THEATER 101 CHAPTER 16 QUIZ #15
QUIZ #15 - Lighting & Sound

 

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  1. This designer is responsible for all forms of illumination on the stage, deciding color, angle, intensity, etc. for all lighting instruments.

    2. Your answer:
    Scene Designer
    Lighting Designer
    Sound Designer
    Costume Designer

  2. This designer is responsible for aural world of the play both in organizing equipment as well as making artistic choices.

    3. Your answer:
    Scene Designer
    Lighting Designer
    Sound Designer
    Costume Designer

  3. Which design element was the last visual element to be incorporated into theatre production?

    4. Your answer:
    Lighting
    Sound
    Set
    Costume

  4. In the early 19th century what type of lighting was installed in the theatres?

    5. Your answer:
    Argand lamps
    Candles
    Gas lighting
    Electric lighting

  5. In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the incandescent lamp. What did this do for theatrical lighting design?

    6. Your answer:
    A) It allowed lights to be controlled and safe.
    B) It started the era of imaginative lighting.
    C) It created major fires in multiple theatres.
    D) A and B
    E) B and C

  6. Which designer said 'Light is to the production what music is to the score: the expressive element in opposition to the literal signs; and, like music, light can express only what belongs to the inner essence of all vision's vision.'?

    7. Your answer:
    Edward Gordon Craig
    Adolphe Appia
    Robert Edmund Jones
    Norman Bel Geddes

  7. Which of the following is NOT a function or objective of stage lighting?

    8. Your answer:
    Provide visibility
    Reinforce a central visual image
    Force actors to move in particular patterns
    Assist in creating mood and reinforcing style

  8. What term refers to the fact that beams of light are aimed at a particular area?

    9. Your answer:
    Focus
    Spill
    Shutter
    Lamp

  9. The lighting designer develops a ___________, which shows the position of all the lighting instruments in the space.

    10. Your answer:
    Ground plan
    Light plot
    Elevation
    Rendering

  10. Which of the following is NOT a property of stage lighting?

    11. Your answer:
    Color
    Intensity
    Texture
    Distribution

  11. The plastic material placed in front of a lighting instrument to produce colored light is called...

    12. Your answer:
    Gobo
    Gel
    Black wrap
    Shutters

  12. The different types of stage lights include:

    13. Your answer:
    Soft-edged spotlights (fresnels)
    Sharp, concentrated spotlights (ellipsoidal reflector spotlights)
    Floodlights, 'scoop' lights, strip lights, and border lights
    Automated or moving lights
    All of the above

  13. Which of the following is NOT a type of lighting cue?

    14. Your answer:
    Pan
    Cross-fade
    Blackout
    Fade

  14. In moving lights, the three elements that can be controlled remotely are...

    15. Your answer:
    Intensity, fabric, motion
    Shape, size, texture
    Color, focus, rotation
    Composition, motion, direction

  15. Which aspect of sound design has been present throughout theater history?

    16. Your answer:
    Amplification
    Microphones
    Sound Effects
    Storms

  16. Sound design can be classified as having two primary areas. Those are...

    17. Your answer:
    effects and technology
    music and underscoring
    sound production and sound effects
    sound reproduction and sound reinforcement

  17. Which of the following is NOT a type of microphone used in theatrical sound design?

    18. Your answer:
    Shotgun mike
    Stage mike
    Body mike
    General mike

  18. Which of the following are tasks of the sound designer?

    19. Your answer:
    Mixing recorded and live sounds during performance
    Preparing the 'soundtrack' for the performance
    Placing microphones and speakers appropriately
    All of the above
    None of the above

  19. What is the speed of sound?

    20. Your answer:
    10 feet per second
    100 feet per second
    1100 feet per second
    11000 feet per second

  20. The role of the sound designer is changing alongside the development of technology. What technological development has spurred the growth of sound design as a theatrical design area?

    21. Your answer:
    The speaker and reproduced sound
    The computer and digital sound
    The microphone and amplified sound
    The reel to reel tape deck and analog sound