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- 1. Multiple Choice
Despite being famous for literature, Anton Chekhov trained as a:
Engineer
Telephone Sanitation Officer
Doctor
Lawyer
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where were all four of Chekhov's major plays produced?
The Sakhalin Institute for Tragicomic Research
The Marinsky Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre
The Moscow Arts Theatre
- 3. Multiple Choice
What made Chekhov's style of theatre unique?
Style of acting.
Stage decoration.
Some of the first plays to include dreams and fantasies.
Some of the first plays to feel like life.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is subtext?
Metaphor.
Characters don't say what they think, but meaning emerges anyway.
A type of Russian writing.
Symbolism.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the way of training actors that Stanislavski developed?
The system.
The method.
The super-objective.
The given circumstances.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What, according to Stanislavski, are given circumstances?
Beats.
Affective memory.
Practical considerations such as time and money.
Things discovered from an initial reading of the play.
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to Stanislavski, what is an 'objective'?
Using your own memories to create a performance.
The character's overall aim across the whole play.
The character's aim, which can be described using transitive verbs.
The character's aim, which can be described using adjectives.
- 8. Multiple Choice
According to Stanislavski, what is a 'super objective'?
The character's overall aim across the whole play.
Using the power of 'if.'
Using affective memory.
A magic power such as a superhero would have.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is 'method of physical actions'?
Physically staying in-character as much as possible.
Mentally staying in-character as much as possible.
Being physically fit in order to act on stage.
Learning acrobatics.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is 'affective memory' for Stanislavski?
Exploring personal memories and using them in performance.
Exploring the memories of others.
Being affected by your memories.
Understanding the memories of others.
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