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8th Grade
03/01/2013

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Antonin Artaud
Definition
Theatre of Cruelty
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Bertolt Brecht
Definition
Theatre of Alienation
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Samuel Beckett
Definition
Theatre of the Absurd
Term
Robert Wilson
Definition
Theatre of Images
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The rise of this religion in the 700's AD virtually eliminated theatre in the areas it converted.
Definition
Islam
Term
Aphra Behn is considered to be the
Definition
first female professional playwright.
Term
Which of the following was NOT a Roman playwright.
Definition
Sophocles
Term
The "Classical" period in Greece is roughly
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500 bc
Term
In Mandarin, Chinese Opera is called xiqu, which means
Definition
“tuneful theatre.”
Term
This Middle Age scenic device is similar to a modern day parade float.
Definition
Pageant wagon
Term
The play Everyman is a type of __________ .
Definition
morality play
Term
The Restoration in England is marked by the return of __________ to the throne.
Definition
Charles II
Term
This Greek theatre was located just below the Acropolis.
Definition
Theatre of Dionysus
Term
Kabuki is mainly a director’s theatre.
Definition
False
Term
Plays of the royal theatre era are characterized by
Definition
Rational Sensibilities
Term
According to the lecture, traditional drama was born when __________ was introduced to shamanistic ritual.
Definition
Spoken dialogue
Term
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Elizabethan public playhouse?
Definition
Indoor
Term
Which of the following is NOT true of the Greek chorus?
Definition
It offered individual the opportunity to voice personal opinions.
Term
Historically, traditional drama began when
Definition
spoken drama was introduced into shamanistic rites.
Term
This form of play in the Italian Renaissance was improvised around a scenario and utilized stock characters.
Definition
Commedia dell'arte
Term
Which of the following is NOT a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Definition
Miss Saigon
Term
Which full-length black musical comedy challenged the old custom of white actors’ “blacking up,” was written and performed by African Americans (some in white face), and employed the emerging ragtime musical syncopations of early black revues?
Definition
Bob Cole’s A Trip to Coontown (1898)
Term
Broadway's 1927/1928 season was a high point in the history of the Broadway stage and say 150 shows produced.
Definition
False
Term
__________ composed Alexander's Ragtime Band and Watch Your Step?
Definition
Irving Berlin
Term
The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama was:
Definition
Of thee I sing
Term
__________ was the title of the first American musical produced in Charleston, SC in 1735.
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Flora
Term
"Broadway" is the area around this iconic NYC landmark:
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Times square
Term
Who raised dance to a new level of prominence when he developed a new choreographic style—quick, jerky moves that suddenly segue to slow, sinuous come-ons; bumps and grinds; costumes of white gloves and black bowler hats—in a series of musicals that he directed and choreographed, among them Dancin’ and Chicago?
Definition
Bob Fosse
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The only performer to have won Tony awards in four categories—director, choreographer, lead actor, and featured actor—is Tommy Tune.
Definition
True
Term
Which genre, introduced in the golden age of the musical, is characterized by increasingly serious plots and sophisticated musical treatments?
Definition
musical drama
Term
Kingdom Era
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753-509
Term
Republic Era
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509-44
Term
Second Triumvirate
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44-27
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Empire
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27-476
Term
Which of the following is true of symbolism?
Definition
Through images and metaphors, symbolism explores the inner realities which cannot be directly or literally perceived.
Term
Nicolaus Copernicus
Definition
Proved that Man was not the center of the universe.
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Charles Darwin
Definition
Argued that Man evolved from other mammals, and were not descendants of Adam & Eve or other gods.
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Ruth Benedict
Definition
Argued that morality was not divinely inspired but rather derived from a range of complex laws and traditions.
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Sigmund Freud
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Explored the dark recess of the human mind.
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Karl Marx
Definition
Argued that social behavior was based on greed, class struggle, and primal amorality
Term
Babe is
Definition
the grievance committee
Term
This production was choreographed by
Definition
Darryl Kent Clark
Term
Sid has been working at the factory for a long time.
Definition
False
Term
Hines displays his skill with __________ during the picnic.
Definition
Throwing knives
Term
This musical was based on the novel
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7 1/2 cents
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Mabel is
Definition
the secretary to Sid.
Term
The role of Pop was played by
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Kaleb Norman
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Pop is
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babe's father
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Sid is the ___ superintendent in a year
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3rd
Term
Gladys gives Sid
Definition
a key to the accounts ledger
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Sid's love interest is
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Babe
Term
The properties master was
Definition
Emily Duga
Term
Hines also acts as the narrator of the play.
Definition
True
Term
Prez is a married man.
Definition
True
Term
The head of the Department of Theatre & Dance is
Definition
Bob Willenbrink
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Hines attempts to kill
Definition
Sid
Term
The workers have sabotaged the product by only putting two threads in the waistband buttons.
Definition
True
Term
The first scene takes place at
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The shop
Term
Hine's love interest is
Definition
Glays
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The union wants a 9 1/2 cent raise
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False
Term
Glayds is
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the secretary to Hasler
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"A New Town is a Blue Town" is __________ lament about moving to a new city.
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Sid's
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Hasler's nickname is
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Old Man
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The role of Sid was played by
Definition
Tyler Whiteman
Term
The name of the company is
Definition
Sleep Tite
Term
Which of the following is NOT true of the Greek chorus?
Definition
It offered individual the opportunity to voice personal opinions.
Term
Plays of the royal theatre era are characterized by
Definition
rational sensibilities
Term
All plays and play productions can be usefully analyzed and evaluated on the way they use the theatrical format to the best advantage and make us rethink the nature of theatrical production.
Definition
True
Term
Scholarly critics generally write
Definition
detailed, comprehensive, and rigorously researched articles without the deadline or space limitations of newspapers.
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Generally the playwright is more intelligent and better informed than the members of the audience
Definition
False
Term
An audience member’s aesthetic sensibility and response is
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a composite of many individual reactions and therefore subjective.
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Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are the three masters of Greek tragedy.
Definition
True
Term
Which is NOT one of the tasks a dramaturg may undertake in a play’s artistic development?
Definition
take over for the director during the theatrical run
Term
The Renaissance was characterized by which of the following?
Definition
a renewed interest in classical (Greek and Roman) civilization
Term
A theatrical mansion is
Definition
a temporarily crafted stage piece that was set up in a public square and then moved about from day to day.
Term
The central creed of the Romantic theatre was
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compassion
Term
In Mandarin, Chinese Opera is called xiqu, which means
Definition
“tuneful theatre.”
Term
The ancient Greek god of fertility, wine, agriculture, and sexuality was
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Dionysus
Term
Performers in Chinese opera are adept at singing, speech, acting, and acrobatics.
Definition
True
Term
Criticism occurs on both the amateur and professional levels.
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True
Term
Scholarly critics ordinarily write with a comprehensive knowledge of a specific subject.
Definition
True
Term
Scholarly critics help the public decide what productions to see.
Definition
False
Term
The work of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson in England and Machiavelli and commedia dell’arte in Italy are all examples of Renaissance theatre.
Definition
True
Term
A member of the audience may see a play from five different critical and dramaturgical perspectives. What are five perspectives?
Definition
social, personal, artistic, theatrical, and entertainment value
Term
What form does professional dramatic criticism take?
Definition
production reviews , scholarly works, and online blogs and journals.
Term
The term “Middle Ages” describes the period of history
Definition
between the fall of Rome and the coming of the Renaissance.
Term
The Royal era was characterized by the aristocracy’s support of public theatres, such as the Globe Theatre.
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False
Term
The public form of play analysis following a production is called
Definition
dramatic criticism.
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Which type of critic expresses thoughts with precision, clarity, and grace, through the careful building up of ideas, a presentation of evidence, logical argument, the use of helpful analogy and example, and a clear style of expression?
Definition
the articulate critic
Term
A play’s final repository is
Definition
the minds and memories of its audiences.
Term
Kabuki is mainly a director’s theatre.
Definition
False
Term
Scholarly dramatic criticism is itself a literary art, of which works by Aristotle, Goethe, Shaw, and Nietzsche have outlasted their presumed subjects and helped shape our vision of life.
Definition
True
Term
Rome’s greatest contribution to the theatre was
Definition
their architecture of the theatre space.
Term
Ancient Egypt's Abydos Passion Play and other texts of that time employed plot elements that indicate they derived from even more ancient
Definition
ritualized reenactments of the coming of spring and celebration of rebirth.
Term
Dramaturgy is essentially a subset of directorial responsibilities.
Definition
False
Term
Plays that deal with theatrical matter not simply as a vehicle but as a theme are called
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metadrama or metatheatre.
Term
The liturgical trope Quem Quaeritis
Definition
celebrates the visit of the three Marys to the tomb of the crucified Christ.
Term
The presence of a critical focus in the audience has the effect of keeping the theatre
Definition
Honest
Term
The journalist’s review generally is
Definition
limited to a brief, immediate reaction written within a few days of seeing the performance.
Term
What word fits the definition of “that which holds the attention?”
Definition
entertainment
Term
Which of the following is true of theatre in Asia?
Definition
A diverse tradition exists in Asian theatre.
Term
The primary foundations of theatre are ritual and dancing.
Definition
False
Term
Which drama, whose name means “storyplay,” originated in rural villages in the province of Kerala in the seventeenth century and is based on any of thousands of stories from two great Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata?
Definition
Kathakalt
Term
The dithyrambos was
Definition
an ancient, drunken, dance-chant fertility ritual that celebrated the birth of the wine god.
Term
Which of the following can NOT be said of Shakespeare?
Definition
He wrote only for the court of Elizabeth I.
Term
To get the factory's attention, the workers stage a
Definition
Slow down
Term
The factory is located in
Definition
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Term
The workers have sabotaged the product by only putting two threads in the waistband buttons.
Definition
True
Term
The union wants a 9 1/2 cent raise.
Definition
False
Term
Babe is
Definition
The grievance committee
Term
Sid has been working at the factory for a long time.
Definition
False
Term
Hines also acts as the narrator of the play.
Definition
True
Term
The Properties Master was
Definition
Emily Duga
Term
Sid worked in __________ before coming to the pajama factory.
Definition
Chicago
Term
Gladys is
Definition
the secretary to Hasler.
Term
Pop is
Definition
A railroad worker
Term
Hines attempts to kill
Definition
Sid
Term
Prez is a married man.
Definition
True
Term
The role of Pop was played by
Definition
Kaleb Norman
Term
This production was choreographed by
Definition
Darryl Kent Clark
Term
The head of the Department of Theatre & Dance is
Definition
Bob Willenbrink
Term
The name of the company is
Definition
Sleep Tite
Term
The role of Sid was played by
Definition
Tyler Whiteman
Term
Hines is a
Definition
time study man
Term
Gladys gives Sid
Definition
a key to the accounts ledger.
Term
Which artist (b. 1930), credited with changing the face of the American musical, developed a new style featuring disturbing plots, an ironic tone, and sophisticated, intricately rhymed lyrics?
Definition
Stephen Sondheim
Term
Which of the following is NOT a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Definition
Miss Saigon
Term
Who raised dance to a new level of prominence when he developed a new choreographic style—quick, jerky moves that suddenly segue to slow, sinuous come-ons; bumps and grinds; costumes of white gloves and black bowler hats—in a series of musicals that he directed and choreographed, among them Dancin’ and Chicago?
Definition
Bob Fosse
Term
The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama was:
Definition
Of Thee I Sing
Term
Which genre, introduced in the golden age of the musical, is characterized by increasingly serious plots and sophisticated musical treatments?
Definition
musical drama
Term
Which full-length black musical comedy challenged the old custom of white actors’ “blacking up,” was written and performed by African Americans (some in white face), and employed the emerging ragtime musical syncopations of early black revues?
Definition
Bob Cole’s A Trip to Coontown (1898)
Term
__________ composed Alexander's Ragtime Band and Watch Your Step?
Definition
Irving Berlin
Term
"Broadway" is the area around this iconic NYC landmark:
Definition
Times Square
Term
Broadway's 1927/1928 season was a high point in the history of the Broadway stage and say 150 shows produced.
Definition
False
Term
Aphra Behn is considered to be the
Definition
first female professional playwright.
Term
Which of the following is true of theatre in Asia?
Definition
A diverse tradition exists in Asian theatre.
Term
The commedia erudita was developed by __________.
Definition
Machiavelli
Term
Rome’s greatest contribution to the theatre was
Definition
their architecture of the theatre space.
Term
According to the lecture, traditional drama was born when __________ was introduced to shamanistic ritual.
Definition
spoken dialogue
Term
Historically, traditional drama began when
Definition
spoken drama was introduced into shamanistic rites.
Term
The most comprehensive and detailed theatrical treatise of the ancient world, detailing analyses of dramatic texts, the theatre building, acting, staging, music, and even theatre-company organization, is
Definition
the Sanskrit Natyasastra, or “treatise on theatre”
Term
This form of play in the Italian Renaissance was improvised around a scenario and utilized stock characters.
Definition
Commedia dell'arte
Term
The greatest playwright of the Royal Era in France was:
Definition
Moliere
Term
This Middle Age scenic device is similar to a modern day parade float.
Definition
Pageant Wagon
Term
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Elizabethan public playhouse?
Definition
Indoor
Term
The Restoration in England is marked by the return of __________ to the throne.
Definition
Charles II
Term
The rise of this religion in the 700's AD virtually eliminated theatre in the areas it converted.
Definition
Islam
Term
The play Everyman is a type of __________ .
Definition
morality play
Term
Plays of the royal theatre era are characterized by
Definition
rational sensibilities.
Term
In Mandarin, Chinese Opera is called xiqu, which means
Definition
“tuneful theatre.”
Term
Which of the following is true of symbolism?
Definition
Through images and metaphors, symbolism explores the inner realities which cannot be directly or literally perceived.
Term
Explored the dark recess of the human mind.
Definition
Sigmund Freud
Term
Argued that social behavior was based on greed, class struggle, and primal amorality.
Definition
Karl Marx
Term
Order components of a play by order of importance defined by Aristotle
Definition
1. Plot
2. Character
3. Theme
4. Diction
5. Music
6. Spectacle
Term
Parallels between theater and life:
Definition
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