Exam 1: Theatre, Art, and Entertainment

Which category of theatre includes big musicals as well as comedies and dramas that are intended to be entertaining and profitable? They also contain safe themes, plenty of laughs, and spectacle designed to appeal to a majority of people, thereby filling lots of seats and ideally making lots of money.

Whether explicit or implicit, what is at the core of drama?

When the word art appears in everyday conversation, it is used in a wide array of contexts but generally conveys three main ideas. Which of the following is not one of the three?

Which of the following is not one of the five basic elements that all art has to a certain extent?

Theatre is classified as which type of art?

This type of art is illustrative and includes drawing and painting.

In his book The Empty Space, English director Peter Brook states that all that is needed for theatre to occur is an empty space and someone to walk across that space while someone else does what?

This branch of philosophy deals with the nature and expression of beauty.

Its purpose is to reaffirm the audience's values and confirm their established belief systems.

This ancient philosopher believed that good theatre fortifies us because it allows us to release repressed emotions in a controlled, therapeutic way.

Entertainment generally shows us an agreeable mirror of ourselves and our ideas about how the world is or should be.

Which category of theatre is designed to support the heritage, customs, and point of view of a particular people, religion, class, country, or community?

This ancient philosopher accused theatre people of promoting vice and wickedness and of being largely responsible for the corruption of his day.

This type of art is created by manipulating material in space and includes sculpture, pottery, and architecture.

Is it true that the main purpose of art is to reaffirm society's values?