Year 11 Theatre Question Paper
CHAPTER 11
Theatre Today
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Please choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. The theatre may be considered a conservative institution because it conserves or preserves a. a consistent ideology characteristic of political parties. b. the history and conventional way of working as a theatre. c. the political and economic views of the time. d. the moral attitudes of a select group of people. Answer: b
2. Postmodern playwrights and directors are mainly concerned with a. the meaning behind their works. b. linear structure. c. discontinuity. d. community. Answer: c
3. Postmodern aesthetics relate to previous aesthetics in all of the following ways EXCEPT a. postmodern …show more content…
The roots of postmodern theatre can be located in the arts phenomenon called a. surrealism. b. dada. c. expressionism. d. symbolism. Answer: b
5. Flashbacks that are not framed as such, shuttling between time zones without narrative warning, and reverse chronological ordering of scenes are examples of postmodern a. theatre of the senses. b. reflexive theatre. c. nonlinear theatre. d. theatre of quotation. Answer: c
6. This theatre, with a brilliant innovative company formed by Joseph Chaikin in 1963, combined social improvisation with Brechtian techniques and used character as a vehicle for direct interaction with audiences; it was known as a. The Open Theatre. b. The Teatro Campesino. c. New Lafayette Theater. d. The Women’s Collective. Answer: a
7. Who is the leading American playwright of current era, whose plays, including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, and The Piano Lesson, concern an entire twentieth century history of black America? a. August Wilson b. Langston Hughes c. Amiri Baraka d. Lorraine Hansberry Answer: a
8. Which of the following is NOT true of the role of women in the history of drama? a. Until the seventeenth century, women were virtually unrepresented in the
Theatre Today
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Please choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. The theatre may be considered a conservative institution because it conserves or preserves a. a consistent ideology characteristic of political parties. b. the history and conventional way of working as a theatre. c. the political and economic views of the time. d. the moral attitudes of a select group of people. Answer: b
2. Postmodern playwrights and directors are mainly concerned with a. the meaning behind their works. b. linear structure. c. discontinuity. d. community. Answer: c
3. Postmodern aesthetics relate to previous aesthetics in all of the following ways EXCEPT a. postmodern …show more content…
The roots of postmodern theatre can be located in the arts phenomenon called a. surrealism. b. dada. c. expressionism. d. symbolism. Answer: b
5. Flashbacks that are not framed as such, shuttling between time zones without narrative warning, and reverse chronological ordering of scenes are examples of postmodern a. theatre of the senses. b. reflexive theatre. c. nonlinear theatre. d. theatre of quotation. Answer: c
6. This theatre, with a brilliant innovative company formed by Joseph Chaikin in 1963, combined social improvisation with Brechtian techniques and used character as a vehicle for direct interaction with audiences; it was known as a. The Open Theatre. b. The Teatro Campesino. c. New Lafayette Theater. d. The Women’s Collective. Answer: a
7. Who is the leading American playwright of current era, whose plays, including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, and The Piano Lesson, concern an entire twentieth century history of black America? a. August Wilson b. Langston Hughes c. Amiri Baraka d. Lorraine Hansberry Answer: a
8. Which of the following is NOT true of the role of women in the history of drama? a. Until the seventeenth century, women were virtually unrepresented in the