Question 1

Because all behavior consists of recombined bits of previously behaved behaviors, it is possible to say that:

Accepted Answer

A)  restored behavior is not framed. 
B)  all behavior is restored behavior. 
C)  all performance is once-behaved. 
D)  performance is not twice-behaved. 
A)  restored behavior is not framed. 
B)  all behavior is restored behavior. 
C)  all performance is once-behaved. 
D)  performance is not twice-behaved. B

Question 2

Like the Roman poet Horace, _________ believed that theatre should entertain and educate.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bertolt Brecht 
B)  Jacques Lacan 
C)  Werner Heisenberg 
D)  John Cage 
A)  Bertolt Brecht 
B)  Jacques Lacan 
C)  Werner Heisenberg 
D)  John Cage A

Question 3

Physical, verbal, or virtual actions that are not-for-the-first time but prepared or rehearsed are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  complex behavior. 
B)  being. 
C)  restored behavior. 
D)  realism. 
A)  complex behavior. 
B)  being. 
C)  restored behavior. 
D)  realism. C

Question 4

Which of these is a 'make belief' action?

Accepted Answer

A)  playing dress-up 
B)  a politician giving an election speech 
C)  playing Hamlet 
D)  reciting a poem 
A)  playing dress-up 
B)  a politician giving an election speech 
C)  playing Hamlet 
D)  reciting a poem

Question 5

A performance can be considered _________ if historical and social context, convention, usage, and tradition say so.

Accepted Answer

A)  "is" performance 
B)  "as" performance 
C)  "once-behaved" 
D)  reflexive 
A)  "is" performance 
B)  "as" performance 
C)  "once-behaved" 
D)  reflexive

Question 6

Which of these is not defined as one of the eight kinds of performance?

Accepted Answer

A)  in sex 
B)  in the arts 
C)  in sports 
D)  in the head 
A)  in sex 
B)  in the arts 
C)  in sports 
D)  in the head

Question 7

In the Performance Continuum, which two elements both bookend and underlie the whole range of behaviors, genres and activites?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sports and Identity Constructions 
B)  Games and Entertainments 
C)  Performing Arts and Daily Life 
D)  Play and Ritual 
A)  Sports and Identity Constructions 
B)  Games and Entertainments 
C)  Performing Arts and Daily Life 
D)  Play and Ritual

Because all behavior consists of recombined bits of previously behaved behaviors, it is possible to say that:

Like the Roman poet Horace, _________ believed that theatre should entertain and educate.

Physical, verbal, or virtual actions that are not-for-the-first time but prepared or rehearsed are called:

Which of these is a 'make belief' action?

A performance can be considered _________ if historical and social context, convention, usage, and tradition say so.

Which of these is not defined as one of the eight kinds of performance?

In the Performance Continuum, which two elements both bookend and underlie the whole range of behaviors, genres and activites?

What Is Performance Studies

Ritual

Play

Performativity

Performing

Performance Processes

Global and Intercultural Performances

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Exam 2: What Is Performance

Because all behavior consists of recombined bits of previously behaved behaviors, it is possible to say that:

Like the Roman poet Horace, _________ believed that theatre should entertain and educate.

Physical, verbal, or virtual actions that are not-for-the-first time but prepared or rehearsed are called:

Which of these is a 'make belief' action?

A performance can be considered _________ if historical and social context, convention, usage, and tradition say so.

Which of these is not defined as one of the eight kinds of performance?

In the Performance Continuum, which two elements both bookend and underlie the whole range of behaviors, genres and activites?

What Is Performance Studies

Ritual

Play

Performativity

Performing

Performance Processes

Global and Intercultural Performances

Filters