Theater Class ( 100 short questions )

Theatre 300

Name: ________________________

BE SURE TO FILL IN YOUR ANWERS TO THIS TEST AND TURN IT IN TO CLASS!

1. PLEASE LIST: THE 6 PARTS OF ARISTOTLE’S POETICS BELOW:
2. PLEASE DEFINE: IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT ARISTOTILIAN TRAGEDY IS AND HOW YOU
3. TRUE OR FALSE/ PATHOS IS A PURGING OF EMOTION.
4. TRUE OR FALSE/ CATHARSIS IS A UNDERSTOOD AS HUMAN SUFFERING.
5. TRUE OR FALSE/ EMPATHY IS UNDERSTOOD AS A SHARED FEELING(S) WITH ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER THAT RISES FROM A PLACE OF SHARED OR IMAGINED PATHOS.
6. TRUE OR FALSE/ ARISTOTLE WAS A SUCCESFUL GREEK PLAYWRIGHT DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF GREECE.
7. TRUE OR FALSE/ DRAMATIC CONFLICT IS THE SOURCE OF UGENCY AND EXCITEMENT THAT ONE FEELS WHEN WHATCHING A NARRATIVE?
8. TRUE OR FALSE/ DRAMATIC ACTION IS THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE DIALOUGE ABOUT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE EVENTS?
9. PLEASE DEFINE THE TERM AESTHEITC:
10. PLEASE GIVE FOUR EXAMPLE OF MISE-EN-SCENE:
11. NOVELS EMPLOY A NARRATIVE VOICE TO DESCRIBE IN DETAIL EVERYTHING A READER NEEDS. NAME FOUR ELEMENTS THAT A PLAY AND FILM MAY USE TO EXPRESS THE SAME INFORMATION.
12. PLEASE DEFINE: IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DEFINE THE CONCEPT OF VERISIMILITUDE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EXPERIENCING TRAGEDY/NARRATIVE STORYTELLING.
13. FINISH THIS STATEMENT: FOR ONE TO EXPERIENCE VERISIMILITUDE,
14. DEFINE: REALISM
15. DEFINE: HYPER-REALSIM
16. DEFINE: ANTI-REALISM
17. DEFINE: DIEGETIC SOUND
18. DEFINE: NON-DIAGETIC SOUND
19. DEFINE: MELODRAMA
20. PLEASE LIST: WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN SETTING QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSING THE GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES OF A STORY?
21. PLEASE LIST: WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAIN ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS THAT ARE USED FOR ANALYSING THE CULTURE OF THE GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES OF A STORY?
22. PLEASE DEFINE: WHAT IS EXPOSITION IN A NARRATIVE?
23. PLEASE DRAW AND DIAGRAM: THE TEN (10) PARTS THAT ARE USED FOR ANALYSING A FREYTAG STORY STRUCTURE.
24. PROVIDE THE NAMES: THE AFRICAN GROVE THEATRE WAS THE FIRST THEATRE TO REPESENT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NEW YORK. IT WAS FOUNDED BY ________________________ AND ______________________
25. PROVIDE THE ANSWERS: THE FIRST PLAY WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WAS PERFORMED IN THE YEAR: __________________________
26. WHAT YEARS WERE THE PERIOD KNOWN AS THE ANTEBELLUM ERA? ___________________
27. ___________________IS A PLAY BY DION BOUCICAULT THAT OPENED IN THE YEAR_____________ THE WINTRER GARDEN THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY.
28. ________________________OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY, IS AN ANTI SLAVERY NOVEL BY AMERICAN AUTHOR HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. PUBLISHED IN _____________, THE NOVEL “HELPED LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR THE _________________________”.
29. DEFINE MISCEGENATION
30. DEFINE MISOGYNY
31. NAME THREE OF THE DISPARAGING “BLACK PLANTATION’ STERYOTYPES/CHARACTERS THAT WERE USED BY WHITE PERFORMERS IN BLACK FACE.
32. TRUE OR FALSE/ ABOLISTIONSIM WAS A MOVEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. TO END DRINKING IN AMERICA.
33. TRUE OR FALSE/ THE CIVIL WAR WAS A FOUGHT BETWEEN 1851-1855 TO END SLAVERY
34. WHAT YEARS WERE THE PERIOD KNOWN AS THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA? __________________
35. PLEASE DEFINE: JIM CROWE LAWS:
36. PLEASE EXPLAIN: DEJOUR SEGREGATION
37. HOW WAS THE DEBUNKED SCIENCE OF EUGENICS UNDERSTOOD TO SUPPORT WHITE SUPREMECY?
38. NAME FOUR INVENTIONS DURING THE 19^TH CENTURY THAT HELPED THE BEGINNING OF GLOBALIZATION AND MULTICULTURALISM IN THE U.S
39. TRUE OR FALSE/ ELLIS ISLAND WAS THE PORT OF ENTRY FOR MUCH OF THE ASIAN MIGRATION FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES.
40. TRUE OR FALSE/ ANGEL ISLAND WAS THE PORT OF ENTRY FOR MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPE FROM 1892-1954
41. NAME TWO MUSICAL STYLES AT THE TURN OF THE 19^TH TO THE 20^TH CENTURY THAT WERE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AS IT WAS “BLACK MUSIC”
42. PLEASE CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
43. PLEASE EXPLAIN: IN WHAT WAY DID THE STYLE OF VAUDVILLE DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF BROWDWAY HELP TO HIGHLIGHT AND MOVE OUR COUNTRY INTO A MULTI CULTURAL SOCIETY?
44. THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR TIMES SQUARE WAS: _______________________________
45. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLAY, IN DAHOMEY?
46. FINISH THIS STATEMENT:
47. THE ROARING 20’S WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ___________AGE
48. PLEASE CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:
49. THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ______________________ ERA
50. NAME FOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS FROM THIS SAME MUSIC PERIOD IN THE QUESTION ABOVE.
51. NAME THE SUPREME COURT CASE THAT ENEDED SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND THE YEAR IT WAS RULED.
52. THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT OF THE 60’S WAS ALSO KNOW AS THE BLACK _____________________ MOVEMENT.
53. PLEASE CIRCLE THE INCORRECT ANSWER:
54. NAME THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMER WHO IS CREDITED FOR INVENTING ROCK’N ROLL IN THE EARLY 1950’S? ____________________________________
55. PLEASE LIST: 4 OF THE MAJOR THEMES FROM A RAISIN IN THE SUN:
56. PLEASE DEFINE: DEFINE ASSIMILATION AS DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
57. PLEASE IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN: IDENTIFY ONE OF THE MAJOR SYMBOLS FROM OUR CLASS FIILM “DUTCHMAN” AND WHY THE SYMBOL IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING THE THAT PIECE OF CINEMA AND THE FILMAKERS INTENT.
58. NAME THE SUPREME COURT CASE THAT ENDED LAWS AGAINST INTERACIAL MARRIAGE AND THE YEAR IT WAS RULED.
59. IDENTIFY TWO MAJOR THEMES THAT THE BLAXPLOITATION ERA OF FILMS EXPOSED AND OFTEN SENSATIONALIZED?
60. PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR MODERN AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS AND AN EXAMPLE/TITLE OF THEIR WORK
61. TRUE OR FALSE/ KABUKI THEATRE IS KNOWN FOR ITS MELODRAMATIC SPECTACLE AND VERY SPECIFIC FACIAL MAKE-UP
62. TRUE OR FALSE/ NOH THEATRE IS THE OLDEST OF THE JAPANESE TRADITIONS OF THEATRE AND USES PUPPETS THAT ARE ¾ THE SIZE OF HUMANS
63. TRUE OR FALSE/BUNRAKU IS KNOWN FOR ITS VERY SUBDUED PHYSICALITY, A HEAVY COSTUME FOR THE ACTOR AND THE VERY DELICATE AND INTRICATE MASKS.
64. PLEASE DESCRIBE: DESRIBE THE LOCATION, THE ERA AND THE INDUSTRY THAT BROUGHT SO MANY IMIGRANTS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES TO AMERICA.
65. PLEASE DEFINE: DEFINE THE CONCEPT OF YELLOW-FACE AND HOW IT HAS EFFECTED CASTING FOR ASIAN AMERICANS IN THEATRE AND FILM
66. PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR MODERN ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS AND AN EXAMPLE/TITLE OF THEIR WORK
67. TRUE OF FALSE/ EAST-WEST PLAYERS IS A THEATRE COMPANY THAT EMPHASIZES ASIAN THEMES THROUGH WESTERN WORK. THEY ARE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
68. IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE “PADLOCK” BILL PASSED AND WHAT DID IT DO?
69. IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE “HAYE’S CODE” ENACTED AND WHAT DID IT DO?
70. WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CAFFE’ CINO IN NEW YORK IN THE 1950’S
71. TWO OFF, OFF BROADWAY ONE-ACT PLAYS WERE PERFORMED AT CAFÉ CINO.
72. TRUE OR FALSE / THE STONE WALL RIOTS IN NEW YORK IS CONSIDERED THE START OF THE GAY AND LESBIAN ERA AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
73. TRUE OF FALSE / HARVEY MILK WAS THE FIRST GAY MAN TO BE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE U.S.?
74. NAME THE PLAY STARRING IAN MCKELLEN THAT DEALT WITH HOMOSEXUALS DURING NAZI GERMANY_________________________
75. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST TWO ACT OPENLY GAY PLAY MOUNTED IN NEW YORK? _______________________________________
76. PROVIDE THE ANSWER: ANGELS IN AMERICA IS A PLAY THAT DEALS WITH WHAT TOPIC?
77. WHO WROTE ANGELS IN AMERICA? ______________________
78. NAME TWO TELEVISION SHOWS FROM THE 90’S THAT INTRODUCED HOMOSEXUAL CHARACRERS IN A WAY THAT WERE EMBRACED BY AMERICAN AUDIENCES
79. PLEASE CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER: WHO IS NOT AN LGBT PLAYWIGHT?
80. PROVIDE THE ANSWER: WHAT THEATRE COMPANY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEACRHING, WRITING AND MOUNTING THE LARAMIE PROJECT? ____________________________
81. PLEASE EXPLAIN: WHAT WAS D.O.M.A. AND WHAT WAS ITS INTENTION?
82. PLEASE EXPLAIN: HOW DID THE EVENTS WITH MATHEW SHEPPARD IN LARAMIE WYOMING CHANGE THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF OUR NATION AND THE GENERAL FEELING ABOUT LGBT AMERICANS?
83. IN WHAT YEAR DID THE SUPREME COURT LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES? ______________________
84. PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR MODERN LGBTQ PLAYWRIGHTS AND AN EXAMPLE/TITLE OF THEIR WORK.
85. TRUE OR FALSE / LATINO-CHICANO THEATRE ROSE OUT OF THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA?
86. TRUE OR FALSE/TEATRO CAMPESINO IS THE THEATRE THAT ESTABLISHED MODERN LATINO AND CHICANO THEATRE?
87. PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR PLAYS OR FILMS THAT WERE WRITTEN BY LUIS VALDEZ.

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ONE MUST WILLINGLY ________________________ THEIR ____________________

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AND THE PLAY WAS TITLED: ____________________________

1. B C.

1. B. C. D.

1. B.

PERFORMERS WHO WOULD PUT ON BLACK FACE MAKE-UP AND PERFORM IN A MUSICAL STYLE SATARIZING, TEASING AND DESPEAREGING SOUTHERN PLANTATION LIFE AND CULTURE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR UNTIL THE 1930’S WAS KNOWN AS –

• a.Ragtime b. Burlesque c. Minstrelsy d. Ziegfeld Follies e. Light Opera

BLACK ARTISTS, WRITERS AND MUSICIANS BEGAN RESPONDING TO THE COMMON RACIST DEPICTIONS OF THEIR ERA AND STARTED CREATING THEIR OWN ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF BLACK LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY. THIS PERIOD OF BURGEONING TALENT AND NEW WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING IN NEW YORK WAS KNOWN AS THE __________________________

THE MUSICAL SHOW BOAT OPENED ON BROWDWAY IN 1927. THE MAJOR CULTURAL DRAMATIC THEME THAT THE MUSICAL DEALT WITH WAS:

• a.Misogyny b. Poor Economy c. Miscegenation d. Anti-Semitism e. Religion

• A. B. C. D.

1. B.
2. B.

THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT THAT CAME OUT OF THE 60’S HAD MEMBERS INCLUDING:

• a.Lorriane Hansberry b. Amiri Baraka c. Bert Williams d. Lou Bellamy e. August Wilson

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WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE TWO PLAY’S AND THEIR PLAYWRIGHT?

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a.Tennessee Williams b. Edward Albee c. Terrance McNally d. Paula Vogel e. Susan Lori-Parks

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88. PLEASE LIST: LIST WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE FOUR OF THE STRONGEST THEMES/IDEAS

OF LATINO/CHICANO THEATRE&FILM.

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89. PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR MODERN FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS AND AN EXAMPLE/TITLE OF THEIR WORK.

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• 90.TRUE OR FALSE/ 1929 WAS THE YEAR THAT WOMEN WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE
• 91.WHAT LAW DID PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY SIGN IN 1963 THAT HELPED LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR WOMEN? ________________________
• 92.THE NAME OF THE FIRST APPROVED BIRTH CONTROL FOR WOMEN PILL WAS CALLED ________________ AND WAS RELEASED IN ________________
• 93. PLEASE LIST: LIST WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE FOUR OF THE STRONGEST THEMES/IDEAS
• 94.PLEASE LIST: LIST WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE FOUR OF THE STRONGEST THEMES/IDEAS
• 95.TRUE OR FALSE / URBAN DRAMA WAS ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED AS HOOD FILMS.
• 96.PLEASE DEFINE: DEFINE WHAT GENTRIFICTION IS.
• 97.URBAN DRAMA IS ORIGINALLY A GENRE THAT DEALT WITH THE MIGRATION
• 98.NAME THREE STYLES OF MUSIC THAT ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN DRAMA
• 99.PLEASE LIST: LIST FOUR URBAN FILMAKER/PLAYWRIGHT AND AN EXAMPLE/TITLE OF THEIR WORK.
• 100.PLEASE EXPLAIN: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE OR MOST INTERESTED TOPIC OF STUDY IN THIS COURSE AND WHY: