number 8 is FALSE not true

Title: Wk 3 Quiz "Ch 2-What Is a Play"

Started:

February 2, 2012 1:22 PM

Submitted:

February 2, 2012 1:51 PM

Time spent: 00:29:23

Total score: 38/40 = 95% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 40
1.

Complete this phrase: Conflict is the essence of:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Life

B.

Drama

C.

Parenting

D.

Confirmation

E.

Exploration

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Score: 2/2
2.

True or False: A play can be all things to all people at all times.

Student Response Value Correct Answer

False

100%False

Score: 2/2
3.

Genre means:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Dilemma

B.

Generic

C.

Filing system

D.

Category

E.

Key card

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4.

What are the two main genres of theatre?

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Tragedy and Melodrama

B.

Tragedy and Comedy

C.

Farce and Wit

D.

Comedy and Melodrama

E.

Comedy and Tragi-Comedy

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5.
True or False: Plot is the arrangement of events or selection and order of
scenes of a play.
Student Response Value Correct Answer
True

100%True

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6.
True or False: Suspension of Disbelief could be considered to be a theatrical
convention.
Student Response Value Correct Answer
True

100%True

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7.

Robert Cohen adds what 7th dramatic element to Aristotle's original six?

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Comparison

B.

Concept

C.

Continuity

D.

Convention

E.

Collaboration

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8.
True or False: A Broadway season cannot make as much money as a
blockbuster movie?
Student Response Value Correct Answer
True

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False

Score: 0/2
9.

Plays tell their stories through:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Actors and Designers

B.

Images and Functions

C.

Exploration and Definitions

D.

Words and Examination

E.

Symbols and Metaphors

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10.

Which of the following are considered rude to do during a live performance?

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Arriving late

B.

All of these

C.

Talking loudly to a neighbor

D.

Talking on the phone

E.

Texting

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11.
In Western drama plays have historically run about two to three hours
because:
Student Response Value Correct Answer

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A.

That is the length of the average attention span

B.

That allows for an intermission to sell products that increase profitability

C.

That provides the most cost effective production values

D.

That is roughly the time between lunch and dinner or dinner and bedtime
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E.

Most stories in the West can be covered adequately in this time

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12.

Aristotle's dramatic component of music is still included today because:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

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A.

Musicality is the most important element of the spoken word

B.

Theatre without music can be boring

C.

Theatre always has an orchestra

D.

Songs are frequently present in theatre today

E.

Film scores have demanded inclusion of underscoring in theatre

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Score: 2/2
13.
True or False: Most plays begin with an attempt to ease us into the concerns
of the character and this is often considered exposition.
Student Response Value Correct Answer
True

100%True

Score: 2/2
14.

The climax of a play might also be decribed as a sort of:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

Capitulation

B.

Ideal

C.

Dramatic Catharticism

D.

Resolution

E.

Dramatic explosion 100%

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15.

The curtain call of a play is a time for actors to:

Student Response Value Correct Answer

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A.

Quickly acknowledge their accomplishments

B.

Fulfill their contractual obligations with the producers

C.

Show their respect for the audience that patronizes them 100%

D.

Demonstrate their character breaks

E.

Finish what the action of the play started

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16.
True or False: Aristotle's dramatic components are not all-inclusive of all
forms of theatre.
Student Response Value Correct Answer
True

100%True

Score: 2/2
17.

Which play is often considered America's finest tragedy?

Student Response Value Correct Answer

A.

"Hoodoo Love"

B.

"Baby Don't Cry"

C.

"Death of a Salesman"

D.

"Macbeth"

E.

"Oedipus"

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100%

Score: 2/2
18.

True or False: Spectacle means spectacular.

Student Response Value Correct Answer

False

100%False

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19.

True or False: A play is not considered a piece of literature.

Student Response Value Correct Answer

False

100%False

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20.

What 2009 Broadway show can be classified as Satire?

Student Response Value Correct Answer

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A.

"Death of a Salesman"

B.

"You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush" 100%

C.

"Die Vampire Die"

D.

"Taken from the Limit of Time"

E.

"An Italian Straw Hat"

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