Duplicate of Intro to Theater Fall 2017 Final Review

Question 1

Paperwork prepared by a lighting designer to show placement of lights.

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Light Plot

Question 2

A component of scenery that is walked upon by actors.

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Platform

Question 3

Category or kind of play.

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Genre

Question 4

Which show is pictured?

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Hamilton

Question 5

A play that tells the story of a god who dies and then rises from the dead is called a

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Passion Play

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a component of the actor's instrument?

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Rehearsal

Question 7

What country is the theater pictured from?

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India

Question 8

Who directed Spiderman the musical?

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Julie Taymor

Question 9

What is the relationship between the director and producer? (According to the book)

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The producer hires and fires the director

Question 10

The person who has final say over EVERY element of the production until opening night.

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Director

Question 11

What is Avery's PAYING job in THE PIANO LESSON?

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elevator operator

Question 12

Theater space where all the audience view the stage from the same angle through a "4th wall".

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Proscenium

Question 13

Theater that acknowleges itself as theater

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Metatheater

Question 14

The resolution of the action of the play.

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Denoument

Question 15

Big movements onstage, like crossing from a door upstage right to a couch downstage left.

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Blocking

Question 16

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, Oedipus's mother and wife.

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Jocasta

Question 17

Small-scale movement on stage, such as turning a page in a book.

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Business

Question 18

Wrote and stars in HAMILTON.

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Lin-Manual Miranda

Question 19

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Expressionism

Question 20

WAITING FOR GODOT is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Theater of the Absurd

Question 21

What type of theater was written by Brecht and advocated the plight of the common man?

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Theater of Alienation

Question 22

The guy credited with developing THE Method and wrote the book on it.

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Stanislavski

Question 23

This kind of play always contains a theme of working hard to get nowhere

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Theater of Absurd

Question 24

Which is NOT one of Aristotle's 6 components of a tragedy?

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Conflict

Question 25

Actor's Equity is the only union in our country to have ever...

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Negotiated lower wages

Question 26

When a director adds a surprising element to a production, such as Romeo and Juliet in space.

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High Concept

Question 27

Paperwork prepared by a lighting designer to show when lights do things.

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Cue Sheet

Question 28

Director of THE LION KING.

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Julie Taymor

Question 29

The person ultimately responsible for building all scenery for a show accurately and on time.

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Technical Director

Question 30

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, the blind prophet.

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Tieresias

Question 31

In the play, OEDIPUS REX, Oedipus's brother in law and uncle.

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Creon

Question 32

In 1/4" scale, a 12'-6" wide wall would be drawn

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3 1/8"

Question 33

A person who critiques a production publicly in a newspaper or blog.

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Drama Critic

Question 34

The person who provides money for a production and hires and fires the director.

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Producer

Question 35

Which is NOT (officially) a step in the actor's routine?

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self-doubt

Question 36

To fasten a compression leg onto a platform you should use:

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Screws and a drill with a screw bit

Question 37

Beginning part of play: gives the audience info to understand context of the action to come.

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Exposition

Question 38

Which show is pictured?

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Lion King

Question 39

The more active Japanese style of theater in the picture is

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Kabuki

Question 40

This lighting instrument provides unfocused, gooshy mood lighting.

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Fresnel

Question 41

Slow-paced Japanese "art of walking" theater pictured here

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Noh

Question 42

The 2018 Tony Awards will take place

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On Sunday, June 10 at 8pm

Question 43

Theater space where audience completely surrounds the stage.

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Arena

Question 44

THE BOOK OF MORMON is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Satire

Question 45

Composes a large part of the participation grade for this class.

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Enthusiasm

Question 46

Theater space where audience surrounds 1/2 or 3/4 of the stage.

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Thrust

Question 47

A set for a show is a giant skull and the actors act inside it as if it is a room. It is:

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Metaphoric

Question 48

A component of scenery used to make walls and sometimes ceilings.

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Flat

Question 49

The "carrier of action" and usually the main character in the play.

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Protagonist

Question 50

The actress pictured is performing what style of theater?

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Chinese opera

Question 51

Paperwork prepared by a set designer to show where scenery lives on stage.

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Ground Plan

Question 52

A style of acting where the actor "lives the life of the character onstage."

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Method

Question 53

This lighting instrument just points light straight ahead.

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PAR Can

Question 54

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN is an example of what genre of modern theater?

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Theater of Alienation

Question 55

Which show is pictured?

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Cinderella

Question 56

What show is pictured?

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Warhorse

Question 57

A painting technique that involves "throwing" droplets of paint off of the brush.

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Spatter

Question 58

This lighting instrument provides very focused light, like a spot light.

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LEKO/ ERS

Question 59

What show is pictured?

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Fences

Question 60

Which component did the book add to Aristotle's components of a tragedy?

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Convention

Question 61

THE CAT IN THE HAT contains things we believe even though they aren't literally true. That is:

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Convention

Question 62

The Wilson play, where a father tells his son he owes him rather than loves him is:

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Fences

Question 63

A person who critiques a production privately as part of the production's creative team.

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Dramaturg

Question 64

What does a play need to do to win a Tony award?

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Be awesome on Broadway

Duplicate of Intro to Theater Fall 2017 Final Review

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