Final

Question 1

1. William Shakespeare

Answer 1

Elizabethan Theatre

Question 2

Henrik Ibsen

Answer 2

Realism

Question 3

Emile Zola

Answer 3

Naturalism

Question 4

Charles Darwin

Answer 4

Scientific Revolution

Question 5

Sigmund Freud

Answer 5

Study of Psyhcology

Question 6

Luigi Pirandello

Answer 6

Surrealism

Question 7

Bertolt Brecht

Answer 7

Expressionism (Epic Theatre)

Question 8

Eugene Ionesco

Answer 8

Absurdism

Question 9

Martin Esslin

Answer 9

Theatre of the Absurd

Question 10

Anton Chekov

Answer 10

Poetic Realism

Question 11

The setting forth of information in the beginning of the play. Character, setting, background story, themes could be introduced.

Answer 11

Exposition

Question 12

Percentage the director has over a production.

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

Four Levels of Charecterization

Answer 13

1) Physical
2) Psychological
3) Societal
4) Moral/Ethical

Question 14

_____ is found in multiple art forms.

Answer 14

Surrealism

Question 15

Chief Diety of the Greek Theatre

Answer 15

Dionysus

Question 16

Know that _____ is a more extreme version of realism

Answer 16

Naturalism

Question 17

Know that the ______ had an impact on the rise of Realism.

Answer 17

Industiral Revolution

Question 18

Know that they are ____ styles of drama during the 20th century.

Answer 18

Numerous

Question 19

A pipe that is controlled by the fly lines upon which scenery, lights, etc. are hung.

Answer 19

Batten

Question 20

Who is one of the oldest artist in the theatre besides the actor.

Answer 20

Playwright

Question 21

Who wrote Waiting for Godot

Answer 21

Samuel Beckett

Question 22

a movement in the artistic world was a reaction just after World War 1 that rejected the idea of art and aesthetics. The conventional ideas of form and logic were thrown out the window and replaced with a sense of chaos and irrationality.

Answer 22

Dadaism

Question 23

Intentionally increases the amount of aesthetic distance in the audience.

Answer 23

Alienation effect

Question 24

Know the actors body positions in a proscenium theatre.

Answer 24

a. Full Front- actor faces audience head on.
b. ¼ - actors body is turned about 45 degrees from full front.
c. ½ or profile- actor’s body is turned 90 degrees from full front.
d. ¾ - actor’s body is 45 degrees from full back.
e. Full back- actors back is to the audience.
f. Turn in- actor turns their body into the scene.
g. Turn Out- actor turns their body away from the scene.

Question 25

Know that ______ and his theories had an impact on the rise of realism.

Answer 25

Charles Darwin

Question 26

Who wrote Six Characters in Search of an Actor.

Answer 26

Luigi Pirandello

Question 27

Is the highest point of suspense of interest in a play. It usually involves the events that compromise the main conflicting coming to a head.

Answer 27

Climax

Question 28

Challenged what theater can be considered, they are performance artists that incorporate music, visual images, rhythms, and movement that express ideas in an innovative way.

Answer 28

Blue Man Group

Question 29

The willing suspension of disbelief.

Answer 29

Imaginary Puissance

Question 30

The major areas of design in the theatre

Answer 30

1) Scenic
2) Lighting
3) Costume
4) Sound

Question 31

The major visual elements of theatre

Answer 31

1) Line
2) Shape/Form
3) Color
4) Texture
5) Ornamentation

Question 32

Has proscenium arch towards the downstage portion of the stage that frames the playing space. The audience is seated all in the same basic area, looking all in the same direction.

Answer 32

Proscenium

Question 33

Has the stage-thrusting out into the audience area so that the audience starts to wrap around the stage putting the audience on three sides of the playing space. In this configuration the audience is looking in three directions.

Answer 33

Thrust

Question 34

The audience surrounds the stage space. It can either be on four sides of the stage space or it can completely surround the space depending on the shape of the stage space. Audience views from all directions “Theatre in the Round.”

Answer 34

Arena

Question 35

Is a space that has the possibility of moving with the audience and stage space around to vary what configuration is the best for the performance. “Black Box”.

Answer 35

Flexible (Black Box)

Question 36

This stage can be moved to be configured in many different ways, but the major difference is that this space was not originally meant to be a theatre space.

Answer 36

Environmental