THEA 3040 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ACTUAL EXAM
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) AGRADE
Which |of |the |following |best |characterizes |Richard |Wagner's |Gesamtkunstwerk?
plays |incorporating |music, |poetry, |and |stage |settings
The |limelight |was |a |stage |innovation |that
acted |as |an |early |form |of |spotlight.
Possibly |the |most |important |transformation |during |the |early |nineteenth |century |was
the |Industrial |Revolution
Which |of |the |following |was |NOT |a |technological |innovation |transformed |transportation |and
|communications |in |the |nineteenth |century?
the |radio
Longer |runs |of |shows |and |splintered |audiences |demanding |theatre |that |spoke |to |their |own |needs
|was |the |result |of
the |concentration |of |urban |populations.
Because |of |its |new |complexity, |theatre |began |to |need
a |director
, Throughout |the |nineteenth |century, |concert |halls, |saloons, |and |playhouses |presented
mixed |bill |entertainments, |the |forerunner |to |vaudeville.
This |new |form |of |drama |rejected |all |dramatic |rules, |was |written |in |episodic |structure |with |an |epic
|scope, |strove |to |create |mood |and |atmosphere, |had |supernatural |elements, |and |the |hero |was
|frequently |a |social |outcast.
Romanticism
One |of |several |theatre |riots |in |this |era, |at |this |event |the |patrons |revolted |against |private |boxes |at |Covent
|Garden |theatre.
Old-Price |Riots
This |new |form |of |drama |put |a |premium |on |surface |effects, |sharply |delineated |between |heroes |and
|villains, |and |had |stock |characters |such |as |the |threatened |woman; |the |sidekick, |and |the |"fallen
|woman."
Melodrama
This |riot |happened |at |the |Comédie-Française |when |a |romantic |play |broke |the |rules |of |neoclassicism.
Hernani |Riots
This |new |form |of |drama |emphasized |careful |cause-and-effect |development |and |often |revolved |around |a
|secret |known |to |the |audience |but |not |to |the |characters.
Well-made |play
This, |the |most |violent |of |the |nineteenth-century |riots, |happened |when |a |British |actor |appeared |at |a |New
|York |theatre |for |the |working |class.
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ACTUAL EXAM
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) AGRADE
Which |of |the |following |best |characterizes |Richard |Wagner's |Gesamtkunstwerk?
plays |incorporating |music, |poetry, |and |stage |settings
The |limelight |was |a |stage |innovation |that
acted |as |an |early |form |of |spotlight.
Possibly |the |most |important |transformation |during |the |early |nineteenth |century |was
the |Industrial |Revolution
Which |of |the |following |was |NOT |a |technological |innovation |transformed |transportation |and
|communications |in |the |nineteenth |century?
the |radio
Longer |runs |of |shows |and |splintered |audiences |demanding |theatre |that |spoke |to |their |own |needs
|was |the |result |of
the |concentration |of |urban |populations.
Because |of |its |new |complexity, |theatre |began |to |need
a |director
, Throughout |the |nineteenth |century, |concert |halls, |saloons, |and |playhouses |presented
mixed |bill |entertainments, |the |forerunner |to |vaudeville.
This |new |form |of |drama |rejected |all |dramatic |rules, |was |written |in |episodic |structure |with |an |epic
|scope, |strove |to |create |mood |and |atmosphere, |had |supernatural |elements, |and |the |hero |was
|frequently |a |social |outcast.
Romanticism
One |of |several |theatre |riots |in |this |era, |at |this |event |the |patrons |revolted |against |private |boxes |at |Covent
|Garden |theatre.
Old-Price |Riots
This |new |form |of |drama |put |a |premium |on |surface |effects, |sharply |delineated |between |heroes |and
|villains, |and |had |stock |characters |such |as |the |threatened |woman; |the |sidekick, |and |the |"fallen
|woman."
Melodrama
This |riot |happened |at |the |Comédie-Française |when |a |romantic |play |broke |the |rules |of |neoclassicism.
Hernani |Riots
This |new |form |of |drama |emphasized |careful |cause-and-effect |development |and |often |revolved |around |a
|secret |known |to |the |audience |but |not |to |the |characters.
Well-made |play
This, |the |most |violent |of |the |nineteenth-century |riots, |happened |when |a |British |actor |appeared |at |a |New
|York |theatre |for |the |working |class.
