THEA 3030 Final Exam 2023 with complete solution
The convention for representing depth on a flat surface is called:
Perspective
The idea that all drama should be "true to life" is called:
Verisimilitude
Who developed the pole-and-chariot system?
Torelli
Which of the following is NOT true of a proscenium stage?
It also includes an orchestra, mezzanine, an balcony.
A play with shepherds and mythological creatures who inhabit the forests and
countryside, with serious actions but a happy ending would be a(n):
Pastoral
Which of the following is NOT true of Sacra Rappresenttazioni?
They were written in the 1500s and 1600s.
Which of the following is NOT true of opera?
The first opera scores (music) grew out of liturgical tropes.
Which of the following is NOT the name of a character in Commedia dell'Arte?
Harpo
The Teatro Farnese in Parma is most significant because of its:
Proscenium-arch stage
Which of the following is NOT true of the raked stage in the Italian Renaissance?
Wings and shutters couldn't be used for scenery because of the slant.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three neoclassical unities?
Decorum
Which of the following was NOT a neoclassical "rule" of drama?
No stock characters
A repeated "bit" of comic business in Commedia dell'Arte is called:
Lazzi
Criticism that argues for a certain point of view and sets down rules is called:
Prescriptive criticism
These devices were a series of individual wings on each side of the stage, parallel to
the audience, and placed in a progression from the front to the back of the stage.
Flat wings
Which of these theatre production technologies was NOT used by Inigo Jones?
Spoken decor
The playwright(s) who succeeded in writing romantic, witty tragicomedies in the
Jacobean period was/were:
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Elizabethan theatre companies were organized under a sharing plan, which included:
Shareholders, hirelings, and apprentices
Which of the following is NOT true about the patrons of acting companies?
They made decisions about which plays were performed.
One of the most typical ways that Elizabethan drama changed locale between scenes
was by:
using "spoken decor"
The convention for representing depth on a flat surface is called:
Perspective
The idea that all drama should be "true to life" is called:
Verisimilitude
Who developed the pole-and-chariot system?
Torelli
Which of the following is NOT true of a proscenium stage?
It also includes an orchestra, mezzanine, an balcony.
A play with shepherds and mythological creatures who inhabit the forests and
countryside, with serious actions but a happy ending would be a(n):
Pastoral
Which of the following is NOT true of Sacra Rappresenttazioni?
They were written in the 1500s and 1600s.
Which of the following is NOT true of opera?
The first opera scores (music) grew out of liturgical tropes.
Which of the following is NOT the name of a character in Commedia dell'Arte?
Harpo
The Teatro Farnese in Parma is most significant because of its:
Proscenium-arch stage
Which of the following is NOT true of the raked stage in the Italian Renaissance?
Wings and shutters couldn't be used for scenery because of the slant.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three neoclassical unities?
Decorum
Which of the following was NOT a neoclassical "rule" of drama?
No stock characters
A repeated "bit" of comic business in Commedia dell'Arte is called:
Lazzi
Criticism that argues for a certain point of view and sets down rules is called:
Prescriptive criticism
These devices were a series of individual wings on each side of the stage, parallel to
the audience, and placed in a progression from the front to the back of the stage.
Flat wings
Which of these theatre production technologies was NOT used by Inigo Jones?
Spoken decor
The playwright(s) who succeeded in writing romantic, witty tragicomedies in the
Jacobean period was/were:
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Elizabethan theatre companies were organized under a sharing plan, which included:
Shareholders, hirelings, and apprentices
Which of the following is NOT true about the patrons of acting companies?
They made decisions about which plays were performed.
One of the most typical ways that Elizabethan drama changed locale between scenes
was by:
using "spoken decor"
