Test I for Introduction to Theatre 121. Your reading and videoing viewing should have prepared you for answering the following questions. Feel free to use your notes, book, and other readings, and Internet searching to help you come up with the best answer. Really, for most of these questions, thinking it through will lead you to the best answer. You will have two full hours to complete the exam. If you find that you are not satisfied with your score, you may take the exam a second time to improve your grade.
Television
Film
Theatre
Opera
Ballet
Dance, opera
Opera, film
Theatre, film
Film, television
Theatre, opera
Music
Painting
Sculpture
Opera
Novel
Dependence on impersonation
Relationship with audiences
Reliance on skill
Self-awareness as performers
Immediacy
Reliance on music
Dependence on performers in space
Relationship to a written text
Ephemeral quality
B and d
Degree of groupness
Size
Ability to influence performance
Social class
All of the above
Theatre is a social art
Theatre audiences are part of society at large
Theatre audiences are groups of people rather than individuals
Theatre audiences are ephemeral
Theatre audiences have permission
Stood an ovation
Taken an encore
Milked his audience
Taken a bow
Given a permission
Crying
Coughing
Laughing
Clapping
Nothing
Stood an ovation
Given an encore
Milded her audience
Taken a bow
Given a permission
Are different from human beings
Are inventions of a playwright
Function within a plot
A and b only
A, b, and c
The plot
What the character says about him- or herself
What the character does
A, b, and c
B and c only
Antagonist
Raisonneur
Foil
Confidant
Leading lady
Given circumstance
Style
Abstraction
Surprise
Convention
Given circumstance
Style
Abstraction
Surprise
Convention
The art of theatre
The play itself
The contents of the program
The inside of the theatre auditorium
All of the above
Abstraction
Convention
Given circumstance
Suspense
Surprise
Story
Character
Idea
Music
Spectacle
Assisting in the selection of plays
Designing posters for plays
Reading an evaluating new plays
Translating plays
Doing historical research for the director
Theorist
Critic
Dramaturg
Public relations person
Reviewer
Semiotics
Deconstruction
Feminism
Aristotle
Langer
Discontinuity
Socially shaped by people
Socially shaped truth
Differences
History as progressive