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WorksheetsFreeman's Drama 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
An arena style production in which the audience surrounds the acting stage, and the actors use the various aisles for exits and entrances
a)
stage right
b)
theatre in the round
c)
thrust stage
d)
apron
2.
If you are an actor and are walking toward the audience, you are walking...
a)
downstage
b)
stage right
c)
stage left
d)
upstage
3.
Platform on which a performance occurs
a)
theatre in the round
b)
stage
c)
proscenium arch
d)
thrust stage
4.
When you are sitting in the audience, if an actress moves to your right, she is moving
a)
upstage
b)
stage left
c)
downstage
d)
stage right
5.
The wall extension that separates the audience and the stage actors
a)
stage
b)
set
c)
apron
d)
proscenium
6.
A stage that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its upstage end is a/an...
a)
apron
b)
proscenium
c)
thrust stage
d)
theatre in the round
7.
The area of stage that extends beyond the proscenium and curtain
a)
apron
b)
backstage
c)
proscenium arch
d)
wings
8.
The background, furniture, and other scenery with which a setting is created...
a)
apron
b)
stage
c)
set
d)
proscenium
9.
When an actor moves away from the audience, he is moving...
a)
downstage
b)
stage left
c)
upstage
d)
stage right
10.
When an actor moves to his or her right, he or she is moving
a)
stage right
b)
stage left
c)
upstage
d)
downstage
11.
Antithesis is
a)
when you contradict your essay thesis
b)
you disprove a theory
c)
a play on words
d)
using two ideas that are direct opposites for a creative purpose
12.
A statement, situation, or phrase that appears to be self-contradictory or impossible but yet is the truth.
a)
aside
b)
paradox
c)
monologue
d)
soliloquy
13.
A short comment that a character delivers directly to the audience or to himself, while other actors on the stage either cannot hear it or pretend not to hear it.
a)
monologue
b)
soliloquy
c)
act
d)
aside
14.
A lengthy speech presented by a single person, where a speaker reveals his thoughts to the audience or any other character.
a)
monologue
b)
aside
c)
soliloquy
d)
dialogue
15.
A lengthy speech presented by a single person, where the speaker expresses his thoughts to himself/herself, and it does not involve any other characters.
a)
monologue
b)
aside
c)
soliloquy
d)
scene
16.
Instructions or information written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, lighting, sound, or production requirements.
a)
aside
b)
stage directions
c)
dramatic irony
d)
set
17.
A useful plot device for creating situations where the audience knows more about the situations, the causes of conflicts and their resolutions before leading characters or actors know. It helps create suspense and builds tension. For example, the audience knows that Macbeth has been named the Thane of Cawdor before he does, and the audience knows that Romeo and Juliet are going to die before they know it.
a)
scene
b)
act
c)
aside
d)
dramatic irony
18.
one of the main divisions of a play or opera
a)
scene
b)
act
c)
aside
d)
stage directions
19.
a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place.
a)
stage directions
b)
act
c)
proscenium arch
d)
scene
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