THEATER 101 CHAPTER 18 QUIZ #17
QUIZ #17 - Musical Theatre

 

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  1. Which musical form had its beginnings in Italy around 1600?

    2. Your answer:
    Revue
    Opera
    Operetta
    The American musical

  2. This type of performance is defined as drama set entirely to music.

    3. Your answer:
    Opera
    Operetta
    Musical Comedy
    Musical
    Revue

  3. This type of performance is defined as drama that features a romantic story set in a far-off locale with little basis in everyday life. Although the majority of the drama is set to music, some portions are spoken by performers.

    4. Your answer:
    Opera
    Operetta
    Musical Comedy
    Musical
    Revue

  4. This type of performance is defined as a light, comic story interspersed with popular music. Often connected to contemporary people and events, this form emerged in the United States in the 1920's.

    5. Your answer:
    Opera
    Operetta
    Musical Comedy
    Musical
    Revue

  5. This type of performance uses music dance and acting to develop complex stories. It evolved from two other forms of musical theater.

    6. Your answer:
    Opera
    Operetta
    Musical Comedy
    Musical
    Revue

  6. This type of performance presents sketches and vignettes alternating with musical numbers. With no single storyline, this form sometimes revolves around a common theme rather than a traditional plot.

    7. Your answer:
    Opera
    Operetta
    Musical Comedy
    Musical
    Revue

  7. The late 19th century production noted as the significant forerunner of the modern musical is

    8. Your answer:
    The Second Shepard's Play
    The Black Crook
    The Cid
    Cyrano de Bergerac

  8. In 1927, the landmark musical Showboat opened. The controversial musical featured an interracial romance as well as eliminating the chorus line of girls that had always been considered indispensable. The team which created the musical is...

    9. Your answer:
    Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
    Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern
    Jerome Kern and Cole Porter
    George M. Cohan and Richard Rodgers

  9. Which landmark musical by George and Ira Gershwin focused on the black community of 'Catfish Row' with the songs 'Summertime' and 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'?

    10. Your answer:
    Hair
    Showboat
    South Pacific
    Porgy and Bess

  10. Which production heralded the 'golden era' of the American musical?

    11. Your answer:
    South Pacific
    Oklahoma!
    The King and I
    Cabaret

  11. Oklahoma was considered a landmark production because it integrated dance, story, music, and lyrics into the entire piece. The choreographer for the production was...

    12. Your answer:
    Agnes de Mille
    Bob Fosse
    Jerome Robbins
    Martha Graham

  12. Which musical is NOT by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II?

    13. Your answer:
    The Sound of Music
    Cabaret
    Carousel
    South Pacific
    All of the above

  13. Which decades were considered the 'golden era' of the American musical?

    14. Your answer:
    The 1920's through the 1930's
    The 1930's through the 1940's
    The 1940's through the 1950's
    The 1950's through the 1960's

  14. Which production is considered as marking the end of the 'golden era' of the American musical?

    15. Your answer:
    Fiddler on the Roof
    A Chorus Line
    Cats
    Hair

  15. When a musical is based around an idea rather than a story, it is called a...

    16. Your answer:
    Revival
    Concept musical
    Devised musical
    Schematic musical

  16. Who directed A Chorus Line in 1975?

    17. Your answer:
    Harold Prince
    Bob Fosse
    Michael Bennett
    Susan Stroman

  17. Which one of these musicals is NOT connected to Andrew Lloyd Webber?

    18. Your answer:
    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Cats
    Les Miserables
    Phantom of the Opera

  18. Which multi-million dollar entertainment organization recently began producing Broadway musicals?

    19. Your answer:
    AOL Time Warner
    Disney
    Microsoft
    Dreamworks Pictures

  19. Which 1996 musical brought the social crisis of AIDS to the public conscience, using the opera La Boheme as its foundation?

    20. Your answer:
    Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
    The King and I
    Victor/Victoria
    Rent

  20. In 2001, what musical used a Mel Brooks film as its foundation, proving the potential connections between film and theatre?

    21. Your answer:
    Hairspray
    Thoroughly Modern Millie
    The Producers
    Urinetown