THEA 110 Midterm || with 100% Errorless Answers.
How are actors different than other performers? correct answers play someone else
What is part of the Actor's Paradox? correct answers The actor is himself and the character
How does the audience affect a play? correct answers By their emotional response to the
performance
Why is theatre called a "collaborative art?" correct answers It takes all types of artists to make a
production
Why are plays typically 2-3 hours long? correct answers -It is the time between lunch and dinner
- it's as long as a human can sit still
Comedies must not have any conflict in their plot. correct answers False
What is catharsis? correct answers Emotional release
What is special about arena theatres? correct answers there are seats on all sides of the stage
The white or light blue curtain that can be lit and is all the way upstage on the proscenium stage
is called what? correct answers Cyclorama (Cyc)
Tall scenery can only be used upstage in a thrust stage correct answers True
At the beginning of the play what city did Willy reach before he had to turn around and come
home? correct answers Yonkers
Which is a way betrayal is shown in Death of a Salesman? correct answers - Willy' affair with
"the woman"
- Biff quoting on Willy's dreams for him
What does Linda tell Willy in the last scene? correct answers -We're free
-She can't cry
-She paid off the house
Who is the protagonist in Death of a Salesman? correct answers Willy Loman
What does Howard show Willy in his office before he fires him? correct answers A new tape
recorder
What character states, "attention! Attention must be paid!" correct answers Linda
What "region" is Willy responsible for as a salesman? correct answers New England
, What does Linda find that worries her about Willy? correct answers A piece of rubber hose
Who is Dave Singleman in Death of a Salesman? correct answers The greatest salesman Willy
ever knew
What does Willy sell in Death of a Salesman? correct answers The play never says
What is meant by the term "exposition"? correct answers Giving the audience information about
charters, location, past events, etc.
Who is the Antagonist of a play? correct answers the character who is in opposition to the
protagonist
When reading a play Spectacle is the most important of Aristotle's 6 parts. correct answers False
What is meant by "point of attack" regarding plot? correct answers The point in the storyline
where the plot begins
What is the first piece of information a reader receives about the play? correct answers The title
of the show
What are Aristotle's 6 parts of a play? correct answers Plot, character, idea, music, language, and
spectacle
What is meant by the term protagonist when referring to character? correct answers central
character
What can we learn by reading "the cast of characters" at the front of the script? correct answers -
Characters names
- characters ages
- characters relationships
What can language tell us about a character in a play? correct answers Can tell us about their
social class and education
Aristotle's treatise on Greek theatre was titled Poeitcs correct answers True
How are stories like plays? correct answers Have plots
What had to be developed before we can have storytelling? correct answers language
Regarding the performers, how do ritual and storytelling differ? correct answers -Rituals have
multiple performers
-Storytelling must have a singular voice (performer)
How can a storyteller add "character" to their stories? correct answers -Add different voices
How are actors different than other performers? correct answers play someone else
What is part of the Actor's Paradox? correct answers The actor is himself and the character
How does the audience affect a play? correct answers By their emotional response to the
performance
Why is theatre called a "collaborative art?" correct answers It takes all types of artists to make a
production
Why are plays typically 2-3 hours long? correct answers -It is the time between lunch and dinner
- it's as long as a human can sit still
Comedies must not have any conflict in their plot. correct answers False
What is catharsis? correct answers Emotional release
What is special about arena theatres? correct answers there are seats on all sides of the stage
The white or light blue curtain that can be lit and is all the way upstage on the proscenium stage
is called what? correct answers Cyclorama (Cyc)
Tall scenery can only be used upstage in a thrust stage correct answers True
At the beginning of the play what city did Willy reach before he had to turn around and come
home? correct answers Yonkers
Which is a way betrayal is shown in Death of a Salesman? correct answers - Willy' affair with
"the woman"
- Biff quoting on Willy's dreams for him
What does Linda tell Willy in the last scene? correct answers -We're free
-She can't cry
-She paid off the house
Who is the protagonist in Death of a Salesman? correct answers Willy Loman
What does Howard show Willy in his office before he fires him? correct answers A new tape
recorder
What character states, "attention! Attention must be paid!" correct answers Linda
What "region" is Willy responsible for as a salesman? correct answers New England
, What does Linda find that worries her about Willy? correct answers A piece of rubber hose
Who is Dave Singleman in Death of a Salesman? correct answers The greatest salesman Willy
ever knew
What does Willy sell in Death of a Salesman? correct answers The play never says
What is meant by the term "exposition"? correct answers Giving the audience information about
charters, location, past events, etc.
Who is the Antagonist of a play? correct answers the character who is in opposition to the
protagonist
When reading a play Spectacle is the most important of Aristotle's 6 parts. correct answers False
What is meant by "point of attack" regarding plot? correct answers The point in the storyline
where the plot begins
What is the first piece of information a reader receives about the play? correct answers The title
of the show
What are Aristotle's 6 parts of a play? correct answers Plot, character, idea, music, language, and
spectacle
What is meant by the term protagonist when referring to character? correct answers central
character
What can we learn by reading "the cast of characters" at the front of the script? correct answers -
Characters names
- characters ages
- characters relationships
What can language tell us about a character in a play? correct answers Can tell us about their
social class and education
Aristotle's treatise on Greek theatre was titled Poeitcs correct answers True
How are stories like plays? correct answers Have plots
What had to be developed before we can have storytelling? correct answers language
Regarding the performers, how do ritual and storytelling differ? correct answers -Rituals have
multiple performers
-Storytelling must have a singular voice (performer)
How can a storyteller add "character" to their stories? correct answers -Add different voices
