theatre

Module 1 introduced the idea of the 'socially theatrical' person. Is this the same as theatre? yes no hella no Correct! B & C but not A Question 210 / 10 pts Section 1 discussed professional wrestling. Is The Undertaker doing theatre (according to your reading)? Correct! Yes. Theatre in 'the raw.' no hella no B & C but not A Question 310 / 10 pts On stage, "we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the duration of a performance." What is this called in theatre? learned behavior social modeling Correct! stage convention none of the above Question 410 / 10 pts To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means you have... become a snowflake Correct! suspended your disbelief forgotten it is a talking hyena and they don't exist none of the above Question 510 / 10 pts Can a bench be a car? In a theatre, yes If there is an accepted stage convention, yes If you have suspended your disbelief, yes Correct! all of the above Question 60 / 10 pts "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? a man sits alone, silently typing away at a computer You Answered An empty stage sits quietly when the curtain rises Correct Answer a 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp and has forgotten his sun screen a woman listens to music and chops vegetables Question 710 / 10 pts What is a big difference between live theatre and film? the popcorn is different the smells are different Correct! the immediacy is different all of the above Question 810 / 10 pts Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film never changes. What example/s of this was given? 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. 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!" Film and theatre are exactly the same Correct! A & B but not C Question 910 / 10 pts Are Reality TV shows and stage Realism real? No Hella No For God's sake, NO! Correct! all of the above Question 1010 / 10 pts What, exactly, is Realism? theatrical illusion truth seeming performance style Correct! all of the above

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Rome started as a _________ and ended as an Empire. party Correct! republic alliance all of the above Question 210 / 10 pts There is an extant record of one Roman Emperor commanding that all depictions of sex on stage must be... censored Correct! real fake none of the above Question 310 / 10 pts Some blame the fall of Rome on rulers who distracted their populations from real problems with... attacks on immigrants blame for the judiciary Correct! bread and circuses all of the above Question 410 / 10 pts The three major extant Roman playwrights mentioned in your Module include... Hippolita Plato Correct! Seneca all of the above Question 510 / 10 pts 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? Menander Correct! Plautus Rubius none of the above Question 610 / 10 pts "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? Terence Correct! Plautus Seneca none of the above Question 710 / 10 pts 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? Correct! Terence Plautus Seneca none of the above Question 810 / 10 pts "She never was very charming till she died." This is an example of the humor of... Seneca Plautus Correct! Terence none of the above Question 910 / 10 pts _________ 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. Levi Terence Plautus Correct! none of the above Question 1010 / 10 pts "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? Correct! Seneca Terence Iphigenia none of the above

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Who, or what, is Og? The plumber on 42nd Street Broadway Theatre Correct! a sensitive theoretical caveman The first extant dramatic poem all of the above Question 210 / 10 pts The most common Western dramatic form of storytelling uses... bait and switch Correct! cause and effect read and weep all of the above Question 310 / 10 pts If you build logically toward a climatic end of a story, this is probably what form of dramatic storytelling structure? architectural foundational Correct! Climatic none of the above Question 410 / 10 pts __________ explores the belief that the entire world is _________ and therefore any truthful exploration of the human experience will also be __________ and make little sense. weirdism/weird evilism/evil Correct! absurdism/absurd none of the above Question 510 / 10 pts It may be assumed that we developed basic language skills before we began telling actual story. Correct! True False Question 610 / 10 pts Some surmise that the ability to tell story is not only entertaining and sometimes educational, but may be... prophetic irrelevant Correct! a key human survival trait all of the above Question 710 / 10 pts A _________ is nothing without the story behind it that explains it. feeling Correct! ritual truth none of the above Question 80 / 10 pts According to a major theory presented in your module, the first story and ritual was invented... by Og to call on the spirits for aid You Answered to create hope Correct Answer all of the above Question 910 / 10 pts What is a Kusillo? the world's oldest known clown a mythical creature of the underworld an embodiment of chaos and creation Correct! all of the above Question 1010 / 10 pts __________ is a repeatable event. Great care must be taken. There are rules/conventions that must be followed that match the expectations of the group. ritual drama Correct! all of the above

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Where was the first recorded play? Correct! Egypt Greece Rome Norway Question 20 / 10 pts What character was featured in the Abydos Passion Play? Hera Odin Correct Answer Osiris You Answered none of the above Question 310 / 10 pts Any play that details the story of the life, death, and resurrection of any deity may be called? a comedy a tragedy Correct! a passion play commedia Question 410 / 10 pts Which culture, Egyptian or Greek, had more influence on later Western cultures? niether Correct! Greek Egyptian all of the above Question 510 / 10 pts Greek theatre was performed... outdoors in the daylight with no sound amplification Correct! all of the above Question 610 / 10 pts Deus Ex Machina means 'God in the Machine.' What does it refer to? Processional exits at the end of a play Correct! a special effect where gods are flown in with ropes and pulleys The Kothornoi rising all of the above Question 710 / 10 pts Greek plays were also performed as part of religious festivals in honor of ... Correct! Dionysus Hera Jupiter none of the above Question 810 / 10 pts 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... been intermissions used oboes Correct! been sung or chanted all of the above Question 910 / 10 pts 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. Aristotle Socrates Correct! Thespis none of the above Question 1010 / 10 pts Greek Tragic Poets normally presented their plays in groups of four: three tragedies and a Satyr Play. Where? Sparta Rhodes Correct! Festival Dionysia all of the above Question 1110 / 10 pts The Satyr Play... was an early form of comedy Is the origin of the word 'satyric' was performed in addition to tragedies Correct! all of the above Question 1210 / 10 pts Who is often called the father of Greek drama (and/or tragedy)? Sophocles Correct! Aeschylus Euripedes none of the above Question 1310 / 10 pts 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? Correct! Sophocles Aeschylus Euripedes none of the above Question 1410 / 10 pts 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? Sophocles Aeschylus Correct! Euripedes none of the above Question 1510 / 10 pts Who was the most significant comic Greek playwright? He wrote Lysistrata. Sophocles Aeschylus Euripedes Correct! none of the above Question 1610 / 10 pts 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 Republic The Odyssey Correct! The Poetics all of the above Question 1710 / 10 pts What is a kathornoi? Correct! a stage shoe a Greek musical ode divine thoughts all of the above Question 1810 / 10 pts What is an Archon? (Not the social fraternity Archon- the one related to theatre) chief magistrate first producers or perhaps a generous church Deacon the person you applied to as a playwright in Greece Correct! all of the above Question 1910 / 10 pts Playwrights were referred to as a didaskalos, which means... pastry gods' warrior Correct! teacher all of the above Question 2010 / 10 pts If you are a kritai, you are a... costumer Correct! judge Klingon none of the above

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