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THEATRE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSModule 1 introduced the idea of the 'socially theatrical' person. Is this the same as
theatre? - Answers -B & C but not A NO
Module 1 showed this guy:
Is the Undertaker doing theatre (according to your reading)? - Answers -Yes. Theatre in
'the raw.'
On stage, "we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the duration of a
performance." What is this called in theatre? - Answers -stage convention
To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means you have... -
Answers -suspended your disbelief
Can a bench be a car? - Answers -In a theatre, yes
If there is an accepted stage convention, yes
If you have suspended your disbelief, yes
++++all of the above++++
"A strong theatrical event has an agreed upon script/event that has been created by a
script writer or playwright." The assumption when going to a play is that something
interesting is going to happen worthy of our attention. Which of the following is more
likely to appear in a stage play? - Answers -a 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy
has arrived at summer camp and has forgotten his sun screen
drama
Correct!
+++all of the above+++
Where was the first recorded play? - Answers -Egypt
What character was featured in the Abydos Passion Play? - Answers -Osiris
Any play that details the story of the life, death, and resurrection of any deity may be
called? - Answers -a passion play
Which culture, Egyptian or Greek, had more influence on later Western cultures? -
Answers -Greek
Greek theatre was performed... - Answers -outdoors
in the daylight
with no sound amplification
Correct!
+++all of the above+++
,Deus Ex Machina means 'God in the Machine.' What does it refer to? - Answers -a
special effect where gods are flown in with ropes and pulleys
Greek plays were also performed as part of religious festivals in honor of ... - Answers -
Dionysus
The function of the Greek Chorus was to watch and comment on the action after a
major scene took place. These "chorale odes" may have... - Answers -been sung or
chanted
According to many records, __________ is considered to be the person who was the
first principal actor in a play. (We discussed earlier that this has been discovered to be
incorrect.) The story goes that _________ stepped away from the Chorus and spoke to
them and engaged in a dialogue that was different from the group chanting that had
been going on. - Answers -Thespis
Greek Tragic Poets normally presented their plays in groups of four: three tragedies and
a Satyr Play. Where? - Answers -Festival Dionysia
The Satyr Play... - Answers -was an early form of comedy
Is the origin of the word 'satyric'
was performed in addition to tragedies
Correct!
+++all of the above+++
Who is often called the father of Greek drama (and/or tragedy)? - Answers -Aeschylus
He was the first to introduce the use of three actors separate from the Chorus. His most
famous tragedies feature Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Who is
this man? - Answers -Sophocles
He was a rebel known for daring to raise questions about the validity of the gods
themselves. Two of his most significant works were The Bacchae and Medea. Who was
he? - Answers -Euripedes
Who was the most significant comic Greek playwright? He wrote Lysistrata. - Answers -
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripedes
Correct!
+++none of the above+++
The Greek philosopher Aristotle (one of the big three of ancient philosophy) described
the formula for a dramatic script. It is believed that Aristotle wrote two books on the
, dramatic form; one on tragedy and one on comedy. Only the book on tragedy survived.
What is it called? - Answers -The Poetics
What is a kathornoi? - Answers -a stage shoe
What is an Archon? (Not the social fraternity Archon- the one related to theatre) -
Answers -chief magistrate
first producers or perhaps a generous church Deacon
the person you applied to as a playwright in Greece
Correct!
+++all of the above+++
Playwrights were referred to as a didaskalos, which means... - Answers -teacher
If you are a kritai, you are a... - Answers -judge
Rome started as a _________ and ended as an Empire. - Answers -republic
There is an extant record of one Roman Emperor commanding that all depictions of sex
on stage must be... - Answers -real
Some blame the fall of Rome on rulers who distracted their populations from real
problems with... - Answers -bread and circuses
The three major extant Roman playwrights mentioned in your Module include... -
Answers -Senca
This playwright was a comedian who borrowed from the Greeks. Rather than focusing
on kings and heroes, his characters inhabit middle and lower class lives. His writing is
often disparaged as being 'low comedy.' Who is this? - Answers -Plautus
"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance in three
days." This quote is an example of the playwright's focus on everyday life. Who is he? -
Answers -Plautus
It is believed that _________ was of African descent. One recent and unconfirmed
source claims he was Tunisian. He, too, borrowed from the Greeks, but his writing style
and intellectual humor have often been cited as a reason to consider him a superior
playwright. His plays are often referred to as being 'high comedy.' Who is he? - Answers
-Terence
"She never was very charming till she died." This is an example of the humor of... -
Answers -Terence
_________ was a Senator and it has been hotly debated whether his tragic plays were
ever performed in public during his life time. However, the impact of his writing is
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