WorksheetsTech Design and Production Ch.3 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the name of the part of theatre circled in red?
skene
orchestra
periaktoi
koilon
Greek term for three-sided flats mounted on a rotating base.
Periaktoi
Mic
Pyrotechnics
Portal
Roman theatre combined the following from the traditional Greek theatre into one space (choose ALL THAT APPLY)
Skene
Auditorium
Orchestra
Stage
What is a mansion?
A very nice house
A platform on wheels
A small scenic structure used for indicating location
Spoken in the vernacular
What was a Pageant Wagon?
A platform on wheels that transported mansions around a Medieval town/city
A play about pageants
A play about wagons
A platform that was used to carry around marionettes
What element was added to the theater during the Italian Renaissance?
Trap door
Proscenium Arch
Orchestra
Stage
Scenery during the Italian Renaissance had perspective backdrops and passage ways.
True
False
In the beginning of the medieval period, drama was banned, and theaters were __________.
Open
Closed
Fun
Boring
What is the name of the theatre where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed?
Globe Theatre
Oval Theatre
Triangle Theatre
Square Theatre
The stage of an Elizabethan theatre was a large
orchestra
raised platform
skeneographia
pit
The pit of an Elizabethan theatre was reserved for the
wealthy
middle class
working class
lower class
Elizabethan theatre did not use a lot of scenery, however history suggests that a number of (a) were used.
In Elizabethan times, stage technology had not changed since the 1300s (effects, etc.) However, ______were added at the sides of the stage, at the foot of the stage and over the stage.
fly systems
candles and oil lamps
electric lighting
seating
Around 1650, theatres were primarily (a) with a (b) stage framed by a (c) and an (d) thrust towards the auditorium.
Starting in 1736, the following were introduced to tech theatre (select ALL THAT APPLY)
elevator traps
elevator stages
revolving stages
revolving doors
elevator steps
Lighting changes began in 1783 (#1) and continued through 1879 (#6). Place the below in chronological order:
Argang Oil Lamp
Gas Lighting (from coal)
Limelight (the birth of followspot)
Carbon Arc (1st electric light)
Incandescent Lamp (by Edison)
The Little Theatre movement in the 1920's U.S. led to the transition from formally build theatres to the use of (a) spaces.
