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1
The awareness of an audience that it is looking at a work of art is called:
A)willing suspension of disbelief
B)avant-garde theater
C)the actor-audience relationship
D)aesthetic distance
2
Which of the following is not true of theater:
A)there is no repeating or editing
B)the audience cannot affect the performers
C)the performance is unique and done in the presence of the audience
D)mistakes cannot be corrected
3
A critic is a special type of audience member who:
A)works with the directors to improve the performance.
B)observes theater and then analyzes and comments on it.
C)ultimately decides whether a production will open.
D)bases his opinion of the play on the reactions of the other members of the audience.
4
Which of the following is not a criteria for criticism?
A)How much did the production cost?
B)What is the playwright or production attempting to do?
C)How well has it been done?
D)Is it worth doing?
5
The difference between descriptive criticism and prescriptive criticism is that prescriptive criticism:
A)is comprised of notes on a production given by a critic prior to the play's opening
B)attempts to establish rules of how plays should be written or performed
C)does not attempt to describe what has been done
D)is published primarily in scholarly journals





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