Question 1

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the stage manager?

Accepted Answer

A)   taking meticulous notes regarding actors' movement and placement during blocking/staging rehearsals
B)   distributing rehearsal notes after each rehearsal to all members of the production team indicating any new production changes, questions, or needs
C)   discovering promising new plays and working with playwrights on developing their scripts
D)   after the official opening, maintaining consistency of the director's vision C

Question 2

When a play goes into dress rehearsals, last-minute changes are no longer possible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following is a major responsibility of the stage manager?

Accepted Answer

A)   alters the text and dialogue to make certain that the script serves his or her professional vision
B)   identify ways in which previous directors have approached the same script or how they have approached production solutions
C)   maintain the lighting/sound/scene designer's and director's vision of rhythm and pace through the proper and consistent calling of all cues during the run
D)   All of these answers are correct. C

Question 4

A ________ is a rehearsal where the performers are onstage with scenery, lighting, and sound for the first time and the primary focus is the mechanical and physical aspects of production.

Accepted Answer

A)   dress rehearsal
B)   preview
C)   technical rehearsal
D)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is sometimes called "slice-of-life" drama?

Accepted Answer

A)   naturalism
B)   heightened realism
C)   allegory
D)   expressionism

Question 6

The text indicates that several "spines"
are possible for a given play. How can this be?

Accepted Answer

The answer of The text indicates that several "spines"
are possible...

Question 7

The Crucible by Arthur Miller represents

Accepted Answer

A)   naturalism.
B)   theatrical style.
C)   allegory.
D)   expressionism.

Question 8

After a play has had several previews, it often will go back into rehearsal prior to opening.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Imagine that you are directing one of the plays read during the semester. Describe the director's responsibilities in preparing the play for performance. Trace the process by which a director selects and rehearses actors and actresses before public performances.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Imagine that you are directing one of...

Question 10

________ is the term for when characters and their activities are intended to resemble life, but a certain license is allowed.

Accepted Answer

A)   Naturalism
B)   Heightened realism
C)   Allegory
D)   Expressionism

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the producer?

Accepted Answer

A)   supervising the advertising
B)   raising money to finance the production
C)   arriving at a central metaphor for the play
D)   securing the rights to the script

Question 12

The dramaturg serves an increasingly important function particularly in regional theatre or period pieces, since their work encompasses research related to

Accepted Answer

A)   previous productions of the same play.
B)   discovering promising new plays.
C)   the social and historical details surrounding the period in which a play takes place.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 13

Prior to 1874, when George II, the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, began supervising every element of his theatrical productions, the function of the director did not exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Select the response that places the directing activities in the proper order.

Accepted Answer

A)   dress rehearsal, casting, developing a concept, blocking/staging, technical rehearsal
B)   developing a concept, casting, blocking/staging, dress rehearsal, technical rehearsal
C)   casting, developing a concept, blocking/staging, technical rehearsal, dress rehearsal
D)   developing a concept, casting, blocking/staging, technical rehearsal, dress rehearsal

Question 15

The movement, pace, and rhythm of a play are NOT affected by the

Accepted Answer

A)   director.
B)   actors.
C)   audience.
D)   producer.

Question 16

Both the critic and the director "stand in"
for the audience during various phases of the production process. Discuss similarities and differences between the two jobs. Do you think a director would be a good critic? Would a critic be a good director?

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The answer of Both the critic and the director "stand...

Question 17

While the director is very important to the success of a production, his or her work is not easily identified by audiences. Discuss how a critic or a reviewer might be able to evaluate a director's contribution.

Accepted Answer

The answer of While the director is very important to...

Question 18

When a performer closely resembles in real life the character to be enacted, this is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   casting against type.
B)   typecasting.
C)   fashion casting.
D)   form casting.

Question 19

Auteur is a French word that means:

Accepted Answer

A)   author
B)   artist
C)   director
D)   high art

Question 20

Which of the following serves as a parable or lesson?

Accepted Answer