Intro to Theatre I Pre-Final Quiz

1. What is Theatre

• The art of acting, writing, and producing plays.
• The art of making films only
• An arena where games are played

2. A Director is

• A person who directs traffic.
• A person who supervises all aspects of a play, movie, or television production
• A person who conducts an orchestra

3. An Actor is

• A person who only acts in television
• A person whose profession is to act in plays, film/movies, and television
• A news anchor

4. A Playwright is

• A person who writes plays
• A person who likes to read
• A person who lives in a big city

5 Conflict or a problem helps make a story interesting by adding _______ to the story?

• Drama
• Comedy
• Candy

6. Etiquette is

• A code of behavior that is appropriate for a specific setting
• A code of behavior for actors during a performance
• A code of behavior for an audience during a performance
• All of the above

7. How is Theatre different from television or film?

• In the moment cannot be edited; creates a connection with audience and actors
• Uses Directors and Actors
• Uses Costumes, lights, sound, props, sets
• Entertains

8. A cue in theatre means ?

• Is used with a pool table
• Creates a long line of people
• Triggers an action
• Is cute

13. Because stages used to be slanted we now have the term _______ which refers to the area toward the back of the stage, farthest from the audience

• Upstage
• Downstage
• Wings
• Stage Left

14. Stage directions for Stage Left and Stage Right are always from the perspective of the....

• Audience
• Director
• Actor
• Playwright