Question 1 During the 19th C it was not uncommon for audiences to ______________________.
- all of the answers are correct
Question 2 In 18th C England and France wealthy theater patrons ____________________.
- could sit right on the stage
Question 3 It is commonly believed that Western theater began with the ancient _______________.
- Greeks
Question 4 The Wayang kulit puppet theater shows in Indonesia ___________________________.
- are played from evening to dawn
Question 5 Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre director and founder of Theatre of the ____________.
- Oppressed
Question 6 According to the author, of all of the collaborators who create live theater, the __________________ contribution may be the least visible and least understood.
- producer’s
Question 7 A photo of _____________________ hangs in the entrance of Moscow Art Theater .
- Chekhov and Stanislavsky
Question 8 Who is credited with saying: “There are no small parts, only small actors”?
- Stanislavsky
Question 9 Backstage superstitions included __________________.
- all of the above are correct
Question 10 Early rehearsals may be devoted to closely exploring the text, a part of the process known as _____________.
- table work
Question 11 The transitory quality of theatre is due to the dynamic between the actor and the__________.
- audience
Question 12 Coined in the eighteenth century, the term ___________ was meant to include sculpture, painting, music, and poetry.
- Fine Arts
Question 13 The idea that actors must actually feel and not just feign the emotions of their characters is attributed to the ______________.
- Greeks
Question 14 The ____________________ is responsible for running all activities backstage.
- stage manager
Question 15 __________________ was based on the true story about Matthew Shepard.
- The Laramie Project
Question 16 We can trace the origins of theatrical practice in the Western world to the citizens of the Greek city-state of Athens in the _____________.
- 5th C BCE
Question 17 Raising money for a theater production is the job of the ____________________.
- producer
Question 18 During the 1930’s the ________________________ put 1000’s of theater artist to work.
- Federal Theater Project
Question 19 During the Middle Ages plays were presented by the Church_______________.
- all of the above are true
Question 20 Many historians look to __________ for first examples of impersonation performed as part of a ritual.
- Africa
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