Theatre Theory 2

Theatre Theory 2

Quiz Number: 2

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No. of Questions= 3

1. Audiences agree to accept non-reality as reality for the duration of a theatrical event. This phenomenon is called:

a) aesthetic distance

b) willing suspension of disbelief

c) empathy

d) the fourth wall

e) silly

2. Artists can give us a "heightened reality" by doing all of the following with reality EXCEPT:

a) condensing it

b) rearranging it

c) explaining it

d) intensifying it

e) selecting it

3. As audience members, we are pulled in different directions because, on the one hand we maintain aesthetic distance with characters onstage, while on the other hand we:

a) hate them

b) injure them

c) symphathize with them

d) empathize with them

e) ignore them

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1.	Audiences agree to accept non-reality as reality for the duration of a theatrical event. This phenomenon is called:

	a)	aesthetic distance
	b)	willing suspension of disbelief
	c)	empathy
	d)	the fourth wall
	e)	silly


2.	Artists can give us a "heightened reality" by doing all of the following with reality EXCEPT:

	a)	condensing it
	b)	rearranging it
	c)	explaining it
	d)	intensifying it
	e)	selecting it


3.	As audience members, we are pulled in different directions because, on the one hand we maintain aesthetic distance with characters onstage, while on the other hand we:

	a)	hate them
	b)	injure them
	c)	symphathize with them
	d)	empathize with them
	e)	ignore them