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GVA 2026
Generalitat Valenciana PAU Organising Commission authority
Comissió Gestora dels Processos d'Accés a la Universitat
90 Mins
Official examination duration
Valencian Community PAU Regulations
Min 4.0
Minimum Access Phase score required to calculate university admission mark
Valencian University Admission Regulations
5 Blocks
LOMLOE 2º Bachillerato Performing Arts II curriculum blocks
Generalitat Valenciana Curriculum Guidelines
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The Valencian Community PAU Performing Arts II exam tests knowledge of theatre history, dramatic text analysis, performance methodologies, stage craft, and contemporary dance/interdisciplinary performance across 5 LOMLOE curriculum units.
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1In ancient Greek theatre, what structural element of tragedy represents the chorus's initial entry song as they move into the orchestra?
A.Prolegomena
B.Parodos
C.Stasimon
D.Exodos
Explanation: The Parodos is the choral entrance song performed as the chorus steps into the orchestra for the first time. It sets the background mood and follows the Prologue (Prologos) in classical Greek tragic structure.
2Which Classical Greek dramatist is credited with introducing the second actor (deuteragonist), thereby reducing the reliance on the chorus and enabling direct theatrical dialogue?
A.Euripides
B.Sophocles
C.Aeschylus
D.Aristophanes
Explanation: Aeschylus introduced the second actor to Greek drama, enabling genuine dialogue and interpersonal conflict on stage while diminishing the dominant role of the chorus. Sophocles later added the third actor.
3According to Aristotle's 'Poetics', what term describes the emotional purging of pity (eleos) and fear (phobos) experienced by the audience watching a tragedy?
A.Hamartia
B.Catharsis
C.Hubris
D.Anagnorisis
Explanation: Catharsis is the emotional purification or purgation of pity and fear experienced by spectators as they witness the tragic downfall of a noble protagonist.
4In Italian Commedia dell'Arte, what was the function of the 'canovaccio' during a performance?
A.A fully written rhymed script that actors had to memorize verbatim
B.An outline or scenario providing the basic plot framework while actors improvised dialogue
C.A set of musical compositions performed between theatrical acts
D.The physical stage platform built on horse-drawn wooden carts
Explanation: The canovaccio (or scenario) was a plot outline pinned behind the scenes that summarized scene entries, exits, and main action points, allowing actors to improvise dialogue and insert lazzi.
5In his seminal treatise 'Arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo' (1609), how did Lope de Vega reform Spanish Golden Age theatre?
A.He strictly enforced the French Neoclassical unities of time, place, and action
B.He abolished verse form and mandated prose dialogue for all dramatic works
C.He combined tragic and comic elements, rejected classical unities, and adapted verse meter to dramatic action
D.He eliminated stock comedic characters like the gracioso to elevate moral tone
Explanation: Lope de Vega established the Spanish Comedia Nueva by rejecting strict Aristotelian unities, blending tragic and comic elements (tragicomedias), organizing plays into three acts, and utilizing polymetry.
6Which architectural feature was characteristic of public Elizabethan playhouses like Shakespeare's Globe Theatre?
A.An enclosed indoor auditorium illuminated by hundreds of tallow candles
B.An open-air unroofed central yard surrounded by tiered gallery seating
C.A proscenium arch with a decorative painted front curtain
D.A circular revolving hydraulic stage for automated scene changes
Explanation: Elizabethan playhouses were polygonal or circular open-air structures with a central unroofed yard (where groundlings stood) surrounded by three tiers of covered gallery seating.
7French Neoclassical drama of the 17th century (championed by Boileau, Racine, and Corneille) was governed by which strict dramatic principle?
A.The rule of three unities (action, time, place) and decorum (bienséance)
B.Epic alienation and political alienation effects
C.Complete freedom of temporal jumps and supernatural spectres
D.The integration of acrobatics and mime within tragic plots
Explanation: French Neoclassicism demanded strict adherence to the three unities (one main plot, action within 24 hours, single location), verisimilitude (vraisemblance), and moral decorum (bienséance).
8Victor Hugo's preface to his play 'Cromwell' (1827) served as the manifesto for Romantic drama primarily because it advocated for what core concept?
A.The absolute separation of tragedy and comedy into pure genres
B.The aesthetic combination of the sublime and the grotesque in dramatic art
C.The complete removal of sets and costumes in favor of bare stage lighting
D.The restriction of theatrical plots to classical mythological themes
Explanation: Victor Hugo argued that Romantic drama must reflect real life by juxtaposing the sublime (beauty, spirituality) with the grotesque (ugliness, comic physical reality), breaking Neoclassical boundaries.
9Which 19th-century playwright introduced 'social problem plays' featuring psychological realism, subtle subtext, and the illusion of a 'fourth wall'?
A.Antonin Artaud
B.Henrik Ibsen
C.Pedro Calderón de la Barca
D.Samuel Beckett
Explanation: Henrik Ibsen (author of 'A Doll's House' and 'Hedda Gabler') is considered the father of modern theatrical realism for addressing controversial social issues through psychological realism and fourth-wall staging.
10What is the primary objective of Bertolt Brecht's 'Verfremdungseffekt' (alienation or distanciation effect) in Epic Theatre?
A.To induce deep emotional catharsis and tears in the audience
B.To prevent passive emotional immersion so spectators think critically about social issues
C.To create a seamless realistic illusion where actors forget the audience exists
D.To hypnotize spectators through sensory overload and loud acoustic bursts
Explanation: Brecht designed the alienation effect (using placards, direct audience address, visible lighting, and songs) to break theatrical illusion, encouraging spectators to remain objective, critical thinkers.
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