Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.


1	_______________ is at the heart of the theater experience.
		A)	The actor-audience relationship
		B)	The actor-director relationship
		C)	The audience-director relationship
		D)	none of the above


2	The amount of distance between the artist's creation and the observation of the audience is known as ______________________.
		A)	"the mystic gulf"
		B)	gesamkunstwerk
		C)	aesthetic distance
		D)	willing suspension of disbelief


3	Historically, those in authority have feared the power of an audience's emotional participation in a theatrical event. The result of that fear has been ______________.
		A)	philanthropic grants
		B)	aesthetic distance
		C)	belief training
		D)	censorship


4	Lack of _______________ could cause an audience member to stalk an actor who plays a villainous character on a soap opera.
		A)	aesthetic distance
		B)	censorship
		C)	belief training
		D)	willing suspension of disbelief


5	The San Francisco Mime Troupe has been prominent for many years among which specialized theater group?
		A)	Political Theater
		B)	Hispanic Theater
		C)	Avant-garde Theater
		D)	Gay and Lesbian Theater


6	Which of the following background information might a critic offer when reviewing a play?
		A)	Information about the playwright
		B)	Information about the history of the production
		C)	Both
		D)	Neither


7	Aristotle invented prescriptive criticism.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Descriptive criticism is objective.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	A reviewer usually has less theatrical background than a critic does.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	A critic uses which of the following criteria to judge a play:
		A)	What is being attempted?
		B)	Was the attempt worthwhile?
		C)	both
		D)	neither

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