THEA 1030 Pre test S16 Page One Please enter your first and last name. First Name: Last Name: 1. Which theatrical craft fits the following description? Technicians execute in proper sequence, and with carefully rehearsed timing, the light and sound cues, the shifting of scenery, the placement and return of properties, and the assignment, laundering, repair, and change of costumes. a) Producing b) Directing c) Crewing 2. The person who controls and develops the artistic product and provides it with a unified vision is the a) Stage manager b) Producer c) Director d) Builder 3. In the ancient Greek theatre, what physical and symbolic element separated the actors from the audience? a) The actors spoke in verse b) The actors wore masks c) The actors names were printed in the program d) The actors danced in special costumes 4. Which dramatic genre offers a wild, hilarious treatment of a trivial theme, usually based on a stock component like identical twins, switched identities, lovers in closets, and might include full stage chases, misheard instructions, various disrobings, discoveries, and disappearances? https://app.surveygizmo.com/builder/style/id/2341250 1/5
a) Dark comedies b) Melodrama c) Farce d) Tragicomedy 5. The six components of a play which Aristotle lists, in order of importance, are a) script, stage, actor, playwright, choral leader, and government support. b) plot, character, theme, diction, music, and spectacle. c) irony, pastoral, idyll, satire, drama, and humor. d) reversal, tragic flaw, recognition, catharsis, inciting incident and subplots. 6. A play that deals with an issue of serious and lasting significance in humanity's spiritual or intellectual life beyond the mere attempt to imitate profundity is said to possess a) credibility b) gravity c) pertinence d) stageability 7. What has been the dominant style of theatre in America since the early twentieth century a) realism b) absurdism c) expressionism d) surrealism 8. A linear plot proceeds by a) the point to point storytelling of events linked in chronological, cause effect continuity. b) one episode jumping to another. c) one character's passing a symbol or token to another. d) one image fading into another related image. 9. What is "The Method?" https://app.surveygizmo.com/builder/style/id/2341250 2/5
a) an American style of training voice using tapes, constant feedback from a voice coach, and tape recording the actor's own voice b) an American acting style derived from the Russian actor director Konstantin Stanislavsky's self proclaimed system c) the style of physical training devised and codified by Vsevolod Meyerhold to enable the actor to gain physical control through the isolation and exercise of discrete muscle units d) a collection of vocal exercises, based on principles of yoga, used to control breathing 10. The rhythm of a production, sometimes confused with the speed of the actor's delivery, is called a) style b) mode c) pace d) verisimilitude 11. Which type of rehearsal occurs near the end of the rehearsal process, as the play comes closer to production time but before the actors apply makeup or costumes? a) Audition b) Technical rehearsal c) Dress rehearsal 12. The order and process of developing a design for a play could be summarized by the following steps: a) reading the play, researching, imagining, creating a physical presentation, collaborating, approving for the budget, ensuring viability, implementing. b) collaborating, reading, creating a model, approving the budget. c) approving the budget, creating a sample, reading the play, collaborating, implementing. d) reading, imagining, implementing. 13. Which kind of stage consists of a bare room able to adapt to a variety of staging possibilities? a) arena stage b) thrust stage c) proscenium stage d) black box https://app.surveygizmo.com/builder/style/id/2341250 3/5
14. The ancient Greek god of theatre, wine, agriculture, and sexuality was a) Apollo b) Athena c) Mercury d) Dionysus 15. What is the name of the playhouse William Shakepeare's company "The King's Men" performed the majority of his works? a) The Globe b) The Rose c) The Swan 16. Which city remains the international capital of the world's musical theatre? a) London b) Sydney c) New York 17. Which musical (book by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II), adapted from a gritty novel by Edna Ferber, uses music and dancing to carry its complex plot, touches significantly on race relations in America, and contains the famous aria "Ol' Man River?" a) Shuffle Along b) Darktown Follies c) Uncle Tom's Cabin d) Show Boat 18. Which American playwright created works, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and The Piano Lesson, that portray the entire twentieth century history of black America? a) Langston Hughes b) Amiri Baraka c) Lorraine Hansberry d) August Wilson 19. The responsibilities for admitting, seating, and providing for the general comfort of the audience fall to the https://app.surveygizmo.com/builder/style/id/2341250 4/5
a) house manager b) actor c) stage manager d) designer 20. The distinctive feature of theatre, which separates it from other arts, is that theatre employs a) prose b) impersonation c) symbolism d) verse Submit 0% https://app.surveygizmo.com/builder/style/id/2341250 5/5