Bradley University THE 131 Final exam (Salazar) Questions With All Correct Answers!!

What instrument's music accompanied most of the lines in a Roman play? - Answer-Flute Because of the three actor rule, the actor playing Oedipus also played which of the following parts? - Answer-None of the above (Jocasta, The Shepherd, Creon) Like the Greek theatre which influenced it, the Roman theatre used a chorus to perform songs between the episodes. - Answer-False During the Middle Ages, the movement from Liturgical to Vernacular religious drama saw performances of drama move outside of the church and into larger community spaces. - Answer-True The rise of what helped cause the decline of theatrical activity in Rome? - Answer-Christian religion Who was given the responsibility of putting on the plays of the Corpus Christi festival in medieval England? - Answer-Trade Guilds The use of masks in Greek theatre served what purpose? - Answer-Facilitated the rapid change of roles when one or more actors played multiple parts, helped male actors to represent female characters, assisted in communication within their large theatres Hrosvitha, a nun, is credited as the first female dramatist. - Answer-True Like religious plays, morality plays treated biblical or saintly characters. - Answer-False Trade guilds were responsible for providing: - Answer-the pageant wagon and its equipment, all the performers, a supervisor to oversee the production What function did the chorus serve in the Classical Greek theatre? - Answer-Served as a group character to express opinions or give advice, expressed the author's point of view, and served as the ideal spectatorAs variety entertainments diminished in popularity, Roman tragedy grew in popularity. - AnswerFalse We have more music that survives from the ancient Greek plays than we do the texts themselves. - Answer-False In Oedipus Rex Sophocles has fully defined the characters on all four levels of characterization. - Answer-False Which refers to the main acting space of the Classical Greek theatre? - Answer-Orchestra All drama of the medieval period was of a religious nature. - Answer-False Which is NOT a writer of Classical Greek Tragedy? - Answer-Aristophanes With what Greek god was theatre primarily associated? - Answer-Dionysus Which was NOT an appeal of Melodrama? - Answer-Box Sets Who is usually considered the first director, in the modern sense? - Answer-George II, duke of SaxeMeiningen By far, the most popular dramatic form of the 19th century was: - Answer-Melodrama Stanislavsky's "magic if" refers to: - Answer-A way through which the performer may imaginatively project themselves into the world of the play The configuration of Wagner's theatre at Bayreuth set the pattern for most 20th century theatres. - Answer-True Melodrama encouraged the development of realistic spectacle. - Answer-True