Theatre Vocabulary Quiz- C and Ds

Multiple Choice

1. When an actor is invited to come back for a second audition.

• Character

• Call-back

• Conflict

• Cheat

Multiple Choice

1. This can be simply defined as a story with a happy ending that makes the audience laugh. A comedy is a story that illustrates idiosyncrasies of ordinary people, has a happy ending where protagonist achieves his goal at the end.

• Dialogue

• Comedy

• Character

• Call-back

Multiple Choice

1.  The point in a play where action meets obstacle; the opposition of persons, forces, or ideas that gives rise to dramatic action in a play.

• Director

• Cheat

• Conflict

• Cue

Multiple Choice

1.  A word or phrase or action signaling an actor's line, entrance or exit.

• Cue

• Cheat

• Dialogue

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

The words spoken by the actors during the play.

• Cue

• Character

• Cheat

• Dialogue

Multiple Choice

1. Individual who is in charge of all aspects of the production of a play; generally responsible for the final decisions in all areas of production.

• Dialoge

• Character

• Director

• Cue

Multiple Choice

1. When an actor plays toward the audience while conversing with another character. Also called cheating out.

• Cheat

• Character

• Call-back

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

1. The personalities or parts that actors become in a play; roles played by actors in a play.

• Cheat

• Comedy

• Character

• Conflict