Question 1 2 pts When we talk about theatre as being a passive art form, we are saying that the audience has to believe what they are seeing is real in order to get any value out of the experience. O True O False U Question 2 2 pts An audience who is accepting of the illusions they see on stage as real are willing to suspend their disbelief in order to do so. This is vitally important if the play is going to have any kind of impact. O True O False Question 3 2 pts Theatre is a social experience. It is something we do as a social collective - both the actors and the audience. People coming together to have a shared experience strengthens our connect to our community. True O False Question 4 2 pts The reasons humans have been playing games since the dawn of time are many. One of which is: To have a sense of community To Influence the outcome of events To win at all costs Question 5 2 pts Humans have been imitating what they see around them merely to have a better understand of their surroundings. O True O False Question 6 2 pts Most scholars agree that theatre rose out of religious ritual. As the two activities evolved, there were strong distinctions between the two. Examples include all of these except: Real Characters vs. fictional characters O Music vs. chanted text O provide answers vs. asking questions O Desired outcome vs. entertainment Question 7 2 pts The rise of the Greek tragedy cannot be understated since it is the basis of all Western theatre O True O False Question 8 2 pts A Dithyramb was: o Was performed by a group of 12 - 15 men O Was later called the "tragos" which is the root word for tragedy O All of these O A chanted poem or choral ode Question 9 2 pts By stepping out away from the chorus and speaking lines by himself, he was considered the world's first actor. O Aristotle OOO Euripides O Sophocles O Thespis Question 10 2 pts The Greek tragedies were written as part of a religious festival to honor the god Dionysus. What from the following list is also true about them? O We only have 310 plays that have survived out of potentially thousands. O They were all part of a trilogy They were very dry, serious performances without any music or dancing They were performed throughout the entire year Question 11 2 pts The Greek actors during this time were all men. It is unclear women even were allowed to attend the theatre. In any case, the actors wore very distinct costume pieces to portray different characters in the play. All of these are examples except: O None of these O Cothornia O Masks O Onkus O Chiton Question 12 2 pts Despite all the competition the Roman theatre had with other forms of entertainment, the art form managed to stay serious and a vital part of the Roman religious festivals of the day. O True O False Question 13 2 pts The Italians developed many different ways to amaze and amuse their audiences. Theirs was a theatre of the eye bringing visual spectacle into the theatre conversation. O True O False Question 14 2 pts The Teatro Olimpico is considered one of the earliest, if not the first proscenium arch stage. To this day, it is by far the dominant style of theatre architecture. O True O False Question 15 2 pts Seneca's revenge tragedies were highly influential on playwrights of the future. The plot revolves around a character who is deeply wronged and seeks revenge in the most violent of ways. Shakespeare loved this genre and many of his plays, like Hamlet, are examples of the style. O True O False Question 16 2 pts Pageant wagons were seen during the English restoration as they traveled around the country bringing live plays to people who had never seen them before. When they started to build free standing playhouses, the English borrowed the idea of an empty platform stage which, of course, changed the way plays would be written. O True O False Question 17 2 pts Theatre, during the renaissance, emerged from religious ritual - this time from the Catholic church. They performed a type of poem or choral ode during the Corpus Christi festival that eveloved into the morality plays of the period. These poems were called: O Prologue O Tropes ooo O Dithyrambs O Exodus Question 18 2 pts Plays written during the Italian renaissance attempted to adhere to the strict guidelines laid out in Aristotle's The Poetics. This was seen as trying to present the play as "truthfully" as possible. The Italians called this: O Verisimilitude O The Aria O Comedia del Arte Question 19 2 pts Christopher Marlowe and Ben Johnson were two playwrights of the Italian theatre that were very successful. Their plays are still performed all around the world to this day. O True O False Question 20 2 pts William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright of all time and one of the world's greatest intellects. His plays were very successful and he lived a very comfortable life having made a life-long living in the theatre. This was one of the first times in history where theatre was taken seriously as a business. O True O False