Music and Performing Arts Theater and Drama 2

Question 1

Which Elizabethan theater was associated with William Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

The Globe

Answer

The Lyceum

Answer

The Curtain

Answer

The Rose

Question 2

What is the 'fourth wall' in theater?

Accepted Answer

The imaginary boundary between stage and audience

Answer

The backstage storage area

Answer

The upstage rear curtain

Answer

The fly system above the stage

Question 3

Which playwright wrote 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Williams

Answer

Arthur Miller

Answer

Eugene O'Neill

Answer

Edward Albee

Question 4

What is the term for exaggerated, physical comedy in theater?

Accepted Answer

Slapstick

Answer

Satire

Answer

Absurdism

Answer

Melodrama

Question 5

What is 'upstage' in theatrical blocking terminology?

Accepted Answer

Away from the audience, toward the back of the stage

Answer

Toward the audience

Answer

Toward stage right

Answer

Below the main platform

Question 6

Which theater form uses masks, stock characters, and improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Commedia dell'arte

Answer

Kabuki

Answer

Noh theater

Answer

Melodrama