Deck 1: Theatre, Art, and Entertainment

Question 1

This type of theatre breaks down barriers by involving the audience,using new staging techniques,or questioning the nature of theatre itself.

A)Commercial theatre
B)Historical theatre
C)Political theatre
D)Cultural theatre
E)Experimental plays

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which category of theatre is designed to support the heritage,customs,and point of view of a particular people,religion,class,country,or community?

Answer 2

Cultural theatre

Question 3

Which category of theatre includes big musicals as well as comedies and dramas that are intended to be entertaining and profitable?

Answer 3

Commercial theatre

Question 4

For an art form to be considered theatre,it must have conflict.

Question 5

Its purpose is to reaffirm the audience's values and confirm their established belief systems.

A)Science
B)Literature
C)Art
D)Entertainment
E)University

Question 6

Whether explicit or implicit,what is at the core of drama?

Question 7

This type of art is illustrative and includes drawing and painting.

A)Spatial art
B)Graphic art
C)Literary art
D)Performing art
E)Visual art

Question 8

Some people would argue that the arts have no real purpose for society.Some would say that the arts are essential for a society.What are the main arguments for each point of view? Where do you "come down" on this question and why?

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the five basic elements that all art has to a certain extent?

A)A form of human expression
B)Values
C)Subject and medium
D)Reaction
E)A perception of order

Question 10

When the word art appears in everyday conversation,it is used in a wide array of contexts but generally conveys three main ideas.Which of the following is not one of the three?

A)Sophistication
B)Skill
C)Beauty
D)Meaning

Question 11

Is it true that the main purpose of art is to reaffirm society's values?

Question 12

This ancient philosopher accused theatre people of promoting vice and wickedness and of being largely responsible for the corruption of his day.

A)Epictetus
B)Plato
C)Archimedes
D)Aristotle
E)Confucius

Question 13

In his book The Empty Space,English director Peter Brook states that all that is needed for theatre to occur is an empty space and someone to walk across that space while someone else does what?

Question 14

This branch of philosophy deals with the nature and expression of beauty.

A)Metaphysics
B)Ethics
C)Politics
D)Aesthetics
E)Epistemology

Question 15

The Greeks disagreed about the function and purpose of the theatre arts.What were some of their viewpoints,and how are those points of view reflected in today's society?

Question 16

This type of art is created by manipulating material in space and includes sculpture,pottery,and architecture.

A)Spatial art
B)Graphic art
C)Literary art
D)Performing art
E)Visual art

Question 17

American novelist Ayn Rand and German playwright Bertolt Brecht would argue that all art is political.What do they mean by that statement? Select a musical that is currently running on Broadway and describe how it is "political."

Question 18

This ancient philosopher believed that good theatre fortifies us because it allows us to release repressed emotions in a controlled,therapeutic way.

A)Epictetus
B)Plato
C)Archimedes
D)Aristotle
E)Confucius