Question

            Antigone

1. The central conflict in Antigone is between

1. Haemon and Creon
2. Tiresias and Creon
3. Civic and religious duty
4. Art and commerce
5. All of the above

2. After initially rejecting Antigone’s request for help, Ismene

1. Joins her in burying her brother
2. Informs Creon of Antigone’s plans
3. Discusses the matter with Haemon
4. Tries to share Antigone’s guilt and punishment
5. None of the above

3. Ultimately Creon is convinced of his error because

1. Haemon offers convincing advice
2. Eurydice (his wife) changes his mind
3. He never recognizes his error and follows through without regret
4. Apollo speaks to him
5. None of the above

4. At the end of the play

1. Antigone is dead
2. Haemon is dead
3. Creon is dead
4. A and B
5. All but D

5. One theme of this play is

1. Never fight authoritarian rule because it can lead to disaster
2. One should make a decision and then stand firm regardless of the opinions of others
3. Religious duty supersedes civilian authority
4. All of the above
5. None of the above

Othello

6. The reason(s) for Iago’s actions against Othello are

a. He was in love with Desdemona

b. Othello swindled Iago in a land sale

c. Iago is jealous of Othello’s physical strength

d. Emilia has confessed her attraction for Othello

e. None of the above

7. The prop, which is central in convincing Othello of Desdemona’s infidelity, is

a. A handkerchief

b. Love letters

c. A wedding ring

d. Desdemona’s wedding vale

e. None of the above

8. Othello repeatedly praises Iago for these qualities

a. Honesty and trustworthiness

b. Cunning and guile

c. Refinement and taste

d. Intellect and fine speaking

e. All of the above

9. Desdemona meets her end when

a. Cassio strangles her in a jealous fit

b. Iago stabs her before she can tell Othello the truth

c. Her father, Brabantio orders her thrown overboard

d. Othello kills her

e. None of the above                                                                         

10. Roderigo desires Desdemona for

A. Her un-spoiled virtue

B. Her money

C. Her appearance

D. Because Brabantio wants him for a son in law

E. None of the above

11. Emilia suggests that the reason women are unfaithful to their husbands is

A. No woman can be satisfied by only one lover

B. That’s the way God made things, so why fight it

C. That’s the way they are treated by their husbands

D. All of the above

12. The job of finding funding for a production is accomplished by the

A. Producer

B. Actor

C. Director

D. Designer

13. If you were producing a national tour of the latest Broadway hit you would be engaged in

A. Commercial Theater

B. Non-Profit Professional

C. Community Theater

D. Academic Theater

14. The following assumptions are generally useful ideas regarding theater….

A. Commercial Theater offers the best, most daring product

B. Academic Theater combines professional and amateur workers

C. Non-profit theaters never pay employees

D. All of these statements are generally correct

15. The job of the actor is to

A. Give up their identity to become the character

B. Comment on the character’s most obvious traits

C. Impersonate the character

D. Memorize the lines and cry on cue

16. The job of the director is to   
    1. Change the text to suit the talents of the cast
    2. Interact with media outlets and promote the play
    3. Provide unified artistic vision
    4. Seek alternative professional opportunities

17. The communication of background information is called

A. The climax

B. The denouement

C. The exposition

D. All of the above

18. The point of maximum tension is called

A. The hot spot

B. The denouement

C. The aftermath

D. The climax

19.   The god to whom the ancient Greeks dedicated theater was

A. Apollo

B. Zeus

C. Hera

D. Dionysus

20. Attending the week-long festival on the fourth day one would have seen

A. Three tragedies and a satyr play

B. Two tragedies, a comedy, and a satyr play

C. Five comedies

D. It’s impossible to say

21. The Theater of Dionysus at Athens featured….

A. A circular orchestra where the chorus performed

B. A skene (scene house) where the actors entered and exited the stage

C. A seating area, which held about 17,000 spectators

D. All of the above

22. Among the innovations which Seneca is responsible for is

A. Reducing the size of the chorus from 50 to 12

B. Adding the third actor

C. Soliloquies and asides

D. All of the above

23. One reason for the absence of theater in the early middle ages was

A. The Church’s ban on actors receiving the sacraments

B. The plague

C. The discovery of ancient Greek texts

D. All of the above

24. The theatrical significance of the Concordia Regularis is

A. It shows the re-emergence of theater at the beginning of the latter middle ages

B. It offers a re-interpretation of the plays of Seneca

C. It identifies which European cities engaged in dramatic production in violation of Church law

D. All of the above

25. When drama was presented within Christian service
    1. The actors were clergy and lay-people, but not professional actors
    2. The dialogue was in Latin
    3. The subject matter was drawn from the bible
    4. All of the above

26. The name for the first group of professional playwrights of the Elizabethan era was

A. Frat Boys

B. College Pranksters

C. University Slackers

D. University Wits

27. The economic nature of the theater during the Shakespearean era was most like

A. Non-profit theater

B. Academic theater

B. Commercial theater

D. Community Theater

28. A perfect iambic pentameter line would include

A. Ten syllables

B. An alternation of stress, beginning with a stressed syllable followed by an un-stressed syllable

C. A rhyme scheme of “A-B-B-A”

D. All of the above

29. During Shakespeare’s day female performers were

A. Able to appear on the stage so long as they pretended to be men

B. Forbidden from acting on the stage

C. Able to freely participate in the range of theatrical activities

D. All of the above

30. Which of these jobs is considered a managerial function

a. Actor: They “manage” the character

b. Playwright: They dictate the performance

c. Producer: They “manage” the money

d. Designer: They “manage” the look of the show

31. Non-profit, professional theaters
    1. Try to get about half of their revenue from grants and donations
    2. Offer tax incentives for donors
    3. Are managed by a Board of Directors
    4. All of the above

32. Which of these values illustrate the stagecraft of the Shakespearean age?
    1. Sophistication and detail in scenery and costumes
    2. Distance and intellectual moderation
    3. Speed and intimacy
    4. None of the above

33. If you were a “groundling” you would be
    1. Standing in the yard at a Public theater
    2. Watching a performance from the upper balcony
    3. The lowest level employee of a Theater company
    4. None of the above

34. It is a general truth that
    1. Professional actors make a middle-class, if unspectacular income with regular employment
    2. Directors and Designers are paid better than actors
    3. Unemployment is rampant in the Theater
    4. All of the above

35. One reason for the question surrounding Shakespearean authorship is
    1. His middle class background and limited formal education
    2. His association with known criminals and forgers
    3. His externsive experience as an actor
    4. All of the above

Answer 1

Antigone

1. The central conflict in Antigone is between civic and religious duty.

The conflict is between Antigone and Creon. Antigone argues that the law of God is important, while Creon argues that laws of man are above all. Haemon is the son of Creon and Tiresias is the blind prophet. The central conflict in the story does not revolve around them.

2. After initially rejecting Antigone’s request for help, Ismene tries to share Antigone's guilt and punishment.

After rejecting Antigone's request, Creon accuses Ismene of lurking like a snake and helping in the burial. Ismene chooses not to deny the charges and says to Antigone, that she is not ashamed to join her suffering, as a fellow voyager.

3. None of the above.

Creon changes his mind, when the Prophet Tiresias foresees and warns him about a disaster, if he doesn't change his mind towards Antigone. It's too late and his son and wife commit suicide.

4.At the end of the play, Antigone and Haemon kills themselves, after failing to convince and kill his father Creon, the King. Seeing this, his mother commits suicide. Creon is left to rule alone in despair.

5. One theme of this play is religious duty supersedes civilian authority.

Creon is firm in his argument that civilian duty is important and above all. Until, he mets with a disaster and his wife, son and Antigone kill themselves in the process. Religious duty (fate) supersedes civilian authority.