BELOW ARE SAMPLE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS UNDERLINED THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE FINAL EXAM FOR TECHNICAL THEATRE I. THESE QUESTIONS ARE IN RANDOM ORDER.

Candles, torches, and oil lamps were replaced by natural gas.

The parts of an incandescent lamp are glass envelope, filament, inert gas, electrical contacts.

A prop that is carried on by an actor is hand.

Lazzi provided the script for the stock characters of the Renaissance.

Light travels in wavelengths at 186,000 miles per second.

Theatre for the masses during the Italian Renaissance was called Commedia del Arte.

"If one goes out, they all go out," is typical of a series circuit.

In Ancient Greece, Theatre was a celebration of the god Dionysus.

Direct current travels in one direction.

Two prominent stock characters of the Renaissance were Arlecchino & Pantalone.

A 15 amp circuit at 115 volts will carry a load of 1725 watts.

The Romans enjoyed spectacle as entertainment.

The Greeks and Romans used the sun for lighting.

We create the "world" of the play by controlling direction, distribution, intensity, and color
of light.

The ellipsoidal reflector spotlight creates a hard edged beam.

A prop worn by an actor is a costume prop.

The additive color process is achived by mixing two beams of light.

Aristotle wrote Poetics.

The father of modern playwrighting was Ibsen.

Any make up job begins with a foundation.

The formula fro the maximum load of a circuit is W=VA.

The natural properties of light can be controlled by reflection, refraction, & absorbtion.

Electroninc dimmers contain SCR.

The secondary colors of light are magenta, cyan, & yellow.

Green light mixed with magenta light creates white light.

Traditional make up is called greasepaint and is made from animal fat.

The types of firearms used on stage are actual, dummy, starter, & blank.

Edged weapons must be blunted by rounding the edge.

The measurable properties of electricity are volts, watts, amps, & ohms.

Our job is to enhance the performance by aiding in the willful suspension of the audience's disbelief.

A 1.2Kw dimmer will handle two 500W fresnel spotlights.

We must filter some wavelengths of light in order to see colors.

Blue light mixed with green light creates cyan light.

Modern stage make up is creme base.

The light plot is an instrument of design.

a 20 amp circuit at 120 volts will handle a load of 2400 watts.

The parts of a spotlight are metal case, lamp, reflector, and lens.

A 15 amp circuit at 110 volts will carry a ;oad of 1650 watts.

White light contains all the colors that your eye can see.

The Romans' principal contribution to Theatre was architecture.

The subtractive color process is achieved through u>filtering, absorbtion, and refraction.

The father of modern directing was Duke of Saxe Mieniegen.

Alternating current loses less voltage over long distances.

Dimmers control the intensity of light.

Renaissance means rebirth of classical learning.

Red light mixed with green light creates yellow light.

Dimmers work by varying the voltage.

The McCandless Theory states that a minimum of two lighting instruments be hung at 45 degrees X 45 degrees X 45 degrees in relation to the actor.

A firearm loaded with blank cartridges still has lethal force at close range.

Shakespeare worked during the Elizabethan Period.

Light that your eye can see is called the visible spectrum.

Theatre began during the Helenistic Period.

Action using edged weapons must be carefully choreographed.

The fresnel spotlight creates a soft edged beam.

The ellipsoidal reflector spotlight has two focal points.

The character that was always the fool was Arlecchino.

The only Roman playwright whose scripts exist today is Seneca.

The ridge above the eyes is called the supercilliary arch.

A 2.4KW dimmer can handle four 575W ellipsoidal reflector spotlights.

A prop that is part of the architectural background is set prop.

The primary colors of light are red, blue, & green.

Electricity always seeks a positive source.

Four Ancient Greek playwrights are Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes.

Parallel circuits are more dependable.

Westinghouse gave us alternating current.

In the Renaissance, open flame was used to light the stage.

Stock business that always got a laugh was called lazzi.