Realism Quiz

In what has realism been found its most receptive medium?

• Novels

• Books

• Film

• Theatre productions

True or false: Today, theatrical performances are likely to follow only one style or another...

• True

• False

What became popular after the introduction of perspective painting by the Italians in the early 17th century?

• 3D artwork

• Detailed costumes

• Decorative backgrounds

• Masks

What did Henrik Ibsen write his plays about?

(a)  

• Religious restrictions

• Social restrictions

• Familial restrictions

• Women's rights

What did August Strindberg focus his work on?

• The highly charged emotions of couples caught in love--hate relationships

• The struggles of slavery and abuse

• Death

• Social problems

Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams transformed the realism of Hellman's work by focusing on what?

• The struggles of lower-class individuals

• Poetic realism

• Psychological exploration

• Diseases

Who was the most influential figure in the development of a new approach to acting?

• Lillian Hellman

• Arthur Miller

• Tennessee Williams

• Konstantin Stanislavsky

Stanislavsky proposed what kind of approach to character development?

• Internal

• External

True or False: Each objective, together with the actions and words involved in playing that objective, is considered a beat

• True

• False

In the United States in the 1930s, theatre practitioners associated with what?

• Dark Theater

• Group Theater

• Independent theater

• Satire