Extra Credit Quiz
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Course: 11000-015

1. In 1943, Roger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
a. Helped establish the golden age of musical theatre.
b. Was choreographed by Agnes de Mille.
c. Formed a seamless story, using music, lyrics and dances.
d. All of the above.

2. William Shakespeare was famous for writing tragedy comedy, historical and romance plays. Some of his plays included: a. Macbeth, King Lear, Dr. Faustus, and The Globe b. Tamburlain the Great and King of Persia c. Hamlet, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet d. None of the Above e. Both b and c

3. All are considered American realist playwrights except: a. August Wilson b. Tennessee Williams c. Eugene Ionesco d. Arthur Miller

4. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as non-realism: a) Expressionism. b) Symbolism. c) Theatre of cruelty. d) Pradaism.

5. The 3 Greek Tragedian playwrights’ discussed in Chapter 3 of Theatre are: a. Plautus, Terence, and Machiavelli b. Aristotle, Aristophanes, and Aeschylus c. Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus d. Medea, Iphigenia, and Socrates d) e) Futurism. f) None of the above.
6. Which of the following is NOT a form of Japanese theatre: a) Kabuki. b) Xiqu. c) Bunraku. d) Noh theatre. 7. Cornerstone Theatre Company… a. Founded by two Harvard graduates in 1986 b. Adapt classical works c. Involves local community within their projects. d. All of the above.

8. Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House… a. leaves her husband Sven for another man. b. gives her former lover a gun and then shoots herself. c. leaves her children and husband to go on a journey of self-discovery. d. bemoans her existence as a small town schoolteacher.

9. The dithyrambos were a. an austere religious sacrifice involving the burning of incense and the consecration of a bull to Apollo. b. a combination song and dance routine performed on the spring equinox and celebrated with flowers, grasses, and the blessing of ships. c. an ancient, drunken, dance-chant fertility ritual that celebrated the birth of the wine god. d. a rite of passage symbolizing the transition from virginity to marriage sanctified by the reading of oracles from Delphi and blessed with water from the Kastalian spring.

Short Answer

1. List the four trends found in contemporary musical theatre discussed in the power point lecture.

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2. Name two community based theatre companies discussed in class.

3. Define the term Stychomythia as it relates to Greek dialogue and Shakespearean insult 4. In one sentence, define the term Realism as discussed in the power point lecture 5. Describe two characteristics of No Theatre discussed in Asian Theatre lecture.

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