The Essential Theatre Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Graded A+
The Three Basic Elements of Theatre - Answers What is performed
The performance
The audience
Special Qualities of Theatre - Answers Lifelikeness
Ephemerality
Objectivity
Complexity of means
"Esthetic distance"
Ephemeral - Answers Lasts in short time
Objective - Answers Inner, outer, expressed in a way people can see
Complexity of Means - Answers Actors use everything they can to convey things
Psychologically Immediate - Answers Actors and audience both go through emotional trauma
Esthetic Distance - Answers Audience must have a suspension of disbelief
Choregus - Answers A wealthy citizen responsible for the expense of training and costuming a Greek
chorus for a particular festival
City Dionysia - Answers A major festival in Athens, seen by people all over Greece, extending over
several days at the end of March, where tragedies were presented.
"Happy idea" - Answers A major element in the plots of Greek OLD comedies
Deus ex machina - Answers Cane like contraption used to hoist actors playing gods into the air
Chiton - Answers Ankle or knee length garment worn by actors in Greek theatre
Lenaia - Answers A festival where Greek comedy was presented, mainly for a local audience
Satyr play - Answers A humorous play performed at the end of a three tragedy cycle in ancient Greece
Theatron - Answers Seeing place where audience sits
Orchestra - Answers Dancing place, stage
Thymele - Answers Altar to Dionysus in middle of orchestra
The Three Basic Elements of Theatre - Answers What is performed
The performance
The audience
Special Qualities of Theatre - Answers Lifelikeness
Ephemerality
Objectivity
Complexity of means
"Esthetic distance"
Ephemeral - Answers Lasts in short time
Objective - Answers Inner, outer, expressed in a way people can see
Complexity of Means - Answers Actors use everything they can to convey things
Psychologically Immediate - Answers Actors and audience both go through emotional trauma
Esthetic Distance - Answers Audience must have a suspension of disbelief
Choregus - Answers A wealthy citizen responsible for the expense of training and costuming a Greek
chorus for a particular festival
City Dionysia - Answers A major festival in Athens, seen by people all over Greece, extending over
several days at the end of March, where tragedies were presented.
"Happy idea" - Answers A major element in the plots of Greek OLD comedies
Deus ex machina - Answers Cane like contraption used to hoist actors playing gods into the air
Chiton - Answers Ankle or knee length garment worn by actors in Greek theatre
Lenaia - Answers A festival where Greek comedy was presented, mainly for a local audience
Satyr play - Answers A humorous play performed at the end of a three tragedy cycle in ancient Greece
Theatron - Answers Seeing place where audience sits
Orchestra - Answers Dancing place, stage
Thymele - Answers Altar to Dionysus in middle of orchestra
