Clicker qs

Question 1

The three basic components of theatre are

Answer 1

Actor, space, audience

Question 2

Which of the following best defines theatre?

Answer 2

A place to watch a performance

Question 3

True or false?

Theatre and sport/games have little in common

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Denis Diderot’s idea of the “paradox of the actor” states that onstage,

Answer 4

While the actor disappears or seems lifeless, the simulated character seems to live

Question 5

What are the two types of performance?

Answer 5

Presentational and Representational or Internal and External

Question 6

Theatrical performance differs from other kinds of performance because:

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Theatre is live, scripted, and rehearsed

Question 7

What is a play?

Answer 7

An action focused around a particular conflict, which gives the action significance

Question 8

True or false?

The term genre means “category” or “kind”

Answer 8

True

Question 9

In Greek tragedy, the central character

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Undergoes a change that leads to his or her demise

Question 10

Tragic suffering differs form pathetic or maudlin feelings in that:

Answer 10

The tragic hero takes on a bold and heroic dimension because he or she faces huge odds

Question 11

Which of the following is true about the difference between tragedy and comedy?

Answer 11

Tragedy typically deals with great people, whereas comedy deals with ordinary people

Question 12

The person who opposes the “carrier of the action” is called the

Answer 12

Antagonist

Question 13

Which dramatic genre purports to be serious, but in fact deals with human issues on only the most superficial level, embellished w spectacular staging, flamboyant dialogue, and highly suspenseful and contrived plotting?

Answer 13

Melodrama

Question 14

Ultimately, the practice of dividing plays into a genre is

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Subjective because each play is unique

Question 15

The six components of a play which Aristotle lists, in order of importance, are

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Plot, character, theme, diction, music, and spectacle

Question 16

True or false?

The audience is NOT part of the definition of conventions of the theatre

Answer 16

False

Question 17

According to the text, every person may be considered a playwright because

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The unconscious stages an association of words and ideas when we sleep

Question 18

The term playwright refers to

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A person who constructs a play as a wheelwright makes a wheel

Question 19

The core element of every play is

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Action

Question 20

A fantastical play that deals with characters that are wholly appropriate tot heir imaginary situation and internally consistent in their actions within the context of the play, which therefore create wholly….

Answer 20

Credibility

Question 21

Info about antecedent action (action coming before) is called

Answer 21

exposition

Question 22

Which of the following is true of the history of the director’s role?

Answer 22

There has always been a director but not always an individual specifically charged with that role

Question 23

The ancient Greek word for director is

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Disdaskalos: meaning teacher

Question 24

True or false?

Contemporary directors are less free than those in prior periods to experiment with ideas and/or concepts

Answer 24

False

Question 25

What is meant by the “concept” of a production?

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The director’s central idea which focuses his or her interpretation

Question 26

The director spends most of her time in which of the following activities?

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Coaching the actors

Question 27

A director should possess all of the following EXCEPT

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A capable voice and an athletic physique, both which comprise the actor’s instrument

Question 28

What is the “Method”?

Answer 28

Slavinski…..

Question 29

The actors instrument is his or her

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Self

Question 30

Which of the following does the director NOT typically look for in a an audition?

Answer 30

Personal history that exactly matches that of the character

Question 31

The Coger Theatre is a _____ theatre

Answer 31

Proscenium

Question 32

What kind of scenery attempts to depict, in great detail, a specific time and place in the observable world where the play’s events are presumed to take place?

Answer 32

Realistic

Question 33

The ancient and original use of costume was to ______

Answer 33

Separate the actor from the audience