Introduction to Stage and Performance Quiz

Who is the protagonist in a play?

• A supporting character

• The main character

• The narrator

• An audience member

The time period and place where the action of a play occurs is the

(a)  

What is dialogue?

• Stage directions

• The words within the script

• A speech

• Spoken conversation used by two or more characters in a play

Stage directions are used to

(a)  

The four main types of play genres are comedy, drama, tragedy and ____________.

• horror

• tragicomedy

• African American

• farse

Name one of the major types of stage designs and give a brief description of its features.

Look at the picture of the proscenium stage below. Draw and label the 9 stage directions in the correct area of the stage.

What are props?

• To give someone praise

• Holding something up

• A moveable object that appears on stage during some portion of the play.

• The background of the stage

The oldest known stages were said to be found where?

• Ancient Egypt

• Georgia

• Ancient Greece

• Canada

What does a play synopsis tell you?

• The ending of the play

• Who wrote the play

• A summary of the plot, main characters, locations, and text of a play.

• The year the play was created.