Music and Arts: Western Plays (mult. choice)

Question 1

elements of theater play

Answer 1

(DiP-the-CaT-and-MouSe)
Dialogues
Plot
Characters
Theme
Music/Rhythm
Spectacle

Question 2

important persons in theater play

Answer 2

(DiP-the-Pizza-Crust-in-S’Mores)
Director
Playwright
Performer
Choreographer
Set Designer
Musical Director

Question 3

element of theater play:
the action; the basic storyline

Answer 3

plot

Question 3

element of theater play:
what happens in the play

Answer 3

plot

Question 4

element of theater play:
meaning of play

Answer 4

theme

Question 5

element of theater play:
main idea/lesson to be learned
from the play

Answer 5

theme

Question 6

element of theater play:
people portrayed by the actors

Answer 6

characters

Question 7

element of theater play:
the ones who move the plot of the play forward

Answer 7

charactera

Question 8

element of theater play:
words written by the writer and spoken by the characters

Answer 8

dialogues

Question 9

element of theater play:
provides the substance of a play

Answer 9

dialogues

Question 10

element of theater play:
expected to display a sense of decorum, like saying words appropriate to the role and situation of a character

Answer 10

dialogues

Question 11

element of theater play:
rhythm of the actors’ voices as they speak their dialogues

Answer 11

music/rhythm

Question 12

element of theater play:
visual elements

Answer 12

spectacle

Question 13

element of theater play:
ex: costumes, sets, props

Answer 13

spectacle

Question 14

important person in theater play:
responsible for the practical and creative
interpretation of a dramatic script or musical score

Answer 14

director

Question 15

important person in theater play:
works closely with creative and production teams, performers and the producer

Answer 15

director

Question 16

important person in theater play:
responsible for writing dramatic material

Answer 16

playwright

Question 16

blueprint/road map for creating a dramatic production

Answer 16

script

Question 17

important person in theater play:
portrays a character

Answer 17

performer

Question 18

important person in theater play:
designs and directs routines used in dances and performances

Answer 18

choreographer

Question 19

artistic opportunity to express one’s personality through the creation of dance

Answer 19

choreographer

Question 20

important person in theater play:
in charge of designing and creating the sets

Answer 20

set designer

Question 21

important person in theater play:
responsible for working with the stage director in preparing the theater production

Answer 21

musical director

Question 22

important person in theater play:
includes casting, rehearsing the vocalists and orchestra, and conducting
the orchestra

Answer 22

musical director

Question 23

second largest theater of Sicily, Italy
(after the one in Syracuse)

Answer 23

The Greek Theatre of Taormina

Question 24

building/space in which a performance may be given before an audience

Answer 24

theater

Question 25

Greek = theatron,
English = ___

Answer 25

“a place of seeing”

Question 26

part of the theater where the performance itself takes place

Answer 26

stage area

Question 27

factors of the evolving design of theaters:

Answer 27

• spectators’ physical requirements for seeing and hearing the performers
• changing nature of the activity presented

Question 27

first recorded form of European theater started in ___, and began around the ___

Answer 27

Athens, Greece;
6th century BCE

Question 28

theater play started during religious festivals in honor of ___, the Greek god of wine and fertility

Answer 28

Dionysus

Question 29

Dionysus is the Greek god of ___

Answer 29

wine and fertility

Question 30

first actor of theater play

Answer 30

Thespis

Question 31

actors are sometimes referred to as ___

Answer 31

thespians

Question 32

Thespis introduced the use of ___ that depicts the expressions of age and emotions

Answer 32

mask

Question 33

____ are not allowed to perform in Greek theater

Answer 33

women

Question 34

2 types of Greek plays

Answer 34

• comedy
• tragedy

Question 35

famous playwrights for tragedy

Answer 35

• Aeschylus
• Sophocles
• Euripides

Question 36

____ acted as performers in Roman theater

Answer 36

slaves

Question 37

____ are permitted to appear on stage but were not given any significant roles (Roman theater)

Answer 37

women

Question 38

also used for chariot races, gladiator contest and public executions

Answer 38

Roman Amphitheater

Question 39

Amphitheater was derived from the greek word “amphi” meaning “___” and “theatros” meaning ___

Answer 39

two;
theater

Question 40

two Greek words where amphitheater is derived from

Answer 40

• amphi
• theatros

Question 41

famous romantic operas

Answer 41

Recitative
Aria
Bel canto
Castrato

Question 42

types of operas

Answer 42

(CaSe-of-Sweet-Corn-is-Very-Good)
Comic
Serious
Semiseria
Cornique
Verismo
Grand Opera