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1
A LORT stage manager must be a member of actors equity
False
True
2
The actual size of a "2 by 4" is 2" by 4"
False
True
3
Some of the earliest extant tragedies in western drama were written by Aeschylus, including his trilogy titled:
The Orestia
The Trojan Women
The Persians
The Trojan War
4
African American theatre has grown due to the efforts of companies like the:
The Group theatre
The Moscow Art theatre
Bauhaus School
Negro Ensemble Company
5
Which if the following was not a significant contributor to English drama in the late 16th and early 17th century?
Christopher Marolowe
John Dryden
Ben Johnson
Thomas Kyd
6
Which genre is defined as the most serious treatment of a subject matter?
Comedy
Tragicomedy
Tragedy
Melodrama
7
Between the "fall" of Rome and the "Rise" of liturgical drama
no
theatrical activity took place in Europe
True
False
8
Scripts are visualized by giving a production style: realism, naturalism, symbolism, absurdism, tragedy etc
False
True
9
The proper pace of a play is when an audience is able to follow the action and understand the play's meaning.
False
True
10
Much of medieval drama in England was produced out of doors, often through the use of
Corrales
Pageant Wagons
Vestibules
Inn Courtyards
11
Thomas D. Rice created the character "Jim Crow" which lead to the creation of the minstrel show
True
False
12
Paper tech is a meeting to define and record a series of technical events required to operate the production needs.
False
True
13
Which is not one of the actor's three resonators?
Mouth
Nose
Throat
Diaphragm
14
Written by Stanislavski, it is considered to be the first modern treatise on acting
The Poetics
1 fish 2 fish yellow fish blue fish
Dafne
An Actor Prepare
15
A "beat" is the actor's basic unit of action
True
False
16
Not mentioned by Aristotle, the unities of time, place, action became important concepts in neoclassic dramatic theory
False
True
17
Much of commedia dell arte relied on the use of stock comic 'bits' or memorized business. These were called:
Tanni
Fedeli
Innamorati
Lazzi
18
The foundation for acting is the mutual projection between actors or person to person communication
False
True
19
To persuade, to seduce are examples of
obsatcles
tasks
expectations
goals
20
A well known Morality play, this anonymous work employs allegorical use of several non human characters
Abraham and Isaac
Romance of the Rose
Everyman
The Pride of Life
21
In blocking, compact form suggests strength, power, energy and determination.
False
True
22
Stage managers cue the actors to their entrances
False
True
23
Written by Aristotle, the first major theoretical work on western drama
Torelli
The Poetics
Dafne
An Actor Prepare
24
Among the new theatrical movements of the 20th century are
futurism, surrealism, dadaism, existentialism
surrealism, dadaism, religious drama
realism, futurism, romantism, dadism
Existentialism, neo-classicism, symbolism
25
Pixecourt established many of the conventions of farce through his plays
True
False
26
One of the first theoretical treatments of Western drama was written by Aristotle and is called
The Ethics
The Poetics
The Rhetoric
The Politics
27
Which of the following genres was not employed by Shakespeare
Tragedy
History
Melodrama
Comedy
28
Which one of the following is an important African playwright
Pik Botha
Nelson Mandela
Athol Fugard
Ira Aldridge
29
Light board operators and sound board operators use their scripts to give cues
True
False
30
The high point of the plot.
exposition
climax
resolution
inciting incident
31
A "Cold Reading" is when an actor reads from a script they haven't seen.
False
True
32
It's okay to let your skin contact the glass envelope of a tungsten halogen theatre lamp
True
False
33
A piece of 3/4" plywood is almost equally strong in all directions
True
False
34
Ibsen only wrote in the style of Realism
False
True
35
The oldest acting company that stills exists is
The Moscow Art Theatre
The Old Vic
The Theatre Guild
The Comedie Francaise
36
An ampere is a unit of electrical current measurement
False
True
37
After the director leaves a production, it is the stage managers responsibility to maintain the show
False
True
38
Dennis Diderot wrote
The Paradox of Acting
which placed intellect and reasoning over emotion in acting
True
False
39
The director's aim is a vital interpretation rather than a "correct" one.
False
True
40
Women first appeared on the English stage in
1601-02
1660-61
1703-04
1560-61
41
Permanent theatre structures were constructed in Greece, In what is considered its classic era of great playwriting
False
True
42
Tony Pastor started Vaudeville in America as a family entertainment
True
False
43
The group theatre helped to introduce Stanislavski to young American actors while establishing many known artist '30-now
False
True
44
Theatrical style flats are usually covered in a medium grade muslin
False
True
45
Aristotle considered the single most important element of drama to be the plot
True
False
46
The crew typically arrives a half hour before the show starts
True
False
47
There was only one correct methodology for properly studying theatre history
True
False
48
The three basic components of paint are: pigment, binder and glue
False
True
49
What is not part of the 4 major steps in stage composition?
Business
Sound
Groundplan
Blocking
50
Blocking is the director's prime device for making the action clear to the audience.
True
False
51
In blocking, ____________ lines convey strength, formality and regularity:
Broken
Straight
Diagonal
Circular
52
An atmosphere song provides a sense of place.
False
True
53
When the actor shows the emotions of the character rather than playing the intentions of the character the actor is:
Indulging
Indicating
Internalizing
Articulating
54
The oldest extant comedy in western drama was written in Greece by:
Plato and Socrates
Plautus and Terence
Horace and Longninus
Aristophanes and Menander
55
Shakespeare worked
only
in an outdoor theatre
True
False
56
One of the most popular African American woman playwrights is
Suzi-Lori Parks
Susan Sontag
Aphra Behn
Coraline Neuber
57
The oldest surviving Renaissance theatre was built between 1580-1584. It was:
Teatro Olimpico
The Rose
The Globe
Teatro Farnese
58
In Chinese opera military dramas, the predominant musical instrument is the gong.
False
True
59
Preparing the stage for rehearsal is the task of the technical director
True
False
60
Peter Brook is an English director who devoted his life to the study of theatre, written books and directed many plays
True
False
61
The two principle actors credited for originating the various "clown" characters in Shakespeare's plays
Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca
Will Kempe and Robert Armin
Goethe and Schiller
Goldsmith and Sheridan
62
A yawn is the most natural breathe you can take
False
True
63
Written in 1594, it is considered to be the first opera
An Actor Prepare
The Poetics
Dafne
Torelli
64
Which is not one of the Aristotle's six elements of drama?
spectacle
actor
diction
plot
65
One of the earliest rediscoveries of the renaissance was De Architectura . This influential work was written by:
Gutenburg
Aldus Manutius
Vitruvius
Machiavelli
66
Unlike most theatrical artists, the playwright usually works alone.
True
False
67
The producer is ultimately responsible for financing the production.
False
True
68
Inigo Jones was a noted figure of the English theatre between 1605-1643. His reputation rested on his talents as
A playwright
A director
Scene and Costume Designer
An actor
69
A French scene is defined as:
A change in emotion of a character
A change in the topic of conversation
all of the above
The entrance or exit of a character
70
Early theatrical directors included the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, David Belasco and Max Reinhardt
False
True
71
Kabuki is an older form of Japanese theatre than Noh
True
False
72
Which is not included in an actor's given circumstances?
where
what
why
when
73
The actor uses three tools: the voice, the body and the mind
False
True
74
The theatre manager credited with introducing the box set to the English stage
Dr. Gregory Hoepfner
Madame Vestris
Torelli
Susan
75
Independent theaters developed in many countries to overcome censorship at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century
True
False
76
The Inventor of the Chariot and Pole System
Torelli
Aristotle
Dafne
Bible
77
A ______ is defined as a top view of the set, a bird's eye view, as if the top of a building had been taken off.
groundplan
model
sketch
rendering
78
The inner action of a scene is called subtext
True
False
79
Although classic Roman theatre seldom produced tragedies, this playwright would greatly influence Renaissance tragedy
Terence
Plautus
Cicero
Seneca
80
Konstantin Stanislavski developed the concept of emotional memory
True
False
81
The Stage Manager is in charge of daily cash receipts and probably knows the show is going to close before anyone else
True
False
82
A production stage manager is simply a glorified stage manager
False
True
83
Specializing in comedy, they were the major playwrights of 18th century England
Goldsmith and Sheridan
Dr. McCabe (cause smart)
Mr. T (cause old)
Goethe and Schiller
84
A director's extrinsic interpretation comes from the text and materials that illuminate the text
False
True
85
Blocking notation is usually written in ink
False
True
86
Theatre is a collaborative art.
False
True
87
Major playwrights of the late 18th century, they are considered the "founders" of german romanticism
Goethe and Schiller
Will Kempe and Robert Armin
Goldsmith and Sheridan
Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca
88
The most innovative and influential scenic designers in the 18th century Europe
The Bibiena family
Goldsmith and Sheridan
Will Kempe and Robert Armin
Goethe and Schiller
89
The standard seam allowance is 1/4"
False
True
90
Theatre of protest during the 1950s included groups like the Living Theatre, The San Fransisco Mime group etc.
False
True
91
Fresnel style lighting instruments have an internal light shuttering system
True
False
92
French Neo-classicism was established by the french academy when it attacked
Tartuffe
Phedre
Le Cid
The Miser
93
The first step in any area of design is research
False
True
94
The fame of the Palais Royal troupe grew primarily because Moliere's acting
True
False
95
What is defined as a long speech delivered by a character in which they think aloud their inner most thoughts?
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
Flashback
96
Stage managers routinely give lines to actors during performances
False
True
97
Their prolific writing for the stage contributed to Spain's "Golden Age"
Mr. T
Ben and Joey Williams
Dr. McCabe
Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca
98
Hollywood style flats are lighter and easier to move than theatrical style flats
True
False
99
Adolph Appia and Edward Gordon Craig helped to develop new approaches to scenic and lighting design
True
False