History of Theater
Word ______ comes from his name meaning “actor”
a. Thymele
b. Theatron
c. Prohedria
d. Thespian
d. Thespian
Orchestra with vocal soloists, story
a. Symphonies
b. Operetta
c. Oratorio
d. Opera
c. Oratorio
Which represent calmness?
Purple and Diamond
Purple and Square
Blue and Diamond
Blue and Square
3. Blue and Diamond
Where is the song “America” from?
My Fair Lady
South Pacific
West Side Story
Snow Boat
3. West Side Story
When is Shakespeare's approximate birthday?
April 23, 1574
April 23, 1564
March 16, 1565
May 26, 1575
2. April 23, 1564
Actors rely on their imagination
a. Informal theater
b. Formal Theater
c. Drama
d. Tragedy
a. Informal theater
What should you not do when preparing for a monologue?
a. Look directly at the camera
b. Mark it up
c. Introduce yourself
d. Rock from side to side
d. Rock from side to side
Shades have _____
More black
More value
More white
More meaning
1. More black
What did Dutchman and Funny house of a Negro belong to?
Broadway
Book Musicals
Golden Age
Off-Broadway
4. Off-Broadway
How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154 plays, 37 sonnets
74 plays,16 sonnets
24 plays, 38 sonnets
37 sonnets, 154 sonnets
4. 37 sonnets, 154 sonnets
Which of the following is not an example of a flaw?
a. Greed
b. Easily influenced
c. Being humble
d. Lack of patience
c. Being humble
Who produced the Showboat in 1927?
a. Florenz Ziegfeld
b. Leonardo Garcia Astol
c. The Follie Girls
d. Keith and Albee
a. Florenz Ziegfeld
Which set has it's audience sitting on three sides?
Arena Stage
Thrust Stage
Transverse Stage
Proscenium Stage
2. Thrust Stage
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Mega Musical?
Plots are melodramatic, minimal humor
Being a thriller
Having pop rock
Being sung through
2. Being a thriller
What word was invented by Shakespeare?
Lackluster
Theater
Street
Groundlings
1. Lackluster
“Presented allegorical stories in which characters personified religious or moral abstractions.”
a. Morality plays
b. Miracle plays
c. Mystery plays
d. Mercenary plays
a. Morality plays
What is the definition of subtext?
a. The total set of environmental and situational conditions which influence the actions that a character in a drama undertakes
b. The underlying theme or idea in a written piece
c. An instruction in the text of a play, especially, one indicating the movements, position, or tone of an actor
d. The character says or does anything
b. The underlying theme or idea in a written piece
Eye level view drawing arranged in a row use in construction sets
Elevations
Unit Set
Rendering
Periaktoi
1.Elevations
What were two plays in the Golden Age?
Romeo and Juliet, and West Side Story
Sweeny Todd and South Pacific
Sound of Music and Annie Get Your Gun
Fair Lady and Evita
3. Sound of Music and Annie Get Your Gun
What type of poetic meter did Shakespeare use?
iambic perimeter
iambic diameter
iambic pentameter
iambic hexameter
3. iambic pentameter
Which one was not performed during Renaissance Theater?
a. Comedies
b. Tragedies
c. Romanticism
d. Pastoral plays
c. Romanticism
What is the order of the first vaudeville acts
Silent Act → Novelty Act → Big Act →Skit
Skit→ Singing Sisters/ Brothers →Rising Star → Closing Act
Rising Act → Big Act →Singing Sisters/ Brothers → Novelty Act
Silent Act →Singing Sisters/ Brothers →Skit → Novelty Act
4. Silent Act →Singing Sisters/ Brothers →Skit → Novelty Act
Which of the following has a psychological connotation with ease?
Long Vertical Lines
Curved Lines
Horizontal Lines
Diagonal Lines
2. Curved Lines
Who were the composers and lyricists during the Golden Age that worked on The Sound of Music?
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Fredrick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
4. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of any piece of Shakespeare’s work?
“Ten Thing I Hate About you”
“West Side Story”
“Little shop of horrors”
“She’s the man”
3. “Little shop of horrors”