide her or his role into several "superobjectives."
False
The actual term director came into common usage during the time of Shakespeare.
False
The scene design does not help establish the tone and style of the production.
False
The term "descriptive criticism" attempts to describe exactly what is wrong with a performance.
False
To run lights means to attach them close together across an overhead batten.
False
Tragicomedy can be defined as a mechanical alternation in a play between serious scenes and comic scenes.
False
True or False: Digital media have not been influenced by theater
False
True or False: Maggie adores Mae's children
False
True or False: The film actor Meryl Streep has been successful in film, but has failed in theater
False
Unlike music and dance, theatre is a not performing art form.
False
Upstage is nearer the audience than downstage.
False
Voice "projection" refers to whether or not an actor's voice is apprpriate for the character she/he is portraying onstage.
False
With what knowledge does Krogstad blackmail Nora?
Forgery
How does Tartuffe betray Orgon?
He hits on his wife
Ultimately, Nora
Leaves her husband and kids
The "cat" in this play is:
Margaret
The "foolish" young lovers are
Mariane and Valere
One of the issues in this play concerns:
Mendacity
Teiresias says that the person responsible for bringing a plague upon Thebes is
Oedipus
Oedipus the King is a Greek play written by
Sophocles
The __________________ is the person who coordinates the running of the actual performances.
Stage Manager
Who does Orgon want Mariane to marry?
Tartuffe
In the end, Orgon is saved by
Tartuffe's arrest
The names of the two main characters in this play are
Torvald and Nora
"Corrales" refers to Spanish courtyard theaters.
True
"Emotional recall" is a tool intended to help actors achieve emotional truth onstage.
True
"Synthesis" in acting involves the smooth blending of both the internal and the external aspects of acting a role.
True
A critic describes and analyzes a theater event in greater detail than does a reviewer.
True
A directorial concept is a director's overall image or metaphor for the play
True
A dramaturg is a literary manager or adviser of a theatre company
True
A fresnel is considered a soft-edged spotlight.
True
A shotgun mike is highly directional and is aimed from a distance at a specific area.
True
Aesthetic distance is defined in the chapter as: Physical or psychological separation or detachment of audience from the dramatic action , usually considered necessary for artistic illusion.
True
Although it may not be apparent, every work of art has some type of structure.
True
Art can be divided into three categories: literary, performing and visual.
True
Composition can be described as "the way lighted areas onstage are arranged in relationship to one another."
True
Dorine is the "bossy" servant.
True
Dr. Rank and Helmer are old friends.
True
Dr. Rank inappropriately expresses his love to Nora.
True
Historically, melodrama is a dramatic form which came to the forefront in the 19th century, emphasizing action and spectacular effects, and used music; it had stock figures and clearly defined villains and heroes.
True
In British usage, a producer is the equivalent of an American director.
True
In any theater event, the audience plays an essential part.
True
In drama, the term "deus ex machina" has come to refer to any arbitrary or coincidental plot contrivance used by the playwright to resolve the conflct of the play.
True
In the chapter, the photos from the musical The Underpants by Carl Sternheimeach show how color in stage lighting can alter and transform a stage set.
True
In theater terminology, a "flat" refers to a single flat unit consisting of canvas stretched on a wood frame.
True
In theatre, the "text" can also be referred to as the "script."
True
In writing a play, a playwright must make choices related to a number of aspects of drama, one of which is determining focus and emphasis.
True
Motivated sounds are sounds called for in the script that usually come from recognized sources.
True
Oedipus asks Creon to cast him out of Thebes into exile.
True
One feature of most comedy is the temporary suspension of the natural laws of logic and probability.
True
One of the characteristics of comedy is that there is a contrast between individuals and the social order.
True
One of the meanings of the term "burlesque" is a satire of a serious form of literature.
True
One of the objectives of a scene designer is to ensure that the scenery is coordinated with other elements.
True
One of the scene designers objectives is to provide a central image or metaphor for the production.
True
One of the techniques for acting emphasized by Stanislavski involves concentrating on specific actions and details.
True
One of the three criteria for criticism discussed in the chapter is "What is the playwright or production attempting to do?"
True
Orgon makes Tartuffe his only son and heir.
True
Realism can be broadly defined as an attempt to present onstage people and events corresponding to those in everyday life.
True
Slapstick relies on ridiculous physical activity--often violent in nature--for its humor.
True
The "front of the house" in a theatre refers to such areas as the auditorium, box office and lobby.
True
The ancient Greek theater at Epidauros, pictured at the very start of the chapter, is an outdoor theater.
True
The basic theater spaces have prevailed throughout history are proscenium, arena, thrust, and created/found space.
True
The costume designer, through his or her design, can help actors with projecting their characters to the audience.
True
The director is the person who rehearses and coordinates performers to ensure that they interpret the text properly.
True
The five elements of scene design discussed in the chapter are line, mass, composition, texture, and color.
True
The photograph in the chapter of a scene from the rock opera POEtry and the photograph from GAS FOR LESS are intended to contrast a nonrealistic and a realistic scene design.
True
The question an actor should ask when doing Stanislavski's "magic if" exercise is "How would I react if I were in this character's position?
True
The term "prescriptive criticism" is criticism that offers advice and sometimes suggests rules for what should be done in the theater.
True
The textbook indicates that the word "criticize" means both "to find fault" and "to understand and appraise."
True
Theater is a collaborative art form.
True
Theater: The Lively Art indicates that acting is a demanding profession requiring extensive training.
True
Theatre audiences today are multicultural and diverse.
True
To "build a costume" in a costume shop means to create a costume from scratch.
True
To focus a light means to aim it at a certain area onstage.
True
True or False: Numerous rock stars have created theatrical characters for their performances
True
True or False: On television, audiences can see a wide range of dramatic offerings
True
True or False: Our interest in media stars' performances and lives parallels the way audience throughout the history of theater have engaged with actors and actresses:
True
True or False: Television has been influenced by theater
True
True or False: The term "nonmediated theatre" refers to live theatre
True
True or False: Theater and the theatrical exist in may aspects of our lives
True
True or False: There are many stage sets in Las Vegas
True
What distinguishes Teiresias from other seers?
a and b (he is always right and is blind)
According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, an action is a sequence of events, linked by cause and effect, with
a beginning, middle, and end
In drama, as opposed to a novel or short story, everything must be transformed into
action and dialogue
In theater, design includes
all of the above
Helmer calls Nora
all of the above (lark, bird, squirrel)
Oedipus finally understands that he
all of the above (murdered his father, married his mother, and is father and brother to his children)
The stage is entirely surrounded by audience in ________ theater.
arena
The major elements of theatre are:
audience, performers, script or text, with its structure, characters, and point of view, director, theatre space, design aspects: scenery, costume, lighting, and sound
According to the chapter, the essentials of dramatic structure are plot, action, conflict, opposed forces, and a __________________.
balance of forces
Big Daddy is suffering from:
cancer
When Jocasta learns the truth, she
hangs herself
Closely related to stock characters are characters with a dominant trait, or ___________________.
humor
What is Tartuffe's main character flaw?
hypocrisy
___________ structure is also referred to as climactic structure, in which there are few scenes, a short time passes, there are few locales, and the action begins chronologically close to the climax.
intensive
Broadway's Jersey Boys is an example of:
jukebox musical
________ is a theater space that is open, flexible, and adaptable, usually without fixed seating or a permanent stage area.
none of the above (Options were proscenium, arena, and thrust)
One meaning of ________ is "a circular playing space in ancient Greek theaters."
orchestra
The __________________ is the person responsible for handling the business side of a theatre production.
producer
In a _________ theater, there is an arch or frame surrounding the stage, and the audience looks through the frame from one side.
proscenium
_______ is an upward slope of a stage floor away from the audience.
raking
Nora dances the ____________ for Torvald:
tarantella
A plague sits heavily on the city of Thebes: the fields yield no crops, children are stillborn, and pestilence causes widespread sickness and death because
the death of the previous king is unavenged
The photo from the Broadway musical Wicked is used in this chapter to illustrate which of the following?
the proscenium type of theatre is ideal for scenic spectacle and seemingly magic effects (photo not in textbook)
Theater: The Lively Art indicates that throughout theater history, three major challenges have faced actors: (1) to acquire many skills, both physical and vocal; (2) to make characters believable, and (3) __________________.
to integrate skills with credibility