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The person who writes a play is called: |
| | A) | The playwright |
| | B) | The dramaturge |
| | C) | The director |
| | D) | The dramatist |
| | E) | A and B |
| | F) | A and D |
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The written material which is used by actors, directors, and designers as a base for a production is called: |
| | A) | The text |
| | B) | The script |
| | C) | The story |
| | D) | The idea |
| | E) | A and B |
| | F) | B and C |
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The improvisation style of theater in the Italian Renaissance is called: |
| | A) | Slapstick |
| | B) | Farce |
| | C) | Commedia dell'arte |
| | D) | Punch and Judy |
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What is the primary subject matter of theater? |
| | A) | Art |
| | B) | Thought |
| | C) | Human beings |
| | D) | Idea |
| | E) | Politics |
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Theater serves only one purpose. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The point of view in theater expresses... |
| | A) | The way we destroy things |
| | B) | The way we look at things |
| | C) | The way we create things |
| | D) | The way we build things |
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Point of view determines if something is humorous or serious. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which point of view is expressed in a theater piece? |
| | A) | The playwright's point of view |
| | B) | Society's point of view |
| | C) | The director's point of view |
| | D) | The performer's point of view |
| | E) | All of the above |
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Which two historical periods glorify humanity while exposing the cruelty of life simultaneously, creating the ideal situation for writing tragedy? |
| | A) | The Greek golden age and the Renaissance |
| | B) | The Age of French Neoclassicism and the middle ages |
| | C) | The middle ages and the Renaissance |
| | D) | The Greek golden age and the Roman era |
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How does the viewpoint of society figure into the creation of a play? |
| | A) | It serves as the main focus |
| | B) | It serves as a background for creating the work |
| | C) | It serves as the driving force in developing the script |
| | D) | It serves as a barometer for the whole piece |
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Genre is the French word for... |
| | A) | Class |
| | B) | Type |
| | C) | Category |
| | D) | Label |
| | E) | A and B |
| | F) | B and C |
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In theater, point of view is created by.... |
| | A) | The single viewpoint of the playwright |
| | B) | The collaborative effort of many artists |
| | C) | The playwright and the director |
| | D) | The director and designers |
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What is the main purpose of theater? |
| | A) | To give playwrights a forum for ideas |
| | B) | To experience the play in performance |
| | C) | To allow actors to express themselves |
| | D) | To make money |
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The three historical groupings of performers creating their own texts can be listed as follows: |
| | A) | Performance art, narrative adaptation, and improvisation |
| | B) | Commedia dell'arte, improvisatory experimental theater groups, and performance art |
| | C) | Happenings, performance art, and commedia dell'arte |
| | D) | Improvisatory experimental theater groups, adaptations, and Dadaism |
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Two major performance art writers/performers are... |
| | A) | Neil Simon and Anna Deveare Smith |
| | B) | Spalding Gray and Tennessee Williams |
| | C) | Anna Deveare Smith and Spalding Gray |
| | D) | Sam Shepard and David Mamet |
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Theatre has served many functions over time such as... |
| | A) | Entertaining royalty |
| | B) | Presenting the history of a community |
| | C) | Teaching religious precepts and stories from the Bible |
| | D) | Entertainment |
| | E) | C and D |
| | F) | All of the above |
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What is the difference between art and advertising? |
| | A) | Advertising is commercial and art is not |
| | B) | The artist has a clear point of view, distinct to the individual, while advertising disguises its motives |
| | C) | Advertising has a defined point of view while art does not |
| | D) | Art imposes a direct and deliberate point of view while advertising uses indirect and subtle techniques to influence buyers |
| | E) | A and C |
| | F) | B and D |
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Who transmits the point of view to the audience in the production? |
| | A) | The playwright and the director |
| | B) | The director and the designers |
| | C) | The director and the performers |
| | D) | The playwright alone |
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Plays always fit neatly into categories. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In 1681, a version of King Lear was produced with a 'happy' ending in which Cordelia remains alive. The playwright responsible for this rewrite is... |
| | A) | Spalding Gray |
| | B) | Nahum Tate |
| | C) | Jean Racine |
| | D) | David Henry Hwang |
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