Question 1

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in the Greek language, the word theatre literally means:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
"a place for seeing"


Question 2
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In the theatre, types of plays such as tragedies and comedies, are called which of the following?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
Genres


Question 3
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Aristotle, in his Poetics, describes in great detail the characteristics of which of the following?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Melodrama


Question 4
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The characteristics of tragedy have not changed from the 5th century B.C.E. to modern times.
Answer
Selected Answer: True

Question 5
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In this type of play, the plot usually unfolds as a series of trials instigated by a villain that the hero
must overcome.
Answer

Selected Answer: c.
Tragedy


Question 6
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When a satires theme is on social conventions the results is a:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Comedy of ideas


Question 7
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Performance art is a form of theatre presentation that involves many other arts disciplines.
Answer
Selected Answer: True

Question 8
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright gives the
audience background information?
Answer

Selected Answer: d.
Exposition


Question 9
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright twists the
events of the plot and the subplots?
Answer

Selected Answer: a.
Crisis


Question 10
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright resolves
the issues of the play?
Answer

Selected Answer: d.
Denouement


Question 11
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Which of the following devices helps to prepare the audience for action and events that are to follow
in a play?
Answer

Selected Answer: b.
Foreshadowing


Question 12
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Which of the following terms means psychological motivation in terms of an actors role? a. b. c. d.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.

Character

Question 13
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According to your text, the central personage of a play is called the protagonist.
Answer
Selected Answer: True

Question 14
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A theatre form in which the audience totally surrounds the playing area is called which of the
following?
Answer

Selected Answer: c.
Arena form


Question 15
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Which of the following terms means a theatre form in which the audience surrounds the action on
three sides?
Answer

Selected Answer: c.
Thrust form


Question 16
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What is the essence of dramatic communication?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Character


Question 17
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Which of the following terms means a theatre form in which the audience sees the action through a
picture frame opening?
Answer

Selected Answer: c.
Proscenium form


Question 18
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When all of the visual and aural elements of a play production are designed with a single purpose, it is
said that this production follows an organic theory of play production.
Answer
Selected Answer: True

Question 19
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The purpose of scene design is to create an environment that is conducive to the production's ends.
Answer
Selected Answer: False

Question 20
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The lighting design function that lets us see what the production requires of us is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
mood


Question 21
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Costume design involves strictly the clothing worn by an actor.
Answer
Selected Answer: False

Question 22
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The one production element that assists in making the structural patterns of a play clear, and help to
hold the interested of the audience is:
Answer

Selected Answer: b.
Dynamics


Question 23
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A structure that rises to a peak and falls to a conclusion is called which of the following?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Pyramidal


Question 24
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The properties of a production fall into two general groups:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
aural elements and dynamics


Question 25
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The single basic motivation for an actor's character portrayal is called the spine or super-objective.
Answer
Selected Answer: True

Question 26
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What is the main channel of communication between the playwright and the audience? a. Exposition
b. Denouement c. Actors d.
Answer

Selected Answer: c.
Actors


Question 27
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Items that are the opposite of lifelike are called theatrical.
Answer
Selected Answer: False

Question 28
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According to your text, which of the following is a mental and physical involvement in situations in
which we are not direct participants?
Answer

Selected Answer: d.
Sympathy


Question 29
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If the playwrights words are called language, the actors words are called:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
speech


Question 30
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The motivation of an actors character is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
lifelikeness