Theatre Appreciation, Test 1: Part 2

Question 1

True/False: Quiet audiences clearly do not like a performance.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True/False: Artistic interests when creating a show never clash with the producer’s business interest.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True/False: Theatre today is not one of the most popular entertainments.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True/False: “Permission” refers to an unwritten contract between performers and the technical crew to work well together.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

True/False: Theatre and other arts can give clues about culture that created the work.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True/False: Underrepresented groups steer clear of theatre as a means of expression.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True/False: An audience of one hundred people in a two thousand-seat auditorium makes easy connections of energy and shared identity.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True/False: Film is a more social experience for an audience than theater because it presents the real world.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

True/False: The best size of any audience depends in part on the nature of the event.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True/False: A theatre audience, as a group, can grant permission for activities on stage that would be offensive in real life.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True/False: A theatre audience is affected by the size and distribution of its physical space.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True/False: Many theatres are formed to serve underrepresented groups.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True/False: Silence from an audience is always a sign of disapproval.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True/False: “Permission” refers to an unwritten contract between performers and audience and among members of the audience.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True/False: A small audience in a large theatre will probably produce a better sense of groupness than a large audience in a small theatre.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True/False: Theatre art is both an expression of its society and a response to it.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True/False: The business of theatre and the art of theatre are often in conflict.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True/False: Theatre today is a good indicator of today’s culture generally, because theatre today is one of its most popular entertainments.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

True/False: Theatre is more social than film mostly because of differences in the size of the audiences going to see each.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True/False: Theatre is a good clue about culture because theatre has been called “a mirror of life.”

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True/False: In general, business practices in theatre have changed historically more or less in sync with business practices outside theatre.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

MC: If a very small audience is attending a very large theatre:

Answer 22

The audience will be much less able to affect the actors.

Question 23

MC: A theatre audience differs fundamentally from a television audience in it’s:

Answer 23

Degree of groupness, size, ability to influence performance, and social class (all of the above)

Question 24

MC: To join a theatre audience is to enter a relationship with:

Answer 24

The event on the stage, the other members of the audience, and the actors. (answers a through c)

Question 25

MC: At the end of a performance of Julius Caesar, the actor playing Caesar comes to center stage for a moment before moving off stage and out of sight. Caesar has just:

Answer 25

Taken a bow

Question 26

MC: One method that a theatre audience is NOT normally interactive with the performance is:

Answer 26

Texting

Question 27

MC: In the midst of a serious play that is succeeding well with an audience, you would expect to hear:

Answer 27

Nothing

Question 28

MC: The actor playing Dolly in Hello, Dolly, responding to the sustained applause of the audience, sings another song from the show. She has just:

Answer 28

Taken an encore.