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Question: Which idea or practice did Adolphe Appia urge?
Choices:
Actors could be replaced with puppets
Each production demands its own unique stylistic solutions
Flat painted scenery should be replaced with three-dimensional structures
Question: At which modernist group’s performance might “chance poems,” music, and dances be included?
Choices:
Dadaists
Futurists
Expressionists
Symbolists
Question: Which is NOT one of the three stock character types commonly found in commedia dell arte?
Choices:
Masters
Lovers
Princes
Servants
Question: “Point of attack”refers to:
Choices:
The cause-to-effect arrangement of events
The stage position for combat scenes whether open-handed stage combat or with weapons
The moment at which the plotline takes up the larger story of the play
Question: Parades, juggling, pantomime and street carnivals may all be considered theatrical entertainments
Choices:
True
False
Question: How does Torvald learn about Nora’s forgery?
Choices:
He overhears a conversation between Dr. Rank and Nora
Mrs. Linde tells him
Nora tells him
Krogstad’s letter informs him
Question: All theatre depends upon a script as its basic starting point.
Choices:
True
False
Question: What kind of party do the Helmers attend?
Choices:
Birthday party
Costume party
Going away party for Dr. Rank
Easter party
Question: What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus?
Choices:
That there is no truth in prophesy
That Teiresias is really his father
That the oracles are always right
That Creon killed Laius
Question: A Doll’s House exemplifies realism in that:
Choices:
Most of the characters are stereotypes who are consciously aware of their behavior
All of these
The play focuses on characters against a spectacular background
The play develops logically through a cause-to-effect dramatic construction
Question: Which was NOT an appeal of melodrama?
Choices:
The vindication of virtue
Box sets
Realistic spectacle
Suspense