Quiz 4

Question 1

Eccyclema

Answer 1

In classical Greece, a machine used to thrust objects or people(often dead) from inside the skene into view of the audience

Question 2

Eclectic(ism)

Answer 2

Gathering of materials from many sources ; popularity, a mixture of styles and methods. In twentieth- century theatre, the idea that each play calls forth it’s own production style

Question 3

Emblem

Answer 3

A device (usually) an object or picture of an object) used as an identifying mark; something that stands for something else. In the Middle Ages, a key stood for St. Peter

Question 4

Ensemble

Answer 4

A performing group

Question 5

Environment

Answer 5

The visual and spatial surrounding of the play, influenced by such matters as mood and visual meanings.

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

Necessary information about prior events, or part of a play given over to communicating such information; because it is a “telling” and not an enacting of narrative, it is usually non dramatic

Question 7

Expressionism

Answer 7

A style of theatre popular in Europe after World War 1 and typified by symbolic presentation of meaning, often as viewed from the standpoint of the main character

Question 8

Farce

Answer 8

Form of comedy “stuffed” with laugher

Question 9

Festivals

Answer 9

In Greece, religious worship took place in private at major public festivals

Question 10

Flatt

Answer 10

A structure on which scenery is painted, consisting if wooden frame and canvas

Question 11

Focus

Answer 11

The point or object that draws the eye of the audience to the stage picture

Question 12

Foil

Answer 12

A minor character intended to set off another character through contrast

Question 13

Forest age

Answer 13

That level part of the stage in front of the scenery