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1
What was perspective drawing viewed as?
a miracle
an act of beauty
magic
an act of god
2
What were the appeals of intermezzi eventually absorbed into?
Operettas
Operas
Plays
Musicals
3
How was the term "upstage" coined?
Came after Shakespeare's invention of the word "upstairs"
Backstage is where crew members said "what's UP"
Sets forced actors to have to look "up" at the sky in the back
Stage floor raked upward toward the back
4
To this day a (n)______ stage is the most common type.
picture-frame
Winged
Comic scene
all male
5
When did the reawakened interest in Greek and Roman ideas begin?
15th century
13th century
14th century
12th century
6
Which of the following is true about a Commedia dell'Arte script?
It only has the actor's lines.
It has no lines or stage directions.
Because Commedia dell'Arte was improvisation, there was no script.
It only has stage directions.
7
Which section of the auditorium was meant for the lower class?
Pit
Mezzanine
Box
Gallery
8
Which is a modern-day adaptation of the play "The Servant of Two Masters"?
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"One man, Two Guvnors"
"Death of A Salesman"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
9
What was the average size of an early commedia troupe?
ten to twelve members
twelve to sixteen members
seven to ten members
four to seven members
10
Which of the Commedia masters often played an elderly Venetian merchant?
Pantalone
Capitano
Dottore
Vitruvius
11
Where were the cheapest seats in a Venetian Opera House?
The boxes
The back of the theatre
The gallery
The pit
12
The subject of plays in the Italian Renaissance were usually drawn from...?
Classical mythology
The playwright's life
Religion
Events happening in Italy at the time
13
What year were religious plays outlawed in Paris?
1543
1548
1556
1537
14
In what century were the principles of perspective drawing developed?
17th
15th
16th
14th
15
Which decade did opera originate?
1570s
1590s
1540s
1580s
16
Which of these is NOT a Commedia stock character?
Master
Noble
Lover
Servant
17
Where did England get their inspiration for the sets that they built?
From literature
From the King
From Italy
From France
18
How many members did a commedia group usually contain?
10-12 members
14-16 members
8-10 members
12-14 members
19
De Architectura tells the appropriate settings to 3 types of plays. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?
Romance
Tragedy
Pastoral
Comedy
20
Names like Truffaldino and Trivellino are variations of what character?
Dottore
Harlequin
Pantalone
Capitano
21
Which genre was most commonly displayed in Commedia plays?
They were a very broad variety of genres.
Commedia plays were usually musicals, with lots of dancing and movement.
They were mainly comedy, although a few were tragedies.
They were typically dramas, with some moments of comedy.
22
Vitruvius' drawings fuse classical theatre architecture with ______ perspective paintings.
Dark Ages
Medieval
Renaissance
Shakespearean Times
23
A commedia troupe averaged how many members?
5-9
4-6
10-12
14-16
24
What nationality is famous for creating "masques?"
The Spanish
The English
The Italians
The Romans
25
How did Goldoni contribute to commedia's downfall with his plays?
He got the master roles mixed up with the servant roles
He made the characters blander and took away their defining traits
His scripts became offenssive to people at the time
He took out much of the improvisation
26
The Venetian opera houses divisioned their auditorium into... (choose more than one)
pit
gallery
box
stage
27
What were intermezzi used for?
between two different, separate shows
between the acts of short, low-budget plays
between the acts of regular plays
between the acts of lengthy, pompous, expensive plays
28
Who were two of the "master" characters of Commedia Dell'art?
Pantalone and Capitano
Beatrice and Truffaldino
Clarice and Silvio
Arlecchino and Carlo Gozzi
29
What, even today, is described as the most common type of stage?
In-the-round
Thrust stage
Black box/studio theater
"Picture-frame" stage (proscenium arch)
30
Who wrote The Servant of Two Masters?
Carlo Goldoni
Richard Bean
Carlo Gozzi
Carlos Gelato
31
In which part of Italy is the oldest surviving theatre with a permanent proscenium arch?
Turin
Venice
Parma
Modena
32
By the 16th century , which style of drawing was used due to its form of almost magic?
perspective
3-D film
Mansions
Fixed viewpoint
33
What was the heart of commedia dell’arte?
The setting
The music
The actor
The props
34
Who published Architettura which demonstrated how to create a performance space with any given place?
Sebastiano Serlio
Vitruvius
Giuseppe Bibiena
Shakespeare
35
Which of these storylines does not occur in The Servant of Two Masters?
Pantalone wants Clarice to marry someone.
Florindo hires Beatrice as his servant.
Silvio and Clarice are reunited.
Truffaldino and Beatrice stay in an inn.
36
What is the role of perspective drawing in a play?
To allow viewers to see characters better
To create space and distance on a flat surface
To make the lighting in a scene more bright
To emphasize the interlude of a play
37
Which of the following was not part of Pantalone's costume?
A brown knee length coat
A tight red vest
A gray beard
A brown mask
38
Which people are playwrights?
Bibiena
Gazzi
Serlio
Goldoni
39
Which character became the most popular?
servants
lovers
masters
harlequin
40
Theatre played an important role during festivals in Italy. What were the plays' themes inspired from?
Primitive Mythology
Hindu Mythology
Classical Mythology
Comparative Mythology
41
Describe what Serlio's design for the comic scene was.
Buildings are formal and stand up straight in a line.
The upper portion of buildings have downward slopes.
Squares line the stage, diminishing in size from front to back.
The ruling class is represented.
42
Which chracter's costume consited of a red vest and red breeches?
Capitano
Dottore
Pantalone
Arlecchino
43
What was the popular London modern adaptation of The Servant of Two Masters?
One Man, Two Guvnors
One Man, Two Governments
One Merchant, Two Governments
One Man, Two Commedias
44
What did Carlo Goldoni aim to do to make the Commedia theatre more appealing?
Rebuild theatres to make them more elegant and suitable for wealthy.
Emphasize fairy-tales & improvisation by making stories more fantastic.
Completely remove all pre-written lines, allowing the actors to improvise.
Refine characters, more written-out dialogue, and do away with masks.
45
Before Capitano was a braggart and a coward he was originally?
Cook
Lover
Lawyer
Servant
