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This set of Art and Visual Perception Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Art And Visual Perception Set 4

Q1 | Theatre can be defined in three categories. They are:.
  • a building, a company, and an occupation
  • story, plot and theme
  • actors, audience and the press
  • the spirit, the music and symbols
Q2 | The playwright is the _____________ of nearly every production.
  • historical basis
  • final authority
  • point of origin
  • ultimate interpreter
Q3 | Which of the following is not an avenue for a playwright to break-in?
  • college theatre departments
  • playwriting contests and festivals
  • grants and fellowships
  • broadway producers
Q4 | A play achieves its final form only when:
  • it is published by a reputable publisher
  • it is studied in a literature class
  • it is performed on the stage
  • it is accepted for a staged reading
Q5 | The playwright works with two fundamental tools:
  • words and sentences
  • scenes and acts
  • dialogue and physical action
  • narration and conversation
Q6 | Which of the following is not a demand on credibility?
  • characters act instinctively
  • characters are internally consistent
  • characters always use good diction
  • characters act like human beings
Q7 | A common fault of beginning playwrights is:
  • shortness of action
  • lack of speakability
  • too much detail
  • unclear plot
Q8 | When a play truly satisfies us we say it is endowed with:
  • active characters
  • intricate detail
  • richness of detail
  • intensity of will
Q9 | Depth of characterization requires characters to be:
  • independent, sensible, reasonable and worthwhile
  • correct, honest and understandable
  • funny and tragic
  • expressive, emotional, excitable and enlightened
Q10 | A play that tells the story of thirty years are in only two hours is an example of:
  • historicity
  • intensity
  • compression
  • pertinence
Q11 | Three strong building locks in the process of playwriting are:
  • dialogue, conflict and structure
  • plot, theme and characterization
  • story, idea and textuality
  • action, re-action and climax
Q12 | The author of Pulitzer Prize winner Lost in Yonkers and the Brighton Beach Trilogy is:
  • arthur miller
  • neil simon
  • edward albee
  • david mamet
Q13 | America's greatest active playwright is probably:
  • edward albee
  • wendy wasserstein
  • david mamet
  • august wilson
Q14 | The playwright that is called a "Chicago" playwright is:
  • edward albee
  • wendy wasserstein
  • david mamet
  • august wilson
Q15 | The play many critics consider the finest play of the past generation is:
  • how i learned to drive
  • love! valour! compassion!
  • the heidi chronicles .
  • angels in america
Q16 | The two levels of work a director has to do are:
  • internal and external
  • classic and romantic
  • technical and artistic
  • laissez faire and controlling
Q17 | The Greeks called the director didaskolos, which means:
  • leader
  • artist
  • didactic
  • teacher
Q18 | The first director of the modern era was:
  • constantine stanislavski
  • george ii, duke of saxe meiningen
  • andre antoine
  • george spelvin
Q19 | The real importance of the new directors in the 19th century was:
  • they established conventions for how to block a play
  • they opened the theatre to deeper psychological interpretation
  • they challenged actors to be honest
  • they re-discovered the classical theatre
Q20 | The principal functions of the director are:
  • to cast the actors and control the budget
  • to envision the production and provide leadership
  • to achieve his/her concept
  • to set the tone and establish the style
Q21 | Which was the first news paper published In India
  • times of india
  • hindustan times
  • bengal gazette
  • statesman
Q22 | One Advantage ,publicity may enjoy over advertising is –
  • credibility
  • selectivity
  • control
  • simplicity
Q23 | In the ‘ Bull fight’ series Picasso used –
  • offset lithography
  • soft ground
  • relief etching
  • sugar lift etching
Q24 | Birth place of cubism was in France, Who introduced it?
  • davici
  • dahli
  • rembrandt
  • picasso
Q25 | Painting Art form with female artist majority
  • mythyla painting
  • fabric painting
  • glass painting
  • mural painting