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1

Antirealism had its beginnings in:
A)anarchism
B)expressionism
C)absurdism
D)symbolism
2

Which of the following is not a tenet of the symbolist movement?
A)abstraction
B)poetic encapsulations
C)fantastic visual effects
D)careful detail
3

The "battle of the theatres" in Paris was between:
A)Giradoux and Sartre
B)Antoine and Fort
C)Gide and Maeterlinck
D)Montmarte and Lyon
4

Which of the following are not realistic authors who espoused symbolist themes?
A)Henrik Ibsen
B)G. B. Shaw
C)Anton Chekhov
D)August Strindberg
5

Anti-realists of the mid-20th century are primarily given credit for:
A)returning to the Classical age
B)creating new styles of performance
C)developing cohesive set of conventions
D)angering religious organization
6

A cataclysmic change in theater convention and technical limitations was caused by:
A)World War I
B)the invention of the automobile
C)radical changes in politics
D)Freudian psychology
7

Which of the following does not describe stylization?
A)uses symbol and metaphor
B)elucidates with parable and allegory
C)emphasizes theatricality
D)stresses dialectical discourse
8

The term avant-garde refers to:
A)a fencing term
B)shock troops
C)an art movement
D)French cuisine
9

____________ is a savage satire on the abuse of power.
A)Marat Sade
B)No Exit
C)Ubu Roi
D)Merde mama
10

George Bernard Shaw's dramaturgy, while rooted in realism, transcends the realistic mode with:
A)amazing special effects
B)fantastic character types
C)elegant and brilliant dialogue
D)episodic plots
11

_________________________ is a form of theatre emphasizing shocks, piercing sounds, exaggerated scenery symbols and noise.
A)extremism
B)expressionism
C)impressionism
D)epic theatre
12

_________________________ is an almost textbook example of an expressionistic play.
A)Ubu Roi
B)The Iceman Cometh
C)The Hairy Ape
D)The Lesson
13

A manifesto by Antonin Artaud, calling for "no more masterpieces" and cruelty as the basis for theatre is:
A)The Bucket of Blood
B)The Theater and Its Double
C)The Quintessence of Ibsenism
D)The Theatre in Doubt
14

Theatre that is obsessed with the futility of action and the pointlessness of direction is called:
A)the theatre of the violaters
B)the theatre of the absurd
C)the theatre of alienation
D)the theatre of despair
15

Who of the following is not considered part of the absurdist theatre?
A)Samuel Beckett
B)Eugene Ionesco
C)Harold Pinter
D)Bertolt Brecht
16

___________________________ is the archetypical absurdist play, portraying two old men in a constantly recurring series of incidents.
A)Waiting for Lefty
B)The Balcony
C)Waiting for Godot
D)The Homecoming
17

In Happy Days, Winnie is trapped in a mound of earth and Willie goes through a series of actions:
A)in order to get her out
B)for no particular reason
C)to make a political statement
D)to assert an aesthetic judgment
18

Which of the following is not a description of Brecht's epic theatre?
A)uses masks, songs and satire
B)indulges in sentimentality
C)highly political content
D)"alienates" the audience from the play
19

The two philosophers whose ideas shaped post-war, modern theatre were:
A)Camus and Sartre
B)Aristotle and Socrates
C)Heidegger and Whitehead
D)Goethe and Kant





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