Theatre Appreciation, Test 1: Part 3

Question 1

True/False: Reading and seeing a play are the same because you can create a virtual performance in your head as you read.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True/False: A play, because it is written and published in book form, represents the only good way in which the work can be done.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True/False: The six parts of play put Spectacle last because it is the least interesting to the theater audience.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True/False: Story and plot are different.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True/False: The idea of a “whole action” is basic to an understanding of Aristotle’s ideas about theater.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True/False: The “theme of the play” is the most important thing to get from reading.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True/False: Generic analysis is the best kind of analysis because it tells us whether a play is up to a standard.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True/False: Farce can be looked as a subset of comedy.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True/False: Tragedy is concerned with the serious consequences of human decisions.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True/False: if comedy doesn’t arouse laughter, it isn’t comedy.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

True/False: Crisis refers to a play’s structure, climax to an audience’s response.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True/False: Causal plots are also called contextual or thematic plots.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

True/False: The ordering of Aristotle’s six parts of play is important.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True/False: Exposition usually comes toward the end of a play.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True/False: A play whose story and plot begin at roughly the same time is said to have a late point of attack.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True/False: A play’s ending must have something before it and must not have anything after it.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True/False: Reversal refers to a change from ignorance to knowledge.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True/False: All plays have conflict.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

True/False: Causal plots can have one or several lines of action.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True/False: Dramatic characters are functions within a plot.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True/False: The central character of a play is called the antagonist.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True/False: All plays have meaning.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True/False: Denouement is another name for complication.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

True/False: The most difficult part of a play to understand from reading only the text is its plot.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

True/False: The part of the play called music refers to the sounds of the speech as well as to songs and instrumental melodies.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

MC: When evaluating criticism of a theatrical production it is important that:

Answer 26

The evidence supports the interpretation.

Question 27

MC: Dramatic characters:

Answer 27

Are different from human beings, are inventions of a playwright, and function within a plot. (a, b, and c)

Question 28

MC: In a play, George follows Jean around, listens to what she says, and occasionally makes comments. George is probably the play’s:

Answer 28

Confidant

Question 29

MC: Play X comprises five scenes, each of which treats the problem of drug addiction among young people but from different points of view. The plot for this play is probably:

Answer 29

Contextual

Question 30

MC: If we want to discover the traits of a character, we should look at:

Answer 30

The plot, what the character says about him- or herself, and what the character does (a, b, and c)

Question 31

MC: In seeking the play’s major ideas, we should look at:

Answer 31

The plot, the ending, and the characters (a, b, and c)

Question 32

MC: Play Y tells the story of a young man deeply in love. The death of his girl at the hands of a gang member leads him on a manhunt that ends in his capture of the murderer. This play is almost certainly a:

Answer 32

Melodrama

Question 33

MC: Play Z tells the story of a married man whose wife comes home unexpectedly. He hides his girlfriend first in the closet, then under the bed, then behind the door as his wife comes in and goes out and comes in and goes out of the bedroom. The girlfriend escapes, the wife remains unaware, and the husband breathes a sigh of relief, even while he makes plans to meet his girlfriend again. This play is almost certainly a:

Answer 33

Farce

Question 34

MC: Annie seems to be the only sensible character in a comedy. She is most likely the play’s:

Answer 34

Raisonneur