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1

Wilson states that theatre has a "special nature" that helps it survive in today's world of film and television. While there are many factors that contribute to theater's survival, the most important is, perhaps, the fact that theater is:
A)intelligent
B)expensive
C)live
D)current
2

While in the theater, the audience is always in the presence of the performers; film allows the audience to be in the presence of
A)a reflection
B)an image
C)special effects
D)a community
3

Which of the following does Wilson state is at the "heart of the theater experience"?
A)the director-designer relationship
B)the performer-director relationship
C)the director-audience relationship
D)the performer-audience relationship
4

Which social psychologist does Wilson use to illustrate the psychology of groups?
A)Gustave Le Bon
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Carl Jung
D)none of the above
5

Which of the following can affect the theater experience?
A)the makeup of the audience
B)the audience's relationship to one another
C)the background of the audience
D)all of the above
6

In which 1990s play were audience members asked to be a temporary part of the action?
A)Angels in America
B)Fool Moon
C)Cloud 9
D)Dancing at Lughnasa
7

The term for the separation between an audience and a work of art is known as:
A)suspension of disbelief
B)aesthetic distance
C)excessive empathy
D)intelligent reality
8

Theater in which the audience is simply a spectator "looking in" on the action of the play is known as:
A)participatory theater
B)experimental theater
C)observed theater
D)complacent theater
9

Theater in which the audience gets involved directly is known as:
A)participatory theater
B)experimental theater
C)observed theater
D)complacent theater
10

Which of the following is NOT considered to be participatory theater?
A)creative dramatics
B)sociodrama
C)drama therapy
D)none of the above
11

One of the most important tools that audience members bring to a theatrical experience is their:
A)intelligence
B)attention
C)imagination
D)critical opinions
12

Which of the following best defines the theatrical device known as a flashback?
A)a scene which begins with a flash of light
B)a scene in which the characters onstage freeze while a narrator talks to the audience
C)a scene in which there are abrupt movements from the present to the past and back again
D)a scene in which there are abrupt movements into the future
13

The device that involves placing a character or event outside of the proper time sequence is known as:
A)anachronism
B)flashback
C)flashforward
D)exposition
14

According to Wilson, what are two important tools of the imagination?
A)flashback and anachronism
B)empathy and sympathy
C)symbol and metaphor
D)belief and disbelief
15

A realistic element of theater is best described as:
A)one that resembles observable reality
B)everything that does not conform to observations of surface reality
C)one that has actually, historically happened
D)one that makes the audience feel comfortable
16

A nonrealistic element of theater is best describes as:
A)one that resembles observable reality
B)everything that does not conform to observations of surface reality
C)one that has actually, historically happened
D)one that makes the audience feel comfortable
17

The nonrealistic device in which a character speaks to the audience, expressing in words a hidden thought is known as:
A)narration
B)dramatic irony
C)exposition
D)soliloquy
18

Pantomime in theater is best described as:
A)performers in white face and white gloves trapped in imaginary boxes
B)performers pretending to use objects that are not actually present
C)the use of oversized objects for emphasis
D)the act of breaking into song or dance in a musical
19

Which of the following is NOT a nonrealistic element or technique of theater?
A)soliloquy
B)arbitrary use of time and space
C)ghosts and witches
D)recognizable human beings
20

Which of the following is NOT a realistic element or technique of theater?
A)events that have happened or may happen in everyday life
B)action is confined to real places
C)performers portraying people as they behave in daily life
D)pantomime





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