| 1. During intermission, do you |
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a. Interact with the people around you, even strangers |
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b. Interact with your friends or not at all |
2. Do you prefer plays that are more |
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a. Realistic stories that apply to your life |
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b. Based on universal ideas that make you think about the world differently |
3. Are you more likely to |
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a. Want to attend a performance |
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b. Want to participate in a performance |
4. When reviewing a play, are you |
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a. More critical |
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b. More complimentary |
5. When deciding on what play to see, you go by |
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a. Research and analysis |
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b. Gut feeling & intuition |
6. When you buy season tickets do you |
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a. put all the dates on your calendar to assure you can go |
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b. sometimes have to give tickets to friends because you've scheduled a trip |
7. Do you |
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a. look at the season of plays, choose the ones you want to see & order tickets |
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b. decide on Wednesday that you want to go to a play on Friday and see what tickets you can get |
8. At the ticket counter do you |
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a. Chat with others even if you don't know them |
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b. Stick to business and quietly wait your turn |
9. Is it worse to |
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a. Have unrealistic dreams of becoming a movie star |
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b. Have only dreams that are attainable |
10. Do you tend to prefer plays that have |
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a. A plot that is easy to follow and a clear conclusion |
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b. An existential theme that leaves the conclusion to the audience |
11. Do you prefer plays that are |
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a. About relationships and harmony |
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b. Consistent and thought provoking |
12. Which character role is more similar to you |
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a. A logical character role |
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b. A sentimental character role |
13. If you are meeting friends after the play do you |
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a. have an exact meeting place |
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b. feel comfortable knowing that you will find each other eventually |
14. When you make plans for dinner before a play do you |
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a. determine the restaurant well in advance |
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b. call on the way and decide where you want to go |
15. When the play ends do you |
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a. Stand immediately, clap & maybe whistle |
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b. Clap politely in your seat |
16. Do you like plays that |
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a. Say what they mean |
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b. Use symbolism and metaphors to describe a point |
17. Documentaries |
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a. Speak for themselves |
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b. Illustrate principles |
18. When you are enjoying a play, are you more involved through |
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a. Your thoughts |
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b. Your feelings |
19. When watching an emotional play are you |
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a. More likely to show emotion |
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b. Hold the emotional reaction inside |
20. Does improvisation |
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a. make you nervous |
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b. excite you |
21. When a play has an ambiguous ending do you |
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a. feel annoyed with the author of the play |
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b. feel stimulated to speculate about all the possible endings |
22. Does interacting with the audience |
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a. Make you feel energized |
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b. Make you wish intermission was over |
23. Would you prefer playing a |
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a. More practical role |
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b. More fanciful role |
24. Are you inclined to react to play |
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a. More literally, tracing the facts of the action |
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b. More figuratively, expanding the ideas |
25. When watching a play do you find yourself |
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a. feeling the emotions of the characters |
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b. following the plot and anticipating what is next |
26. You prefer plays that are |
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a. uplifting with positive images of life |
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b. clearly constructed with a thoughtful action and plot |
27. When choosing a play do you prefer to |
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a. Make up your mind quickly |
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b. Pick and choose at some length |
28. Are more satisfied by plays that have |
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a. A tight finish |
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b. Leave the audience wanting more, speculative |
29. Are you more likely to |
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a. Go to a play alone |
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b. Go with someone else |
30. Are you more likely to pay attention to |
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a. The set design, costumes, and details of the set |
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b. The overall theme of the play |
31. Do you prefer plays that are |
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a. Action and Adventure |
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b. Fantasy and heroism |
32. You want to see productions that give you |
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a. A sense of the possibility in life |
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b. A realistic, gritty image of the way things are |
33. You prefer going to |
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a. A musical production |
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b. A drama |
34. Do you prefer plays that are |
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a. More impromptu |
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b. More rehearsed |
35. Do you get to the play |
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a. Just in time |
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b. Early |
36. If you see an old acquaintance in the audience you |
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a. Wave and yell a greeting to them |
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b. Wait for them to notice you |
37. You are more interested in |
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a. The play that is being performed today |
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b. All the possibilities for future performances |
38. If personally asked to critique a bad performance you would |
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a. Tell the truth |
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b. Spare their feelings |
39. When you get your season ticket renewal application you |
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a. Complete it and send it in |
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b. Put it in your things-to-do pile |
40. When your partner asks what you think of the play you |
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a. Respond immediately with all your thoughts |
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b. Think it through before responding |
