Chapter 1 - What Is The Theatre?
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This quiz covers information found in the introduction and in chapter 1 of Robert Cohen's Theatre Brief Edition, 7th Edition.
- 1.
- A.
It is spontaneous, yet it is rehearsed.
- B.
It is participatory, yet is is presented.
- C.
It is real, yet it is simulated.
- D.
It is unique to the moment, and it is not repeatable.
- E.
The actors are themselves, yet they are characters.
- 2.The word "theatre" comes from the Greek "theatron", meaning:
- A.
Seeing place.
- B.
To do.
- C.
To act.
- 3.This is a combination of people, ideas, and the works of art that emanate from their collaboration:
- A.
Art
- B.
Theatre
- C.
Drama
- 4.The minimal requirement for a theatre "building" is nothing but a place to act and a place to watch. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The word "audience" is Latin, meaning:
- A.
Those who see.
- B.
Those who hear.
- C.
Those who watch and listen.
- 6.Theatre is a collaborative art, usually involving dozens, even hundreds, of people working closely together on a single performance. Historically, therefore, theatre practitioners of variouis specialties have teamed up in longstanding companies, or:
- A.
Actors.
- B.
Guilds.
- C.
Troupes.
- 7.This is one of the most supreme pursuits of humanity:
- A.
History
- B.
Art
- C.
Fiction
- 8.The theatre involves actors impersonating:
- A.
Real people.
- B.
Reality.
- C.
Characters.
- 9.This is the form of theatrical performance that is the more fundamental mode of drama:
- A.
Presentaional
- B.
Representational
- 10.Which of the following is not a fundamental force at work in live theatre?
- A.
The rapport existing between the actor and the audience.
- B.
Live theatre creates a relationship among the audience members.
- C.
Live theatre requires less spontaneity.
- D.
Live performance has the quality of immedicay.
- 11.Theatre performances are largely prepared according to written and well-rehearsed texts, or playscripts. But the text of a play is not the play itself. The play fully exists in:
- A.
The mind of the audience.
- B.
Its performance - its "playing" - only.
- C.
The reading of the script.
- D.
The mind of the playwright.
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