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__________ a Frenchman who had originally been associated with the surrealist, proposed, in the 1930s, a “Theatre of Cruelty.”He did not mean that theatre artists should literally be “cruel” to their audiences, but that the audience members’ senses should be disturbed and challenged.
Antonin Artaud Tadeuz Kantor Xaver Kroetz Peter Stein Question 2
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In Theatre of the Absurd, plots are often _________, which means that the plays ends exactly where they begin.
linear clear constructive circular
Question 3
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Wedekind’s _________ became a rock musical in 2006, which used an expressionistic style.
Hamilton
Spring Awakening
West Side Story
The Phantom of the Opera
Incorrect
Question 4
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In the KSU production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle
, the actor who played Grusha crossed the ravine on the “rickety bridge” by stepping on each ensemble member’s ______.
legs
stomach shoulders back Question 5
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The first anti-realist movement is known as _______, the movement that began in Paris during the 1880s. This movement sought to capture the “inner” realities by means of “abstraction, enlargement, and innovation.”
expressionism symbolism surrealism romanticism Question 6
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In Waiting for Godot, the characters of Did and Gogo are visited by Pozzo and __________.
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Misery Lucky Fortune Spin Question 7
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Dadaism, originated in Switzerland in 1916, was led by ______. This movement focused on spontaneity and anti-rationalism.
Tristan Tzara Pablo Picasso
d. Salvador Dali
e. Edward Albee
Question 8
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German playwright______ developed what he called “Epic Theatre” that covers a great
deal of time, shift locations frequently, have intricate plots and many characters. This playwright believed that the audience should remain emotionally detached from the dramatic action so that they may watch critically, not passively.
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind Alfred Jarry Franz Kafka Bertolt Brecht Incorrect
Question 9
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Expressionism was a movement that flourished in Germany during WWI. Artists in this movement believed that art needs to move beyond the _________and into the truth.
imagination romantic representation real expression
Question 10
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The play The Caucasian Chalk Circle
is based on a 14-century __________ play.
Scottish French Sanskrit Chinese Question 11
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A contemporary playwright __________ uses the theatre of the absurd style in her plays, including Topdog/Underdog.
Suzan-Lori Parks Lorraine Hansberry Lillian Hellman Katori Hall
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Question 12
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After WWII, several new experimental forms of theatre were born out of these unanswerable questions, including Theatre of the Absurd. The picture associated with Theatre of the Absurd is _________’s painting “Women III” (1953), an abstract and distorted painting of a woman.
de Kooning Monet Ernst Degas Question 13
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One of the most famous symbolist plays in the late nineteenth century is Ubu Roi
by ______.
Salvador Dali Jean Cocteau Alfred Jarry
Antonin Artaud Question 14
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The setting of Waiting for Godot
is on _____________, with a tree, in the evening.
a country road a Broadway a busy highway a trail Question 15
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In Brechtian theatre, presentation of dialogue is very unique: dialogue could be mixed with narration and _____. Brecht argued that music should be used to neutralize the emotions of the audience so that they can think.
singing praying
stamping silence Question 16
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__________began in 1924 in France, spearheaded by André Breton. This ism valued the human subconscious.
Surrealism Dadaism Expressionism Futurism Question 17
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_________’s Metamorphosis
(1912) is a story but Steven Berkoff adapted it into a play in 1969.
Georg Buchner
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August Strindberg Franz Kafka Frank Wedekind Question 18
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Futurism, originated in 1909, glorified the perfection of __________.
animals machines forests humans Question 19
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The author of Waiting for Godot
is _________.
Arthur Miller
Arthur Kopit Sam Shepard Samuel Beckett