2nd semester clicker qs

Question 1

Scholarly critics generally write

Answer 1

detailed, comprehensive, and rigorously researched articles without the deadline or space limitations of newspapers

Question 2

The presence of a critical focus in the audience has the effect of keeping the theatre

Answer 2

honest

Question 3

Plays of the royal era are characterized by

Answer 3

Rational sensibilities

Question 4

Which of the following is true of theatre in Asia

Answer 4

A diverse tradition exists in Asian theatre

Question 5

Which drama, whose name means “story play” originated in rural villages in the province of Kerala in the Seventh century and is based on any of thousands of stories from two great Indian epics, the Damayana and the Mahabharata

Answer 5

Kathakali

Question 6

The word, “kabuki”

Answer 6

derives from kabuki meaning “askew” and refers to a style of behavior that might today be called “hip” or “punk”

Question 7

Which country is the home of the oldest continuous theatre tradition?

Answer 7

China

Question 8

Which of the following was not a significant historical influence on the early development of modern theatre

Answer 8

World war 2

Question 9

Which is a characteristic of realist drama?

Answer 9

characters are drawn to..life…..

Question 10

The founding playwright of the realist era was

Answer 10

Henrik Ibsen

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the relationship between realism and naturalism

Answer 11

Naturalism paralleled but existed independently..

Question 12

Which movement can be interpreted to signal the death of isms in our contemporary age?

Answer 12

Postmoderism

Question 13

This tye of drama, in vogue in German…

Answer 13

Expressionism

Question 14

Which movement was basd in the idea that, although umans search for some meaning or purpose in human life, they are met with the immutable irrationality..

Answer 14

Absurdity