Theatre Test Chapters 5-8

What is the definition of dialogue?

• A learning theatre developed in Germany

• The use of voice to signal the end of a statement

• A method of texturing using a featherduster

• The lines of a play spoken by characters

What is the definition of protagonist?

• The main character in a play.

• A transparent color medium placed on striplights.

• A device of comic anticipation that requires exposure.

• A religious play based on the lives and legends of saints.

What is the definition for atmosphere?

• a tryout for a position in a play

• the environment of the play created by staging and lighting

• getting behind furniture or other actors

• to increase light intensity quickly

What is the definition for plot?

• the final rehearsal at which all parts of the play are brought together

• the series of related events that take place in a play

• a light used for side lighting

• a drop that has its lower middle section removed

What is the definition for denouement?

• An element of plot that refers to the untangling and resolution of complications

• lines that actors trail off rather than finishing

• the use of voice to signal the end of a statement

• a kind of comedy

What is the definition for action?

• the light that fills shadows

• a highly symbolic and poetic style of drama

• curtain or drapery

• that which happens onstage to hold the audience's attention

What is the definition for mood?

• to increase light intensity

• a tryout for position or play

• the emotional feeling of a play

• a series of acting stations

What is the definition for situation?

• to draw the maximum response

• a problem or challenge a character or characters must face

• the nervous anticipation

• a vertical part

What is the definition for moral?

• the lesson or the principle contained within or taught by a play

• a joint used in flat constructions

• main musical phase

• a wedge shaped block

What is the definition for allegory?

• A line spoken directly to audience

• The script of a musical

• A type of striplight

• A form of storytelling that teaches moral concepts