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1
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Beijing Opera
Little Theatre
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Musical Theatre
2
Arthur Miller found immediate success on Broadway.
False
True
3
______________________________________________________ by Lorraine Hansberry won a Drama Critics Circle Award.
A Raisin in the Sun
Les Blancs
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
The Drinking Gourd
4
_________________ is traditionally a war dance and is now performed at weddings.
Egungun
Indlamu
Domei
Ingoma
5
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Noh Theatre
Beijing Opera
Musical Theatre
Spanish Golden Age
6
The Provincetown Players were founded by Susan Glaspell but disbanded after they found success producing the works of...
Arthur Miller
Lorraine Hansberry
Eugene O'Neill
Tennessee Williams
7
What team of theatre artists is responsible for the creation of the book musical?
Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, & P.G. Wodehouse
Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, & F.E. Miller
James A. Hearne, Eugene O’Neill, & Susan Glaspell
Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein, & Stephen Sondheim
8
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
African American Theatre
Harlem Renaissance
Spanish Golden Age
Little Theatre
9
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Musical Theatre
Little Theatre
Beijing Opera
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
10
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Noh Theatre
Musical Theatre
Harlem Renaissance
African American Theatre
11
What is Trifles one of the earliest examples of in American theatre?
surreal theatre
feminist theatre
realist theatre
experimental theatre
12
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Beijing Opera
Little Theatre
Musical Theatre
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
13
Which creature from African folklore is Anansesem based on?
Anansi the Spider
Reynard the Fox
All Of You the Tortoise
Pitipiti’s son the Guinea Fowl
14
The KRIGWA playwriting contest wanted anyone entering to...
do a beautiful job
be thorough
be sincere
be true
15
Lorraine Hansberry was able to write from the perspectives of two minorities.
True
False
16
Circle in the Square Theatre specialized in producing the works of ________ & _________ whose legacy they rehabilitated.
Tennessee Williams & Eugene O'Neill
Lorraine Hansberry & Arthur Miller
James A. Hearne & Susan Glaspell
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
17
What size range does Actor’s Equity describe as an Off-Broadway theater?
100 seats – 499 seats
1 seat – 99 seats
500 seats – 999 seats
1000+ seats
18
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Little Theatre
Spanish Golden Age
Early American Theatre
Harlem Renaissance
19
What is the order of influence/mentorship we discussed in class from the Golden Age to Post-Modern musical theatre?
Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Larson, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Larson, Sondheim, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Larson, Sondheim, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Sondheim, Larson, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda
20
Which of the following describes a devised theatre company?
A group that creates its own original work through rehearsal & exploration
A group that workshops a playwright’s new work
A group that produces the final work of a playwright
A group that creates its own original work during each unique performance
21
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Harlem Renaissance
Spanish Golden Age
Early American Theatre
Little Theatre
22
Stephen Sondheim never pushed the boundaries of what a musical could be.
True
False
23
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Spanish Golden Age
Musical Theatre
Beijing Opera
Noh Theatre
24
What other careers did Lorraine Hansberry have in addition to playwright?
activist & academic researcher
activist & journalist
folklorist & novelist
actor & news reporter
25
Judson Poets Theatre specialized in experimental dance.
False
True
26
Which of the following was the most influential Black American theatre troupe?
The Provincetown Players
The Krigwa Players
The Bush Players
The Skyloft Players
27
_________________ is known for its use of seed-pod rattles on the dancers' ankles.
Egungun
Ingoma
Indlamu
Domei
28
_______________ was an activist in Nigeria and combined that work as well as his academic research into his writing.
William Wells Brown
Lorraine Hansberry
W.E.B. DuBois
Wole Soyinka
29
The Provincetown Players were founded by ___________________________________ and her husband in 1915.
Susan Glaspell
Nora Zeale Hurston
Angelina Grimke
Adrienne Kennedy
30
What is egungun’s country of origin?
Ghana
Senegal
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
31
Theatre in New York and most of the country was still segregated during the Harlem Renaissance.
False
True
32
Which playwright was known as “An American Ibsen”?
Susan Glaspell
James A. Hearne
Angelina Grimke
Eugene O'Neill
33
Oklahoma
was the first musical to produce an original Broadway cast recording.
True
False
34
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
African Theatre
Musical Theatre
Broadway, Seriously
Off-Broadway
35
The Black Arts Movement got its start with The Free Southern Theater.
False
True
36
Which of the following is NOT part of an Off-Broadway mindset?
Willing to give experimental work a chance
Tries to make as much money as they can
Prefers ensemble driven, non-commercial work
Resists elaborate entertainment-based performances
37
Which of the following describes method acting?
A technique to completely ignore the life of the character
A technique to completely emotionally identify with the character
A technique to completely invade the life of the character
A technique to completely physically appear like the character
38
What was Arthur Miller’s theory?
Common people are only deserving of being the subjects of comedies.
Common people are deserving of being the subject of tragedies.
Kings and emperors are the only deserving subjects of tragedies.
Kings and emperors are deserving of being the subject of comedies.
39
Which play was shut down by the Kenyan government?
Sizwe Bansi is Dead
I’ll Marry When I Want
The Marriage of Anansewa
The Island
40
_________________________________'s legacy is celebrated every summer during the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Jose Quintero
Julian Beck
Joe Papp
Judith Malina
41
Shuffle Along, the first jazz musical, was a flop on Broadway.
False
True
42
Realism was an immediate hit with American audiences.
False
True
43
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Kabuki Theatre
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Harlem Renaissance
Spanish Golden Age
44
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Musical Theatre
African Theatre
Off-Broadway
Broadway, Seriously
45
The Little Theater Movement was inspired by European theaters.
True
False
46
Death & The King’s Horseman is based on an event that actually happened.
True
False
47
Musicals through history have not changed or developed.
False
True
48
What was remarkable of the 1917 production of Three Plays for a Negro Theatre?
It had an all-black cast.
It created more realistic portrayals of black life.
It had an all-black production team.
It was a commercial success.
49
What was Tennessee Williams’ greatest work?
The Glass Menagerie
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Streetcar Named Desire
Orpheus Descending
50
Play Game is a satirical song, written by Jonathan Larson about theatre that existed to _________ rather than _________.
say something; make money
make money; say something
51
Since gaining their independence, every African country has stopped their colonial performance styles.
True
False
52
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Off-Broadway
Broadway, Seriously
African Theatre
Musical Theatre
53
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Noh Theatre
Spanish Golden Age
Musical Theatre
Beijing Opera
54
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Harlem Renaissance
Kabuki Theatre
Spanish Golden Age
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
55
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Spanish Golden Age
Harlem Renaissance
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Kabuki Theatre
56
Play Game is a...
comedic song
folk song
tragic song
satirical song
57
Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is based entirely in fiction.
False
True
58
Who is considered the “Father of Realism”?
James A. Hearne
Henrik Ibsen
Eugene O’Neill
Konstantin Stanislavski
59
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Little Theatre
Harlem Renaissance
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Kabuki Theatre
60
Which tradition was created during apartheid?
Yoruba Opera
The Township Musical
Puppet Dramas
Ingoma
61
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Musical Theatre
Little Theatre
Beijing Opera
62
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Beijing Opera
Theatre in the Spanish Empire
Little Theatre
Musical Theatre
63
A Raisin in the Sun is loosely based on the discrimination Hansberry’s own family faced when they _____________________.
tried to move to a white suburb
tried to send their children to a white school
tried to sit in the white section of the bus
tried to sit in a whites only restaurant
64
Theatre historians do not have lots of information about pre-colonial theatre and performance practices in Africa.
True
False
65
DuBois wrote that Black American theatre must be _______________ in his manifesto published in The Crisis.
for us
about us
near us
by us
66
Public Theater is where many shows got their start before they found commercial success and moved to Broadway including
Hamilton
The Normal Heart
Hair
A Chorus Line
67
Which age of musical theatre was influenced by pop and rock music?
The Golden Age
The Post-Modern Age
The Post-Golden Age
The Modern Age
68
Which theatrical style does the event below belong to?
Musical Theatre
African Theatre
Broadway, Seriously
Off-Broadway
69
What is considered by many theatre historians to be the first American musical?
Show Boat
The Mulligan Guard
Oklahoma
The Black Crook
70
The KRIGWA playwriting contest asked all those entering to
"write what will sell tickets"
"write about things as others know them"
"write about things as you know them"
"write what people like to watch"
