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Question #1
What functions did the chorus serve in the Classical Greek theatre?
A.   All of the options here.
B.   Served as the ideal spectator.
C.   Served as a group character to express opinions or give advice.
D.   Expressed the author’s point of view.
Question #2
What is the most significant difference between the experience of film and theatre as it concerns the performing arts?
A.   The relationship between the performer and the audience.
B.   Computer-generated special effects.
C.   Outdoor shots made from helicopters.
Question #3
Who is not a writer of a Classical Greek tragedy?
A.   Euripides
B.   Aeschylus
C.   Aristophanes
D.   Sophocles
Question #4
Who did not write Roman comedy?
A.   Seneca
B.   Plautus
C.   Terence
Question #5
Which definition best describes “willing suspension of disbelief”?
A.   A psychological dynamic in which one group of audience members can affect the responses of others to an event, particularly if they share the same cultural background.
B.   A dynamic in which the audience agrees to accept the fictional world of the play on an imaginative level while knowing it to be untrue.
C.   technique used by actors in which they defer their own reality to accept that of the play.
Question #6
In the Taming of the Shrew filmed production you saw for this class, Petruchio attempted to do what when he first met Kate?
A.   Kidnap Bianca and seek ransom
B.   To deliver the news of his father’s death to people in Padua
C.   Woo her
D.   Steal money from old man Baptista
Question #7
Which Japanese theatre form uses puppets as its main characters?
A.   Kabuki
B.   Kyogen
C.   Noh
D.   Bunraku
Question #8
Which is not a commedia dell’arte stock character?
A.   Pantalone
B.   None of the options here
C.   Colombina
D.   Capitano
E.   Arlecchino
Question #9
As in Greek theatre, Elizabethan drama did not show violence on stage.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
The Greeks were the first to create a democratic society.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Hrosvitha (also Hrotsvitha) was the first known female dramatist.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #12
Renaissance is a term that means rebirth.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #13
Queen Elizabeth I rejected secular drama for religious drama.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #14
The plays of Shakespeare and Marlowe were mostly performed in private theatres.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
Public open-air theatres in Spain were called corrales.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #16
In Nō drama, female characters were played by women.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
Kabuki was originally created by a Shinto Priestess and was at first performed by female actors.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #18
Romans were famous for being great inventors, but not innovators.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #19
Mystery Plays spotlighted biblical/religious events, while Morality Plays used religious symbols and themes to teach moral lessons.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #20
Who is the creator of the trilogy?
A.   Aristophanes
B.   Aristotle
C.   Aeschylus
D.   Sophocles
Question #21
In the film Shakespeare in Love, which play does Queen Elizabeth I believe proves true love?
A.   A Midsummer Night's Dream
B.   Twelfth Night
C.   Romeo and Juliet
D.   As You Like It
Question #22
In Oedipus the King, whose murder must be avenged to end the plague in Thebes?
A.   Creon's
B.   Laius'
C.   Polynices'
D.   Polybus'
Question #23
At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedict are a divorced couple. 
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #24
Which Greek god did Athenian theatrical performances celebrate?
A.   Hera
B.   Athena
C.   Dionysus
D.   Zeus
Question #25
Perspective drawing in scenery was widely used in Greek Antiquity.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #26
Theatre is a part of the Visual Arts.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #27
Commedia dell'arte was the only form of theatre in which women were allowed to act during the Renaissance.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #28
Poetics was written by __________.
A.   Terence
B.   Sophocles
C.   Aristotle
D.   Aristophanes
Question #29
Theatre is a non-mediated art form. 
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #30
Slapstick - a type of comedy or comic business that relies on exxagerated  physical humor; it was derived from a stick used to create sound in commedia dell'arte.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #31
In class, we watched a TED Talk by Ben Cameron. In that talk, Cameron expressed his concern with audience development in the age of the internet.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #32
The following are the major elements of theatre: • Audience • Performers • Script or text • Director • Theatre Space • Design Aspects
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #33
Neoclassical stands for never classical.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #34
Shakespeare's plays were staged before the English Renaissance. 
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #35
Lope de Vega wrote secular drama. 
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #36
Ludi Romani was a festival, which incorporated theatre, was dedicated to the God Saturn.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #37
Sanskrit Drama originated in China during the Ming Dynasty.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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