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Plot Structure Review: Review for Final Exam Areas of the Stage Test: #theatre
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1
What is the term for the series of events that build up to the climax?
Resolution
Inciting Incident
Dénouement
Rising Action
2
The theatron is _____________.
Where the audience sits
Where the actors make their entrances
Where the actors perform
Where the actors change costumes and masks
3
What is the term for the events that sets off the major conflict?
Inciting Incident
Exposition
Climax
Rising Action
4
Similar to the set, the _________ involved in a musical are reflective of the time era of the plot.
Words
Songs
Skits
Dances
5
What is the term for the most exciting part of the story (aka when the problem explodes)?
Rising Action
Resolution
Climax
Reversal
6
___________ are key in captivating audience attention.
Lighting Designs
Sound Designs
Scenic Designs
Costumes
7
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals were written during a time period known as ____________. It lasted from 1943-1965.
The Golden Age
The Brass Age
The Silver Age
The Ruby Age
8
Areas of the stage are always from the ____'s point of view.
Director
Actor
Narrator
Audience
9
_____________ are a form of theatrical art that convey the plot through acting, music, and dancing.
Concerts
Plays
Recitals
Musicals
10
Who was the most famous Greek comedic playwright?
Thespis
Aristophanes
Lysistrata
Sophocles
11
In ancient Greek theatre, performances were complemented with _____ and _____.
Music and Movement
Song and Dance
Chorus and Dithyrambs
Poetry and Rhythm
12
What area of the stage is this?
Downstage
Upstage
Apron
Center Stage
13
The first known actor in history was named _______.
Thespis
Euripides
Aristotle
Sophocles
14
What area of the stage is this?
Right Stage
Stage Left
Left Stage
Stage Right
15
_____________ are musicals that have a cohesive plot, as well as songs & dance that reflect the development of the plot.
Concerts
Recitals
Scripts
Book Musicals
16
Dionysus is the god of ______________.
Fertility, wine, and the arts
The ocean
Fire and water
Farm land and painters
17
What area of the stage is this?
Apron
Proscenium Arch
Upstage
Downstage
18
What area of the stage is this?
Downstage Right
Downstage Left
Upstage Right
Upstage Left
19
What area of the stage is this?
Upstage Left
Downstage Left
Upstage Right
Downstage Right
20
Originally, only 5 actors were allowed to perform in each play.
True
False
21
What area of the stage is this?
Upstage Left
Downstage Right
Upstage Right
Downstage Left
22
The parados is ______________.
Where the actors change costumes and masks.
Where the actors perform
Where the audience sits
Where the actors make their entrances and exits
23
What term in a plot structure only happens in tragedies?
Resolution
Dénouement
Reversal
Exposition
24
The frame of the stage is called the ________.
Curtain
Grand Drape
Proscenium Arch
Apron
25
What area of the stage is this?
Middle Stage
Center Stage
That's a bad looking X
Apron
26
The City Dionysia Festival was meant to honor which Greek god?
Aphrodite
Hercules
Athena
Dionysus
27
Amphitheatre is the Greek word for ______________.
Seeing Space
Dancing space
Reptile theatre
Round theatre
28
What area of the stage is this?
Left Stage
Stage Right
Stage Left
Right Stage
29
To begin the City Dionysia Festival, men would perform _______ to welcome Dionysus.
Dances
Poems
Skits
Songs
30
Depending on the _______ and time era of the plot, different musicals incorporate various stage settings.
Places
Costumes
Design
Settings
31
What area of the stage is this?
Upstage Left
Downstage Left
Downstage Right
Upstage Right
32
There are currently 51 musicals on _____________.
London's West End
Vegas Theatre
Disney World
Broadway
33
The cast (actors and chorus) in Ancient Greece included males and females.
True
False
34
What is not a job in musical theatre?
Producer
Director
Musical Analysis
Choreographer
35
Tragedy plays began with a ____________, a passionate speech, poem, or other writing performed in praise of Dionysus.
Satyr
Dithyramb
Parados
Skene
36
Comedic plays that dealt with mythology were called __________.
Mask Plays
Satyr Plays
Mythological Plays
Skene Plays
37
What is not a job in musical theatre?
Musical Director
Lighting Designer
Costume Stuffer
Set Designer
38
The skene is ________________.
Where the audience sits
Where the actors perform
Where the actors make their entrances and exits
Where the actors change costumes and masks
39
The _________ were a group of actors who narrated the story together as one during a Greek play.
Skenes
Casts
Greek Chorus
Thespians
40
Greek theatres were outdoors.
True
False
41
Comedy plays resulted from Satyr.
False
True
42
How many genres of plays did the Greeks have?
6
4
3
5
43
What term means "the end"?
Exposition
Dénouement
Reversal
Resolution
44
What is the term for the setting, characters, and time?
Climax
Resolution
Inciting Incident
Exposition
45
The orchestra is ____________________.
Where the audience sits
Where the actors perform
Where the actors make their entrances and exits
Where the actors change costumes and masks
46
A musical performer who can sing, dance, and act is known as a _______________.
Actor
Professional
Triple Threat
Enemy
47
What area of the stage is this?
Upstage
Stage Left
Downstage
Stage Right
48
Who was NOT one of the three most famous tragic playwrights of Ancient Greek Theatre?
Aeschylus
Euripides
Lysistrata
Sophocles
