Deck 4: Experiencing and Analyzing Plays

Question 1

Human beings have a tendency to act and react differently when they are in a group than when they are alone. This is known as…

A) The Audience Effect
B) Sharing a common experience
C) Grouping
D) The Laugh Track Effect
E) The Group Dynamic

Answer 1

E

Question 2

In 1919, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." This famous maxim has often been cited to underscore the fact that free speech is not a viable defense when such speech is used to perpetrate a fraud. What is this limitation of our freedom of speech often called?

Answer 2

Breach of the Peace

Question 3

In theatre lingo, what term means to give away lots of free tickets?

Answer 3

Paper the House

Question 4

The First Amendment protects our right to express ourselves. Which of the following is not an exception to freedom on speech?

A) Breach of the Peace
B) Defamation
C) Incitement to Crime
D) Obscenity
E) Spiritual Injury

Question 5

This is someone's opinion of a play, which often includes whether it is worth attending.

A) Criticism
B) Assessment
C) Review
D) Aristotelian Opinion
E) None of the above

Question 6

Greek philosopher Aristotle deconstructed plays into six elements. Which of the following is not one of those elements?

A) Plot
B) Thought
C) Diction
D) Spectacle
E) Visual Art

Question 7

The performance artist Ron Athey shocked the audience the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis with his performance piece based on African tribal traditions and the disease
_____.

Question 8

The imaginary wall between the actors and audience is called…

A) The Invisible Wall
B) The Fourth Wall
C) The Berlin Wall
D) The Theatrical Wall
E) The Wall of Disbelief

Question 9

When we go to the theatre we know what is happening on stage is not real and so we put aside our concerns about reality and agree to accept the play's quasi-reality. What is this called?

Question 10

This term means to prudishly remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material before publication.

A) Balkanization
B) Kulturkampf
C) Bourgeoisie
D) Bowdlerize

Question 11

This term has to do with the audience's ability to remove themselves from a work of art just far enough so that they can contemplate it-or even judge it.

A) Spectator Aloofness
B) Art Detachment
C) Aesthetic Distance
D) Aristotelian Remoteness
E) Quasi-participation

Question 12

This type of theatre makes no attempt to offer a realistic illusion on stage, and the actors openly acknowledge the audience and sometimes even invite members to participate.

A) Realism
B) Naturalism
C) Representational
D) Presentational

Question 13

This is a discriminating, often scholarly interpretation and analysis of a play.

A) Notice
B) Review
C) Literary Appraisal
D) Criticism
E) None of the above

Question 14

In 1737, a law was passed in England that placed the censoring of plays under the authority of the Lord Chamberlain. What was the name of this law?

Question 15

Which of the following is not one of Goethe's three steps for play analysis?

A) What is the artist trying to say?
B) Did you enjoy it?
C) How well has the artist done it?
D) Is it worth doing?