Theatre Appreciation, Test 3: Chapter 10

Question 1

True/False: If the technical director says that the planned production is beyond the capabilities of the theatre, the technical director should be removed from the production.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True/False: Designs should make the same statement at every point of the play.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True/False: The means of moving the scenery is up to the technical director, not the set designer, and so the designer need not worry about it.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True/False: A costume should express the character as the actor is going to play it.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True/False: The only goal of the lighting designer is to make the actors visible.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

True/False: Computer-aided design (CAD) does the designers’ work for them.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True/False: The materials of which settings will be built are a consideration in the set designer’s creativity.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True/False: Costume designers should always try to compensate for flaws in actors’ bodies that make them less than ideal.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

True/False: Set, light, and projection and sound designers all create environments for the action.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True/False: Everything that appears on the stage should be the result of conscious decisions.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

True/False: Designers are less affected by changes in technology than are actors.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True/False: A designer sets out to create a world on stage that is as close to a literal copy of the world offstage as possible.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

True/False: All designers must consider the practical as well as the aesthetic requirements of a play.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True/False: Costume designers must consider the body of the particular actor as well as the traits of the particular dramatic character.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True/False: Most deign decisions are made by designers working alone.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True/False: To develop a historical setting, a designer must exactly reproduce the objects and motifs used at the time.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

True/False: Computer assigned design (CAD) has not been adopted for theatre design due to the high cost and difficulty of programming.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True/False: With waning emphasis on perspective and two-dimensional painting, the proscenium arch became less important as an element of design.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True/False: Properties are usually the responsibility of the technical director.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True/False: Good design, at least in the realistic theatre, should provide the audience with information as well as offer beauty.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True/False: The lighting designer’s work tends to be concentrated toward the beginning of the rehearsal process.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True/False: Good design should serve actors.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True/False: Tone and mood are important to the lighting and scenic designer but not to the costume designer.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

MC: A colored picture of what a costume or setting will look like is called a:

Answer 24

E. rendering

Question 25

MC: The plan that a lighting designer provides is called a light:

Answer 25

B. plot

Question 26

MC: If a scenic designer wanted to show a director where the furniture was to be placed on stage, looking down from directly overhead, he or she would probably use a:

Answer 26

A. ground plan

Question 27

MC: A costume designer describing the mass and outline of a costume as worn is describing its:

Answer 27

C. silhouette

Question 28

MC: Which of the designers is most likely to need skills in millinery?

Answer 28

C. costume designer

Question 29

MC: A lighting designer wanting to color light would probably use a:

Answer 29

E. gel

Question 30

MC: The person usually charged with maintaining the inventory of materials backstage is the:

Answer 30

B. technical director

Question 31

MC: Which of the designers came most recently to the production team?

Answer 31

E. sound designer

Question 32

MC: Good design:

Answer 32

A. serves the playwright’s intentions