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Asian American theatre emerged at a fortuitous time in the nation’s history in the ________, when cultural and ethnic awareness heightened particularly among ethnic minorities.
1920s and 1930s 1940s and 1950s 1960s and 1970s 1980s and 1990s Question 2
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Where does the play Paper Angels
take place?
an island off the coast of San Francisco an island off the coast of Seattle Los Angeles on the border of a desert
Question 3
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Pan Asian Rep Theatre and the National Asian American Theatre Company are located in ______.
New York Los Angeles Minneapolis Baltimore Question 4
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One of the East West Players’ playwrights who came to prominence in the 1980s was David Henry Hwang, son of first-generation Americans who emigrated from China to California. Hwang wrote several plays including ____, which became a Broadway hit in 1988.
M. Butterfly
Madame Butterfly
A Tiger in Central Park
Death of a Chinese Salesman
Question 5
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The first piece of Velina Hasu Houston’s trilogy is _______.
Tea Asa ga Kimashita
Broken English
Calling Aphrodite
Question 6
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One of the well known plays by Chay Yew is ________.
M. Butterfly
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Asa ga Kimashita
A Language of Their Own
none of the above Question 7
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Who commits suicide in Paper Angels
?
Genny Lim Fong Mei Lai Chin Gung Chin Moo Question 8
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In the 1980s the East West Players began to stage the second wave Asian American playwrights’ works. Velina Hasu Houston was one of the promising, young Asian American playwrights. One of her most famous plays is ______
Paris and Japan
Kimono
Tea
Thousand Cranes
Question 9
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________________, the oldest Asian American Theatre Company, was founded by Asian American actors in Los Angeles in 1965. The pivotal figure was Mako Iwamatsu a Japanese-born actor living in Los Angeles.
Pan Asian Rep East West Players Kuma Kahua Iwamatsu Ensemble
Question 10
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Who is the author of Paper Angels
?
Wakako Yamauchi Velina Hasu Houston Elizabeth Wong Genny Lim Question 11
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Which character becomes “Ruth” in Paper Angeles
?
Lum Fong Miss Chan Miss Gregory
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Ku Ling Question 12
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Ed Sakamoto’s Spoos
, produced in 1972, re-examined deep-rooted stereotypes and racial prejudice against Asians by depicting consciously exaggerated “Oriental” stereotypes in American society.
True False Question 13
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Who tries to escape in Paper Angels
?
Lum Lee Chin Gung
Fong Henderson Question 14
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In the 1980s, Velina Hasu Houston wrote the trilogy that depicts her mother’s experience in Japan before and during WWII, her marriage to an African American soldier after the war, and their new life in ____
Texas Kansas California Oklahoma Question 15
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In the 1960s and 1970s Wakako Yamauchi, Momoko Iko, Edward Sakamoto, and Frank
Chin garnered their reputations through instrumental ___________ contests and productions at the East West Players.
acting dancing kung fu playwriting Question 16
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The current East West Players’ artistic director Tim Dang used to appear in many East West Players shows in the 1980s and 1990s.
True False Question 17
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At first, the East West Players did not have any original plays, so they produced Japanese and Chinese classics. Their very first production, _________, was adapted by
Michael and Fay Kanin from Akira Kurosawa’s film.
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Thorn of Blood
Ikiru
Rashomon
none of the above Question 18
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What is the main nationality of the occupants in the island in Paper Angels
?
Japanese Chinese Korean Thai Question 19
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In the last scene of Paper Angels
, Chin Moon begins to hear _________ in her village in
China.
the evening bell the morning bell the cow mooing the children crying her husband talking to her Question 20
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The term “Asian American” has become more inclusive and diverse and it is important to consider theatre artists beyond Japanese and Chinese Americans. To this day, Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn has been considered the representative Filipino-American playwright. One of her most famous plays is ________, which she adapted from her novel.
Stop Kiss
Funnyhouse of a Negro
For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide
Dogeaters
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