Deck 1: Theatre, Art, and Entertainment

Question 1

Entertainment generally shows us an agreeable mirror of ourselves and our ideas about how the world is or should be.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which category of theatre includes big musicals as well as comedies and dramas that are intended to be entertaining and profitable? They also contain safe themes, plenty of laughs, and spectacle designed to appeal to a majority of people, thereby filling lots of seats and ideally making lots of money.

Answer 3

Commercial theatre

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

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

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

Theatre is classified as which type of art?

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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

Question 15

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