Theater Terminology Quiz

What term describes a speech that one person speaks to another person?

• Dialogue

• Blocking

• Monologue

• Lines

What are places where a character can perform on stage called?

• Lines

• Stage Directions

• Blocking

• Upstaging

What are the words a character says in a script, play, or movie known as?

• Lines

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Projection

What does it mean to speak loudly for the audience to hear?

• Enunciate

• Improvise

• Project or Projection

• Upstage

What is performing without a script or planning called?

• Blocking

• Upstaging

• Improvisation

• Projection

What is the term for standing in front of someone when they are on stage?

• Blocking

• Upstaging

• Enunciating

• Projecting

What is any movement an actor does on stage when performing called?

• Dialogue

• Blocking

• Monologue

• Lines

Which position is directly in front of the audience?

• Upstage Centre

• Downstage Centre

• Centre Stage

• Upstage Right

What is the position labeled as "USL" on a stage?

• Upstage Left

• Upstage Right

• Centre Stage Left

• Downstage Left

Which position is labeled as "DSR" on a stage?

• Downstage Right

• Downstage Left

• Upstage Right

• Centre Stage Right