TA 110D Final

[T/F] The Hopi are a tribe of people that live in Zimbabwe, Africa.

Which one of these would not qualify as a performance as we
discussed in class: a) A coronation
b) A wedding
c) A college examination
d) A Hopi Snake Dance

Which of these functions do the Hopi Kachina dolls serve:
a) They teach young children about Kachina powers and roles in
their tribal life.
b) They represent different powers in nature like rain.
c) Neither a) or b)
d) Both a) and b)

[T/F] Are actions, that is performance, by the Pope helpful and symbolic
for people to understand his function and authority?

[T/F] A kiva is part of the Ancient Greek theatre performance space.

[T/F] The ekkyklema was a device that tribes in Tshwane, South Africa
use as a stage.

[T/F] It is very likely that trade guilds (e.g., bakers, coopers, etc.)
actually assisted in producing Mystery Plays.

[T/F] The “wiling suspension of disbelief” refers to our ability to imagine
what we see on the stage as real, not just make believe.

Which of the following is not correct in referring to the
characteristics of theatre:
a) The stories told in performance have special significance and
power.
b) The collective nature of the performance means everyone is
engaged in common purpose and in common belief.
c) The theatre incorporates these elements. It compresses time
and experience into a condensed period which can provoke
intense reactions – sad or happy.
d) All the above are correct.

[T/F] Dionysus was the Ancient Greek god associated with fertility, or
the life force, and wine.

Which of these was the festival that featured play productions in
Ancient Greek times:
a) The City Euripides
b) The City Aeschylus
c) The City Orestia
d) None of the above

Medea murders her husband’s lover who was named:
a) Clytemnestra
b) Eumenides
c) Glauce
d) None of the above

[T/F] The Ancient Greeks used masks to create different characters in
plays because there were only three actors and they couldn’t play all
the roles.

[T/F] A “hell mouth” refers to a scenic device that was very popular
among the tribes in Tshwane, South Africa.

Which of the following is untrue about Medieval theatre:
a) The stories were presented in an episodic fashion.
b) The images were constructed symmetrically.
c) Special effects were a source of special delight
d) None of the above – they are all true.

[T/F] Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne following her father, King
Richard III.

[T/F] Theatre was able to grow and prosper during Elizabeth’s rule
partly because she brought stability to England during her long reign.

The theatres in Elizabethan England may have served as animal
baiting arenas first.

Doctor Faustus was a play written by:
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Ben Jonson
c) William Shakespeare
d) Hrotsvitha of Gandesheim

Which of the following is not a category of plays written by
Shakespeare:
a) Histories
b) Comedies
c) Tragedies
d) Dramedies

Confucius was a philosopher who
a) Taught Aristotle
b) Wrote plays for the Beijing Opera
c) Was a Chinese Emperor
d) None of the above

We associate calligraphy, pottery and silk production as indicators
of cultural development in:
a) Ancient China
b) Ancient Greece
c) Elizabethan England
d) None of the above

Chinese operas were divided into general categories. Which of
the following categories is not a Chinese opera category:
a) Civil
b) Military
c) Slapstick
d) None of the above

Which of the following leaders led the revolution that resulted in
the People’s Republic of China:
a) Confucius
b) Mao Zedong
c) Empress Cixi
d) None of the above

[T/F] Women did not perform in Ancient Greek plays, in Elizabethan
dramas or Medieval performances.

The play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone was written by:
a) Harold Loomis
b) August Wilson
c) W. E. B. DuBois
d) W. C. Handy

[T/F] Shakespeare was an amateur playwright and never earned money
from writing plays.

Hubris is a term that refers to
a) Gluttony
b) Avarice
c) Envy
d) Excessive pride.

Shakespeare wrote in a particular style that we call
a) Iambic pentameter
b) Trochaic tetrameter
c) Kalevala meter
d) None of the above

This English king led England to split away from the Catholic
Church and create the Anglican Church
a) Henry VIII
b) Richard II
c) Raymond III
d) None of the above

[T/F] Time is “condensed” during performance.

[T/F] Ancient Greek tragedies valued “insight”. Ironically, in the play
Oedipus the King, Oedipus gains insight when he blinds himself.

[T/F] During the Chinese Cultural Revolution theatre was used as
propaganda.

Performances during the Medieval Period were done because:
a) They were a great source of income for the participants
b) They allowed the church to teach a largely illiterate audience
c) They provided a means to feature star performers in plays
d) None of the above

The Reformation is a period of time that is associated with:
a) Following the creation of the Anglican Church in England
b) The post revolutionary period in modern China
c) The period when the best plays were written in Ancient Greece
d) None of the above

[T/F] “Juba time” refers to a type of performance among African
American’s as portrayed in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Which of these characters is not in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
a) Rutherford Selig
b) Seth Holly
c) Christopher Marlowe
d) Jeremy Furlow

[T/F] Zonia is the daughter of Seth and Bertha Holly.

The play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is set in:
a) Birmingham, Alabama
b) Atlanta, Georgia
c) Memphis, Tennessee
d) None of the above

Bynum Walker says that the got his name because:
a) He binds people together
b) He buys groceries for neighbors
c) His father was a famous singer
d) None of the above

Harold Loomis wants to find his wife, Martha. They were
separated when:
a) He was taken by Joe Turner
b) He went to Chicago to find work
c) He was drafted into the army.
d) None of the above

The antagonist in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is
a) Harold Loomis
b) Bynum Walker
c) Mattie Campbell
d) None of the above

[T/F] Beijing Opera emphasizes plot more than diaglogue.

[T/F] The Ancient Greek Theatre, Elizabethan Theatre and the Beijing
Opera share a similarity, none had elaborate scenery.

[T/F] Ancient Greek Theatre and Roman Theatre might have actually
influenced Shakspeare.

[T/F] Shakespeare relied upon other sources for his plays, like
Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Bynum use pigeon blood in a rite that Seth calls
a) Santeria
b) “heebie-jeebie stuff”
c) Voodoo
d) None of the above

Everything we see on stage (excluding the actors) could be
classified as what according to Aristotle?

A. Scenery
B. Setting
C. Spectacle
D. None of the above

The two plays, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Dog Lady share
this in common:

A. Both plays take place in California
B. Both plays use supernatural forces
C. Both plays center on a husband and wife
D. None of the above.

[T/F] The Catholic Church has no relevance in the play Dog Lady.

This genre of drama is dependent upon a clear sense of right and
wrong and very often resolves conflict through active events
(including violence).

A. Tragedy
B. Melodrama
C. Comedy
D. None of the above

This genre of drama can be funny because it doesn’t fulfill your
expectations.

A. Farce
B. Melodrama
C. Tragedy
D. None of the above

[T/F] Action varies in intensity according to the plot of the play.

Every play, regardless of genre, depends on which of these
elements in order to work:

A. Motivated characters
B. Plot
C. Conflict
D. All of the above

Freytag’s Pyramid includes different parts. Which of the
following is not part of the Pyramid:

A. Character
B. Music
C. Spectacle
D. All of the above are not part of the Pyramid

[T/F] Characters are the entry way into a play.

Which of these ancient Greek philosophers wrote The Poetics

A. Plato
B. Socrates
C. Aristotle
D. Hippocrates

Freytag’s Pyramid includes different parts. Which of the
following is not part of the Pyramid:

A. Rising Action
B. Climax
C. Falling Action
D. Dramatic Irony

[T/F] Plot is the term we used to describe the organization of action
within a play.

This character is a tragic figure because he was affected by fate.
He unknowingly murdered his father, married his mother and
had children by her.

A. Macbeth
B. King Lear
C. King Laius
D. None of the above.

[T/F] An excellent example of dramatic irony occurs in Romeo and
Juliet. Romeo doesn’t know that Juliet only appears dead and is
actually unconscious - but the audience knows.

In class we watched a film clip of the Marx Brothers performing
in A Night in Casablanca. The genre of drama that the film clip
demonstrates is:

A. Comedy
B. Farce
C. Tragedy
D. Melodrama

“Comedy aims at representing men as worse, tragedy as better
than in actual life.” This statement was made by:

A. Shakespeare
B. August Wilson
C. Milca Sanchez-Scott
D. None of the above

Dog Lady by Milca Sanchez Scott is which type of play:

A. Comedy
B. Tragedy
C. Melodrama
D. Tragicomedy

[T/F] . Catharsis refers to a “purging of emotions”.

The action of this genre of drama takes place in a “pain free”
world.

A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B

Characters in this genre of drama have little or no internal
conflict about the consequences of their actions.

A. Melodrama
B. Tragedy
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B

[T/F] Dog Lady and And the Soul Shall Dance both take place in
California.

[T/F] And the Soul Shall Dance is a play about Hispanic immigrants.

At the very beginning of And the Soul Shall Dance this has
occurred.

A. The bath house has burned
B. Oka has sold his horse
C. Kiyoto has come to the U.S. from Japan
D. Emiko has appeared in an elaborate kimono

[Lillian Hellman] wrote a play that was very
controversial when it was first performed in the early 1930’s in
the United States. The play deals with a private girls’ school
where two teachers are accused of being lesbian.

A. Death of a Salesman
B. Glass Menagerie
C. A Doll’s House
D. The Children’s Hour

“The Method” relies upon a particular technique for the actor to
come up with ways to perform realistically.

A. The "dreaming”
B. The “magic if”
C. The “solid assessment”
D. None of the above

[T/F] Farce, like examples we saw of the Marx Brothers or of Will
Ferrell, emphasizes the actor more than a carefully written play
or its dialogue.

[T/F] “In theatrical communication, the distinctive manner in which a
playwright chooses to describe express, interpret, or present her
or his worldview is referred to as style.”

Waiting for Godot is considered an excellent example of which
genre of drama?

A. Melodrama
B. Tragedy
C. Tragicomedy
D. None of the above

[T/F] Plays are depictions of characters involved in events.

[T/F] Dramatic and comic irony rely upon the audience knowing things
that the characters in the play do not know.

[T/F] “…the progress of the play always moves toward a conclusion
that brings the action together.”

Arthur Miller was trained in this field before becoming a
playwright:

A. Medicine
B. Law
C. Journalism
D. None of the above

[T/F] Characters in plays are motivated to accomplish something and
face obstacles to attaining their goal.

[T/F] And the Soul Shall Dance takes place in the period just before
the First World War.

The elements “inciting moment,” “climax,” and “last moment of
suspense” are all part of what?

A. Foucault’s pendulum
B. The Gordian Knot
C. Freytag’s Pyramid
D. None of the above

One of the plays we read takes place in “a barrio”. That play is:

A. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
B. Dog Lady
C. And the Soul Shall Dance
D. None of the above

A character in this play says: “That be the best. These men
make all these babies, then run off and leave you to take care of
them. Talking about they wanna see what’s on the other side of
the hill. I make sure I don’t get no babies. My mama taught me
how to do that.”

A. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
B. Dog Lady
C. And the Soul Shall Dance
D. None of the above

[T/F] Realism works on the belief that we, the audience, can
understand a situation if we simply know enough facts, if we
know something about the past and something about characters’
heredity.

[T/F] “Slapstick” comedy originated in Italy and, now, is a term
referring to physical comedy.

[T/F] Characters in comedies exist in a “Pain Free” world where we
accept that they will not suffer long term injury.

[T/F] Tragedies have very high stakes for loss and pain – even up to
death.

When we watch a tragedy, we may have pity for the character
and fear the outcome of the play. These conditions may lead to
this type of experience.

A. Denouement
B. Fainéant
C. Catharsis
D. None of the above

This dramatic genre includes humor that rests upon making
observations about issues in life which have no real answer.

A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Tragicomedy
D. None of the above

Anton Chekhov was trained to do this before becoming a
playwright:

A. Medicine
E. Law
F. Journalism
G. None of the above

[T/F] August Strindberg’s plays were very complimentary toward the
relationships between men and women.

[T/F] Rosalinda, a character in Dog Lady, enters a race in hopes to win
a trip to Rome.

August Wilson's Play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" takes place in:

Which Greek philosopher wrote The Poetics?

Plays that are based upon personal experiences and knowledge from the playwrights

Angels in America deals with what condition?

Which playwright's works deal with Self-Determination, Self-Respect, and Self-Defense?

[T/F] Characters are the entry way into a play.

[T/F] "Issei" is a word the Japanese used for immigrant

"Magical Realism" used in which play? Soul Shall Dance, Joe Turner, or Angels in America

[T/F] Bertholt Brecht said that his plays should not induce empathy. They should seem strange or alien to the audience.

Blended language or interlingualism was evident in:

This genre is funny because it doesn't fulfill expectations

[T/F] Different types of theatre came about due to extraordinary events

"Art is a lie that tells the truth"

[T/F] The Holocaust and the first Atomic Bomb were factors that lead to the creation of the Theatre of the Absurd

Angels in America includes this character known for being a ruthless lawyer:

Harold Loomis was a victim of what practice?

Ethel Rosenberg was convicted of spying on the US by this man:

Plays depend on which of these elements in order to work? Motivated characters, plot, conflict

Which is NOT a part of Freytag's Pyramid? Character, music, spectacle

"The actor does not allow himself to become completely transformed into the character he is portraying."

This playwright said he intended to write a play about his race's experience for every decade beginning in the 1900's.

What was NOT a cultural image that appeared in "Soul Shall Dance"?

[T/F] "And the Soul Shall Dance" is set in 1935. That year has no relevance to the play's meaning.

"Dora Maar Seated", "Dr. Caligari", and "Metropolis" represent what particular art movement?

Angels in America is subtitled:

[T/F] Harper Pitt, the wife of Joe Pitt, in Angels in America abuses drugs.

"Comedy aims at representing men as worse, tragedy as better than in actual life."

[T/F] Angels in America takes place in NYC

[T/F] Robert Wilson was a contemporary of Bertholt Brecht and the two shared a similar theatrical style.

Bertholt Brecht's involvement in WWI likely had no impact on his playwriting.

"inciting moment", "climax", and "last moment of suspense" are all part of what?

[T/F] Realism works on the belief that we, the audience, can understand a situation if we simply know enough facts, if we know something about the past and something about characters' heredity.

This dramitic genre includes humor that rests upon making observations about issues in life which have no real answer.

Prior Walter, Louis Ironson, and Belize are all characters in which play?

Which religion (faith) is mentioned in Angels of America?

[T/F] Dramatic and comic irony rely upon the audience knowing things that the characters in the play do not know.

Assistant to Senator Joseph McCarthy?

[T/F] Celebrities who suffered from AIDS brought attention to the disease in the 1980's

[T/F] The "internal" approach to acting is one that requires the actor to express a sense of "psychological reality" - which was what the "method" approach did.

[T/F] The director is the person who is the "author" of the stage action.

This director created fanciful works that included angels and a character named "Buzz" who was a gorilla.

Nickname for young urban professional

[T/F] The "Red Scare" was like the Salem Witch Trials.

[T/F] External acting requires the actor to be in control of his/her "instrument" - the body and voice.

[T/F] The context of the times in which playwrights lived influced what they wrote and what they wrote about

This 70s/80s movement was characterized by groups who had common interest (race, sexual preference, gender, so forth) and were politically active. This movement was called:

"Blocking" a play refers to the process done by:

The costume worn by an actor must do which of the following: it must clothe the actor, establish the character's identity, communicate any special conditions of the character's life

This person holds auditions and chooses actors who will play particular characters in a play:

[T/F] The "light plot" is the term used referring to the diagram that shows the kind of lighting instruments to be used in a play and where they are to be placed.

[T/F] Ping Chon's play productions feature multimedia techniques.

Stanislavski saw this group of performers and was very impressed with their attention to detail and historical accuracy.

The central idea of the play was called what by Stanislavski?

[T/F] Actors performing Shakespeare's plays will likely find the "external approach" appropriate because of the emphasis on language.

[T/F] Actors - like athletes - do various exercises to keep their speech abilities and their body in good condition for performing.

This director and acting teacher was interested in having actors develop a sense of psychological realism with the characters they portrayed. He was:

[T/F] Spring Awakening was originally a play written at the end of the 19th century and adapted into musical form.

[T/F] Tony Kushner was especially influenced by the greed and materialism by the 1980's.

The first theatre director was:

[T/F] The "impulse to act" is part of what motivates an actor to perform.

[T/F] Jersy Grotowski produced Akropolis which was a play that dealt with the terrible experiences at Auschwitz.

[T/F] Actors say that they can have three levels of consciousness when performing - as themselves, as the character they are playing, and as the audience sees him/her performing as the character.