Resume Writing Advice

1. What town does Our Town take place? (1 point)
Bar Harbor
New England
Grover’s Corners
New Hampshire
2. How does the minimalist setting effect the production? (1 point)
It covers the stage for more action.
It allows for less acting skill on stage.
It allows the budget of the show to be higher.
It allows the audience to envision their own life.
3. Who is the protagonist in the story? (1 point)
Stage Manager
Emily
Mrs. Gibbs
Howie Newsome
4. Which of the following settings accurately describes the town? (1 point)
urban
suburban
rural
undeveloped
5. Some might consider Our Town to be an old-fashioned play, but it remains a production around the world. Why has this how become timeless?
(1 point)
There are universal themes which still affect people today.
The show is not timeless and should not be produced.
The show is humorous and people are drawn to that aspect of it.
The playwright is a classic author and requires the show to be produced.
6. When first produced, the use of a character like the Stage Manager was unusual. What is his role in the show? (1 point)
to narrate and guide the action of the show
to tell the technical crew what to do
to change the course of the show
to move scenery to help the action
7. During the show audience members ask three questions about drinking, social injustice, and the culture of the town. Which of the following is not a purpose for this dialogue in the script?
(1 point)
The questions show concerns during the time period the play was written.
The questions allow further development of the setting.
It allows for extra roles in the production.
The questions allow development of the type of characters.
8. What theme does Joe Crowell’s death in World War I and the quote “all that education for nothing…” symbolize? (1 point)
the importance of family
inability to live life to the fullest
loss of innocence
unobtainable future
9. In Emily’s lament at the end of Act III, what does she mean?

Emily: It goes so fast. We don’t have time to look at one another. I didn’t realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed. Take me back—up the hill—to my grave. But first: Wait! One more look. Good-by, Good by, world….oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anyone to realize you. Do any human being ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?
Stage Manger: No. The saints and poets, maybe—they do some.

(1 point)
It shows Emily’s hatred for life and living people.
It shows Emily’s acceptance of life and its complexities.
It show the Stage Manager’s urgency to get her back to the graveyard.
It shows Emily’s joy for returning to share one last day.
10. What is not a moral of the play? (1 point)
Try to appreciate life as you live it.
People need to take time to enjoy each moment.
Fulfill your dream before it is too late.
People can’t handle living life.
11. What kind of reputation doews Simon Stimson have around town? (1 point)
He is a reliable citizen.
He is known for being intoxicated.
He is known for helping others.
He is known for being unreliable.
12. What do the characters represent at the beginning of Act 1? (1 point)
figments of the Stage Manager’s imagination
stereotypes of the different roles people have in life
ancient characters that represent our past
the modern-day America
13. What do the characters represent in the graveyard? (1 point)
They are lost people who are waiting for the future.
They are past generations who found new understandings after death.
They are the same stereotypes that they used to be on earth.
They are living life to the fullest in their life.
14. Which of the following best represents the character development of Emily?
(1 point)
Emily becomes more mature and aware of the world’s complexities.
Emily breaks free of normal family traditions.
Emily does not change throughout the course of the play.
Emily never achieves her life-long goals set up in Act I.
15. What does the following passage infer?

George: Emily, if I do improve and make a big change…would you be… I mean: could you be….
Emily: I…I am now; I always have been.
George: So, I guess this is an important talk we’ve been having.
Emily: Yes…yes.

(1 point)
The two characters are going to college together.
The two characters will remain friends.
The two characters will eventually marry.
The two characters do not care about each other.
Answer the following questions about theater vocabulary.
16. During the run of a theater production, which of the following is a director not responsible for doing?
(1 point)
blocking a show
funding a production
casting the show
communicating with actors and designers.
17. Which of the following defines blocking? (1 point)
the movement and placement of scenery on stage
the movement or placement of actors on stage
the design and concept for placing lights on stage
the grid-like breakdown of sections of th

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