Question 1

Postmodernists argue that it is the director's task to translate the script faithfully

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Lydia by Octavio Solis, has been compared to the works of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter 
B)  Samuel Beckett and Eugene O'Neill 
C)  Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller 
D)  Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter 
A)  Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter 
B)  Samuel Beckett and Eugene O'Neill 
C)  Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller 
D)  Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter C

Question 3

"Magic Realism" is defined as realistic and fantastic elements existing alongside each other

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

During 2008, not-for-profit theatres presented how many productions?

Accepted Answer

A)  5,000 
B)  10,000 
C)  15,000 
D)  20,000 
A)  5,000 
B)  10,000 
C)  15,000 
D)  20,000

Question 5

Contemporary performance art is much the same today as it was in the 1970s

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which was the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Colored Museum 
B)  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 
C)  Raisin in the Sun 
D)  'Night Mother 
A)  The Colored Museum 
B)  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 
C)  Raisin in the Sun 
D)  'Night Mother

Question 7

Which American female playwright has NOT won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marsha Norman 
B)  Beth Henley 
C)  Tracy Letts 
D)  Lynn Nottage 
A)  Marsha Norman 
B)  Beth Henley 
C)  Tracy Letts 
D)  Lynn Nottage

Question 8

In the play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom the setting for the recording studio is emblematic of the hierarchy that the musicians see

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which BEST describes some of the ideas and practices of Postmodernism?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are many stylistic categories and each is clearly defined 
B)  Realistic elements blended with fragmented, suggested scenery 
C)  Mingling of elements from disparate styles, periods, or cultures 
D)  A blending of music, song, and dance 
A)  There are many stylistic categories and each is clearly defined 
B)  Realistic elements blended with fragmented, suggested scenery 
C)  Mingling of elements from disparate styles, periods, or cultures 
D)  A blending of music, song, and dance

Question 10

Which theatre began in 1965 by performing political skits to support striking migrant farm workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  El Teatro Campesino 
B)  San Francisco Mime Theatre 
C)  The Living Theatre 
D)  Bread and Puppet Theatre 
A)  El Teatro Campesino 
B)  San Francisco Mime Theatre 
C)  The Living Theatre 
D)  Bread and Puppet Theatre

Question 11

In the play Lydia, the central character, Lydia, has been in a tragic car accident

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

To be sure, there is a great deal more to contemporary theatre and drama than identity politics. However, the attempt by various groups to identify and represent themselves and their concerns is a large part of contemporary theatre landscape. How do these attempts at community building compare to the innovations and explorations in respect to theatrical space and to what is being performed?

Accepted Answer

The attempts at community building in co

Question 13

Robert Wilson's productions juxtapose visual images; often of a variety of styles, cultures and historical periods, out of which each spectator constructs his or her own associations and meanings

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Tony Kushner's Angels in America marked the first turning point in the acceptability of plays about homosexuality

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which is considered an important factor in the revival of the American musical?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adapting movies into musicals 
B)  The Disney corporation producing musicals 
C)  The 42nd Street Development Project 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Adapting movies into musicals 
B)  The Disney corporation producing musicals 
C)  The 42nd Street Development Project 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

Question 16

What type of dramatic structure does How I Learned to Drive use?

Accepted Answer

A)  An episodic plot structure in which the action moves forward and backwards in time through associations structured through a central metaphor of a driving lesson 
B)  A climatic plot structure with a late point of attack which begins on the day of Lil'Bit's high school graduation 
C)  An absurdist structure in which a state of being rather than a dramatic question is explored 
A)  An episodic plot structure in which the action moves forward and backwards in time through associations structured through a central metaphor of a driving lesson 
B)  A climatic plot structure with a late point of attack which begins on the day of Lil'Bit's high school graduation 
C)  An absurdist structure in which a state of being rather than a dramatic question is explored

Question 17

Which playwright is director Lloyd Richards MOST associated with?

Accepted Answer

A)  August Wilson 
B)  Lorraine Hansberry 
C)  George C. Wolfe 
D)  LeRoi Jones 
A)  August Wilson 
B)  Lorraine Hansberry 
C)  George C. Wolfe 
D)  LeRoi Jones

Question 18

Martin McDonough's plays combine verbal wit and highly imaginative action with complex ideas about perceptions of reality

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What type of theatre did Amiri Baraka advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  A black separatist theatre: "By us, about us, for us" 
B)  A fully integrated national theatre wherein African American, Asian, and Hispanic performers could play roles traditionally cast as Caucasian 
C)  A theatre dedicated to staging intercultural plays from a variety of cultures 
A)  A black separatist theatre: "By us, about us, for us" 
B)  A fully integrated national theatre wherein African American, Asian, and Hispanic performers could play roles traditionally cast as Caucasian 
C)  A theatre dedicated to staging intercultural plays from a variety of cultures

Question 20

George C. Wolfe is an influential African American playwright and director

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Postmodernists argue that it is the director's task to translate the script faithfully

Lydia by Octavio Solis, has been compared to the works of:

"Magic Realism" is defined as realistic and fantastic elements existing alongside each other

During 2008, not-for-profit theatres presented how many productions?

Contemporary performance art is much the same today as it was in the 1970s

Which was the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway?

Which American female playwright has NOT won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

In the play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom the setting for the recording studio is emblematic of the hierarchy that the musicians see

Which BEST describes some of the ideas and practices of Postmodernism?

Which theatre began in 1965 by performing political skits to support striking migrant farm workers?

In the play Lydia, the central character, Lydia, has been in a tragic car accident

Robert Wilson's productions juxtapose visual images; often of a variety of styles, cultures and historical periods, out of which each spectator constructs his or her own associations and meanings

Tony Kushner's Angels in America marked the first turning point in the acceptability of plays about homosexuality

Which is considered an important factor in the revival of the American musical?

What type of dramatic structure does How I Learned to Drive use?

Which playwright is director Lloyd Richards MOST associated with?

Martin McDonough's plays combine verbal wit and highly imaginative action with complex ideas about perceptions of reality

What type of theatre did Amiri Baraka advocate?

George C. Wolfe is an influential African American playwright and director

The Nature of Theatre

The Audience and Criticism

The Play

Festival Theatre:greek, Roman and Medieval Theatre Experiences

Creating a Professional Theatre:elizabethan England, Italian Commedia Dellarte, and Seventeenth-Century France

From Romanticism to Realism

Modernism and Its Effect: 1885-1960

Decentralization and Subsidization: New Directions

Asian and African Theatre

Theatrical Space and Production Design

Playwriting and Dramaturgy

Directing and Producing

Acting

Scene Design

Costume Design and Makeup

Lighting and Sound Design

Filters

Exam 9: Contemporary Theatre and Its Diversity

Postmodernists argue that it is the director's task to translate the script faithfully

Lydia by Octavio Solis, has been compared to the works of:

"Magic Realism" is defined as realistic and fantastic elements existing alongside each other

During 2008, not-for-profit theatres presented how many productions?

Contemporary performance art is much the same today as it was in the 1970s

Which was the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway?

Which American female playwright has NOT won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

In the play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom the setting for the recording studio is emblematic of the hierarchy that the musicians see

Which BEST describes some of the ideas and practices of Postmodernism?

Which theatre began in 1965 by performing political skits to support striking migrant farm workers?

In the play Lydia, the central character, Lydia, has been in a tragic car accident

Robert Wilson's productions juxtapose visual images; often of a variety of styles, cultures and historical periods, out of which each spectator constructs his or her own associations and meanings

Tony Kushner's Angels in America marked the first turning point in the acceptability of plays about homosexuality

Which is considered an important factor in the revival of the American musical?

What type of dramatic structure does How I Learned to Drive use?

Which playwright is director Lloyd Richards MOST associated with?

Martin McDonough's plays combine verbal wit and highly imaginative action with complex ideas about perceptions of reality

What type of theatre did Amiri Baraka advocate?

George C. Wolfe is an influential African American playwright and director

The Nature of Theatre

The Audience and Criticism

The Play

Festival Theatre:greek, Roman and Medieval Theatre Experiences

Creating a Professional Theatre:elizabethan England, Italian Commedia Dellarte, and Seventeenth-Century France

From Romanticism to Realism

Modernism and Its Effect: 1885-1960

Decentralization and Subsidization: New Directions

Asian and African Theatre

Theatrical Space and Production Design

Playwriting and Dramaturgy

Directing and Producing

Acting

Scene Design

Costume Design and Makeup

Lighting and Sound Design

Filters