THEATER 101 CHAPTER 5 QUIZ #4
QUIZ #4 - Stage Spaces

 

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  1. What production by the Performance Group in New York City, described by Wilson, controlled the audience's introduction to the play by making them wait in line outside the theater before the performance?
  2. Your answer:
    King Lear
    Dionysus in 69
    The Bacchae
    Cloud 9


  3. Which of the following is NOT a type of theater space?
  4. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    epic stage


  5. The theater space, also known as a picture- frame stage, in which the audience is separated from the stage by a framing arch is known as a/an:
  6. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  7. The theater space, also known as a circle theatre, in which the audience completely surrounds the stage on all four sides is known as a/an:
  8. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  9. The theater space in which the audience sits on three sides of the stage is known as a/an:
  10. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  11. The type of theater space that is adaptable and could be any type of environment, such as a barn, warehouse, or basement, is known as a/an:
  12. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  13. Which of the following stages was made most popular by Broadway theaters?
  14. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  15. Which of the following stages is most effective for big budget musicals?
  16. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  17. Which of the following stages helps to create an intimate, unconscious communion between the audience and performers?
  18. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  19. Which of the following stages is the most widely used of all the stage spaces?
  20. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  21. Which of the following stages were influenced by the ideas of Jerzy Grotowski and Antonin Artaud?
  22. Your answer:
    created or found stage
    proscenium stage
    thrust stage
    arena stage


  23. Arena staging began:
  24. Your answer:
    with Modern theater
    with the Ancient Greeks
    with the Elizabethan theater
    in the 20th century


  25. An example of an Elizabethan thrust space was known as a/an:
  26. Your answer:
    outdoor stage
    platform stage
    Shakespearean stage
    none of the above


  27. According to Wilson, which of the following non-theater buildings have been used as stage spaces:
  28. Your answer:
    fire stations
    breweries
    gymnasiums
    all of the above


  29. The practice of using the space to fit the play rather than making the play fit the space is indicative of what type of theatrical space?
  30. Your answer:
    arena
    thrust
    adapted
    proscenium


  31. Which is NOT a type of street theater?
  32. Your answer:
    plays from standard repertoire presented in the streets
    neighborhood theater
    children's theater
    guerilla theater


  33. The type of theater in which there is not only more than one playing area, but also that there is something going on in several of them simultaneously is known as a/an:
  34. Your answer:
    adapted space
    circle theater
    multifocus theater
    guerilla theater


  35. A black box theater is most commonly referred to as what type of theater space?
  36. Your answer:
    thrust
    proscenium
    all-purpose
    arena


  37. In addition to the type of theater space, which of the following can also be a variable that affects the theatrical experience?
  38. Your answer:
    size
    atmosphere
    setting
    all of the above


  39. Wilson describes the notion of 'human scale' as:
  40. Your answer:
    the idea that the performer is the scale by which everything is measured in theater
    the idea that the audience's emotions are the scale by which everything is measured in theater
    both of the first two answers
    neither of the first two answers