Test Bank For The Theatre Experience 13Th Edition By Edwin Wilson

Test Bank For The Theatre Experience 13Th Edition By Edwin Wilson

Chapter 03 Theatre Spaces: The Audience Views the Stage

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Multi-focus environments, where something is going on in more than one playing area simultaneously, are typically found in which kind of stage space?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

2. In which of the following is the playing space in the center of a square or circle, with seats for spectators all around?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

3. In which of the following is elaborate scenery impossible because it would block the view of the spectators?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

4. All the seats in the auditorium face in the same direction in which of the following?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

5. In which of the following does the audience sit on three sides, or in a semicircle, enclosing a stage, which protrudes into the center of the audience?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

6. In which of the following is the stage area usually deep, allowing for elaborate scenery?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

7. With ________, although the stage space protrudes into the audience there is still a proscenium opening toward the back of that stage area, and there is a shallow stage area behind the proscenium as well that still allows for some scenic detail.A. a proscenium stageB. an arena stageC. a thrust stageD. created and found spaces

8. Which of the following is also known as theatre-in-the-round or circle theatre?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces

9. The ________ was developed by the Greeks for their plays; it also was the type of stage used during Shakespeare’s time.A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created or found space

10. ________ use unusual structures as they are, with their original architectural elements intact, carving out special areas for acting and audience seating/viewing.A. Proscenium stagesB. Arena stagesC. Thrust stagesD. Created and found spaces

11. In a proscenium theatre of 450 seats, there may be twenty rows of seats. In a(n) ________ theatre space with 450 seats, no one would be further away from the stage than about seven or eight rows, which offers much more intimacy in style of performance than other types of theatres.A. end stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created or found

12. Which of the following is also known as a “fourth wall” stage?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created or found space

13. Most Broadway theatres were built in which configuration?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created or found space

14. A typical Elizabethan playhouse would have usedA. a proscenium stage.B. an arena stage.C. a thrust stage.D. created and found spaces.

15. Which of the following is/are used by avant-garde theatres such as the Performance Group?A. proscenium stageB. arena stageC. thrust stageD. created and found spaces