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Intro to Theatre Notes 1

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

most contemporary theories to the origin of theatre revolve around

oral tradition

ritual

playwrighting

plays

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Older theories of the origin of theatre include an overrepresentation and importance of ______

oral traditions

rituals

written word

scripting

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The actual speaking or singing of a story is known as written tradition. True or false?

True

False

Answer explanation

Oral tradition. This existed long before the written text and is ephemeral.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ is often presented as literature in high school, but is actually an example of campfire story time (performances).

Iliad and The Odyssey

Beowulf

The Proscenium Arch

Meditations

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Rituals are

transformative

arbitrary (alogical)

highly structured

involving special objects

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______is/are culturally relative

Rituals

Actors

Playwrights

Logocentrism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In ________ there is something called the fourth wall between the actors and the audience

theatrical conventions

modern theatre

Western theatre

aesthetic distance

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