What is Theater? Crash Course 1

Front

Who is the Greek god of theater?

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Dionysus

Front

What does the word "theater" mean in Ancient Greek?

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The Seeing Place

Front

To be a "theater," a theater must have what?

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nothing and anything

Front

A familiar definition of theater is that ____.

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it has one actor and one audience

Front

What is a shibboleth?

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a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.

Front

Which is the more common spelling outside the United States? Options: theater, theatre

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theatre

Front

Which word means "mediating between the natural and the supernatural, serving to enact or re-enact significant events in the natural or supernatural world?"

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ritual

Front

Which of these famous men help contribute to the beginning understanding of ritual theater?
Options:
James Blunt,
James Cromwell,
James Frazer,
James Franco

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James Frazer

Front

Which word means that the idea involves a distinctly European idea of the world instead of a more worldly view of other cultures?

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euro-centric

Front

The idea that everything is just going to get better and better all the time is?

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positivism