- Which is NOT an important factor that shapes the theatrical experience for the audience?
Your answer:
The knowledge and individual memories of the audience
The audience's awareness of the world in which the play was written and produced
Specific information about the play and playwright
The length of the play being performed
- Art of one age that has so defined the characteristics of human beings that it can speak eloquently to another age is called:
Your answer:
intellectual art
universal art
important art
elite art
- In Ancient Greek theater, which of the following was NOT a convention?
Your answer:
a play usually had five scenes
the drama took place in one locale
the use of a chorus and choral selections
violence and bloodshed took place onstage
- In Elizabethan theater, which of the following was NOT a convention?
Your answer:
the drama shifts among many locations and over many years
expansive in terms of numbers of characters
the use of women actors
violence and bloodshed took place onstage
- Which of the following events had an important influence on the development of the modern theater?
Your answer:
the discoveries of Charles Darwin
the revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx
the theories of Albert Einstein
all of the above
- According to Wilson, eclecticism is a type of theatre that:
Your answer:
is experimental and unconventional
embraces many different strains
is dark and brooding
is conventional and traditional
- Which of the following playwrights wanted to provoke his audiences by disrupting the story onstage?
Your answer:
William Shakespeare
Tennessee Williams
Bertolt Brecht
Eugene O'Neill
- The theater that is performed in large theaters in the district near Times Square in New York City is known as:
Your answer:
Regional theater
The West End
NYC theater
Broadway
- A show that travels from city to city is known as a:
Your answer:
minstrel show
touring production
repertory production
Broadway show
- Which definition best describes an off- Broadway theater?
Your answer:
a large theater in the Times Square district
smaller theaters in NYC neighborhoods that provide less expensive alternatives for theater professionals
a theater that provides free entertainment to audiences
a theater for special interest groups
- Which of the following is NOT an appropriate space for an off-off Broadway production?
Your answer:
church
warehouse
basement
none of the above
- The type of theater that not only presents plays but also educates its performers, designers, and directors to become professionals is known as:
Your answer:
Broadway
Regional theater
College and university theater
Children's theater
- Which of the following is NOT a successful and influential Children's theater in the United States?
Your answer:
Theatreworks USA in New York City
Orange County Children's Theatre
The Kid's Theatre of Cleveland
Children's Theatre of Charlotte
- According to Wilson, which of these types of theater DOES NOT fall into the category of multiethnic, multicultural, and gender theaters?
Your answer:
African American
Hispanic
Gay and Lesbian
none of the above
- Avant-garde theater is:
Your answer:
conventional and traditional
unconventional and breaks away from mainstream tradition
always realistic
not controversial or experimental
- Which of the following playwrights has successfully crossed-over into mainstream American theater?
Your answer:
August Wilson
David Henry Hwang
Harvey Fierstein
all of the above
- Theater in which one person or a few people create a highly individual theater piece is known as:
Your answer:
Crossover art
Performance art
Soliloquy
Creative dramatics
- Rachel Crothers is most assiciated with:
Your answer:
Native American theater
Feminist theater
Asian American theater
Political theater
- The Federal Theater Project had the most impact on:
Your answer:
Native American theater
Feminist theater
Asian American theater
African American theater
- Phillip Kan Gotanda is most associated with:
Your answer:
Native American theater
Feminist theater
Asian American theatere
Political theater