Choose the Answer That Best Completes Each Question

Multiple-Choice

Choose the answer that best completes each question.

1. A British playwright whose work is characterized by a unique, fluid structure in which she often mixes chronological and anachronistic events is:

A. Ariane Mnouchkine

*B. Caryl Churchill

C. Maria Irene Fornes

D. August Wilson

2. A Polish director, who is known for “conducting” his own performances, including nightmarish images on stage is:

A. August Wilson

B. Ariane Mnouchkine

C. Wole Soyinka

*D. Tadeusz Kantor

3. The first African writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature is:

A. Ariane Mnouchkine

B. August Wilson

*C. Wole Soyinka

D. Tadeusz Kantor

4. The founder of the Théâtre du Soleil, ______is known for her effective use of nonwestern dramatic techniques.

A. Pamela Gems

B. Timberlake Wertenbaker

C. Caryl Churchill

*D. Ariane Mnouchkine

5. The Taganka Theater and its artistic director, ______were constantly under attack by the Soviet government because of its experiments with form.

*A. Yuri Lyubimov

B. Tadeusz Kantor

C. Ariane Mnouchkine

D. Wole Soyinka

6. Anglophone theater became highly developed in Africa in the 1950s because of the influence of ______in this region.

A. missionaries

*B. universities

C. the government

D. radio broadcasts

7. Concern for political and social equality is at the heart of the works of South African playwright, ______.

A. Caryl Churchill

B. Pamela Gems

*C. Athol Fugard

D. Wole Soyinka

8. Colonial Latin-American Theatre was greatly influenced by the Renaissance Theatre of

*A. Spain

B. France

C. Portugal

D. Italy

9. ______is known for his theoretical work, Theatre of the Oppressed, which is a manifesto for revolutionary and socially conscious theatre.

A. Wole Soyinka

B. Alejandro Sieveking

*C. Augusto Boal

D. Mario Llosa

10. In ______, elements of folk drama and other genres close to the ordinary people form the basis of what is truly a popular theater in China.

*A. Peking opera

B. kabuki

C. shingeki

D. no drama

11. ______, a renowned Brazilian playwright, director, and theorist, was the author of Theatre of the Oppressed.

A. Luigi Pirandello

B. Li Yu

C. Ping Chong

*D. Augusto Boal

12. After the revolution of 1911, when the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, ______became the focal point for a growing interest in modern spoken Chinese drama.

A. Beijing

*B. Shanghai

C. Peking

D. Hong Kong

13. ______presented the first professional production in Japan of a modern play and also helped build the Tsukiji Little Theater.

*A. Osanai Kaoru

B. Okuni

C. Zeami

D. Li Yu

14. The ______, founded in part by Kishida Kunio, was the only modern Japanese company permitted to perform during World War II.

A. Tokyo Little Theater

B. Theater Guild

C. Burnaku Theater

*D. Literary Theater

15. ______, a word that means “new theater,” was a modern Japanese theater in which the playwright is a central figure.

A. Bunraku

*B. Shingeki

C. Kabuki

D. Nō

16. A good example of Japanese experimental theatre was done by ______, who developed a director-centered theatre, which combined the traditional with the experimental.

*A. Tadashi Suzuki

B. Osanai Kaoru

C. Jerzy Grotowski

D. Tatsumi Sugimoto

17. A Palestinian company that is gaining an international reputation is ______, originally founded in Jerusalem, but now located in the West Bank.

A. Zion Theatre

B. Kathakali Theatre

*C. Al-Kabasa Theatre

D. Literary Theatre

18. The national theatre of Israel is the:

*A. Habimah

B. Kathakali

C. Al-Kasaba

D. Shingeki

19. The most internationally recognized Israeli playwright is ______, who served as artistic director for the Municipal Theatre in Haifa.

A. Alfred Farag

B. Hanna Tannous

C. George Ibrahim

*D. Joshua Sobol

True/False

Please choose whether the statement is true or false.

20. Under the direction of Antoine Vitez, the Comédie Française began to present radical reinterpretations of many historically important French writers.

*True

False

21. Trevor Nunn, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, was criticized for prioritizing artistic quality over commercial success.

True

*False

22. Missionaries in Portuguese-speaking Africa introduced religious drama in order to spread Catholicism.

*True

False

23. Theaters such as the Market Theatre and Junction Avenue Theatre Company frequently produced works that supported South Africa’s apartheid.

True

*False

24. In Argentina in the early nineteenth century, theatre dealt with issues of immigration and the plight of those people born in the Americas who were of Spanish heritage.

*True

False

25. Although influenced by European styles, Latin-American dramatists touched on nationalistic issues.

*True

False

26. The Peking opera stresses realism in its staging practices.

True

*False

27. Indian Theatre in the last half of the twentieth century was primarily done by professional actors.

True

*False

28. Overall, theatre artists were seen as subversive and suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution in China.

*True

False

29. The Islamic religion has strong prohibitions against the theatre.

*True

False

Essays

30. List and describe the three strains of modern Japanese Theatre.

31. Compare and contrast one type of contemporary American Theatre with one type of theatre in Africa or Asia today.

32. Describe the techniques and theories of Brazilian theorist Augusto Boal.

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