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This set of Art and Visual Perception Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Art And Visual Perception Set 3

Q1 | The City Dionysia was:
  • weeklong springtime festival and play contest
  • a small village on the aegean sea
  • a yearly ritual sacrifice
  • another name of the city of athens
Q2 | The quem queritas trope is a chanted celebration of:
  • the resurrection of jesus
  • the nativity of jesus
  • the creation of the world
  • the story of moses
Q3 | The medieval plays that were performed near the feast of Corpus Christi were also called:
  • cycle plays
  • morality plays
  • festival plays
  • sacred plays
Q4 | The plays of the Middle Ages were performed on:
  • stages built within the church
  • the steps of the churches and parish halls
  • elaborately decorated wagons or mansions
  • a series of permanent stages built around the town square
Q5 | The audience of the Royal era was:
  • mostly middle class and bourgeois
  • restricted to aristocrats and nobility
  • serious theatregoers
  • a diverse group of people
Q6 | Which of the following are not a part of the neo-classic rules of playwriting in the Royal era?
  • eliminate stage violence
  • reasonable frameworks for time and place
  • vigorous physical action
  • measures for dramatic verse
Q7 | Romanticism in the theatre was characterized by
  • compassion, rather than style and wit
  • rational decorum
  • respect for established order
  • careful attention to morality
Q8 | The word theatre is derived from the Greek word theatron, which means:
  • gathering ground
  • assembly
  • forum
  • seeing place
Q9 | The "software" of theatre consists of:
  • a combination of art, artists and ideas
  • an amalgam of concepts
  • a way to understand plays
  • the inside story of the dramatic action
Q10 | The minimal requirement for a theatre building is:
  • curtains, seats, lobby
  • stage, backstage
  • a place to act and a place to watch
  • good acoustics and clean restrooms
Q11 | The Illustrious Theatre of Paris:
  • presented pantomimes and pastiches
  • was founded by moliere
  • featured elaborate sets and costumes
  • emphasized the classics and shakespeare
Q12 | The aspects of the theatre as an occupation are:
  • work, art, impersonation, performance
  • script, rehearsal, performance, reviews
  • contracts, publicists, agents
  • time, dedication, inspiration
Q13 | The work of producing theatre is involved with:
  • the script and rehearsals
  • all the financial and legal aspects of the show
  • developing rapport with the actors
  • making sure the coffee is fresh
Q14 | Directing a play involves:
  • telling the actors how to perform their parts
  • telling the actors how to perform their parts
  • coordinating and unifying the production
  • being absolutely true to the script
Q15 | Designing is the process of:
  • creating the visual and auditory aspects of the show.
  • building the sets and the costumes
  • assuring the show has historical authenticity
  • getting all the "tech" stuff together
Q16 | Building a production involves:
  • a lot of carpentry and painting
  • the actors working after rehearsal
  • outside technicians and workers
  • translating the design into reality
Q17 | Crewing a production is the activity in which:
  • people row in a small boat on the river
  • technicians effectively run the show every performance
  • people who couldn\t get cast do their work in the theatre
  • rehearsals are carefully organized
Q18 | The work of the theatre is more than perfecting skills. It is also:
  • beauty and passion
  • feeling and emotions
  • artistic work
  • making the stage come alive
Q19 | Our life may be fragmented in anarchism and frustration, but art provides:
  • color, shape, and form
  • color, shape, and form
  • expression, empathy, and emotion
  • integration, synthesis and satisfaction
Q20 | The problems of dramatic impersonation were solved in the ancient world through the use of:
  • strenuous exercise
  • masks
  • broad gestures
  • powerful speech
Q21 | Performance" can be defined as:
  • an action or series of actions done for someone else\s benefit
  • a strictly private conversation between two people
  • showing off in order to impress someone
  • a ritualized creation involved with repetitive
Q22 | The benefits of performance are:
  • escape, diversion and distraction
  • attention, entertainment, enlightenment and involvement
  • raising social conscience and sensitivity
  • historical connection to the text
Q23 | The two general modes of performance are:
  • live and taped
  • ancient and modern
  • presentational and representational
  • good and bad
Q24 | The act of feeling for and identifying with characters in a play is known as:
  • sympathy
  • empathy
  • understanding
  • synchronicity
Q25 | The fundamental forces at work in the live theatre are:
  • script, actor, director
  • time, place, action
  • intensity, focus, believability
  • rapport, relationship, immediacy