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1 point
Which example best illustrates a theatrical convention?
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05/12 5. Drama, Theater, and Performance Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
02
True or false
1 point
True or false: Aristotle’s account of tragedy gives special importance to plot, including reversal and recognition.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Written response
1 point
What Sanskrit theater term names the aesthetic mood or “flavor” experienced by the audience?
04
Fill in the blank
1 point
In Aristotle’s account of tragedy, a is a change in the direction of events.
05
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1 point
Which stage arrangement presents the action to the audience through a framed opening?
- A
Proscenium
- B
Thrust
- C
Arena
- D
Site-specific
06
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1 point
Select all the elements that can function as spectacle in a performance.
- A
Costumes
- B
Lighting
- C
Plot structure
- D
Music and sound effects
07
True or false
1 point
True or false: Comedy may end with reconciliation while still criticizing social customs or political authority.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Written response
1 point
What stage-design term describes a realist set with three walls and an implied fourth wall facing the audience?
09
Fill in the blank
1 point
In Brechtian theater, can remind spectators that they are watching a constructed performance.
10
Choose one
1 point
Which dramatic feature most clearly characterizes the use of waiting in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot?
- A
A plot driven by rapid changes of location
- B
A realistic family drama centered on economic change
- C
A structure in which waiting and apparent lack of progress become the subject
- D
A historical chronicle of political succession
11
Choose all
1 point
Select all the practices that belong to a close reading of a play or performance.
- A
Identify who is present and what each character wants.
- B
Track who speaks, interrupts, remains silent, or controls information.
- C
Assume that stage directions are irrelevant to interpretation.
- D
Consider how costume, music, masks, set, or lighting could alter meaning.
12
Open ended
1 point
Explain how a performance choice can alter the meaning of a line or scene in a play. Use at least one specific example involving voice, timing, movement, space, sound, lighting, costume, or another theatrical element.
13
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1 point
Which statement best distinguishes Kabuki from the description of Japanese Nō theater in the material?
- A
Nō is defined mainly by realistic interiors and everyday speech.
- B
Kabuki is known for bold makeup, elaborate costumes, and spectacular entrances.
- C
Nō rejects masks, chanting, and controlled movement.
- D
Kabuki uses no music or stylized poses.
14
Written response
1 point
What stage arrangement places spectators around the performance space?
15
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1 point
A director wants spectators to sit on three sides of the acting area so that the performers are surrounded on three sides by the audience. Which theatrical space is being used?
- A
The audience views the action through a framed opening on one side.
- B
The stage extends into the audience, with spectators on three sides.
- C
The audience completely surrounds the performance space.
- D
The performance uses a location whose history contributes to its meaning.
16
True or false
1 point
True or false: In drama, spectacle is more than decoration because visual and audible elements can create meaning and shape the audience’s interpretation.
- A
True
- B
False
17
Choose one
1 point
A playwright wants a tragedy’s emotional impact to arise from a carefully structured change in the action, in which the protagonist moves from ignorance toward knowledge. Which principle from Aristotle’s account of tragedy is most relevant?
- A
The use of elaborate scenery is the primary source of tragic emotion.
- B
The chorus must always be the central protagonist.
- C
The structure of the plot, including developments such as reversal and recognition, is especially important.
- D
A tragic performance must show all violent events directly onstage.
18
Written response
1 point
What theatrical space places spectators around the performance area?
19
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1 point
A director wants an audience to examine how a society produces injustice rather than become absorbed in a seamless fictional world. Which staging choice best reflects Brecht’s epic theater?
- A
The actors should maintain complete psychological illusion and never acknowledge the audience.
- B
The production should use interruptions and visible theatrical devices to encourage critical reflection.
- C
The plot should end with a marriage that restores social harmony.
- D
All conflicts should be expressed through realistic domestic conversation.
20
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1 point
When beginning a close reading of a dramatic scene, which approach best follows the method described in the material?
- A
Determine which character has the most admirable personality.
- B
Identify the historical period of the playwright before examining the scene.
- C
Decide whether the ending is happy or unhappy.
- D
Identify who is present, what happened before the scene, and what each character wants.