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FHMS Drama Summative 7th Grade Theatre

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Blocking?

a)

Planned stage movement.

b)

Decorations or objects used on the stage.

c)

To move from one location to another.

d)

Acting with little or no preparation.

e)

The personality created on stage that is different than your own personality.

2.

What is a cross?

a)

Planned stage movement.

b)

Decorations or objects used on the stage.

c)

To move from one location to another.

d)

Acting with little or no preparation.

e)

The personality created on stage that is different than your own personality.

3.

What is a character?

a)

Planned stage movement.

b)

Decorations or objects used on the stage.

c)

To move from one location to another.

d)

Acting with little or no preparation.

e)

The personality created on stage that is different than your own personality.

4.

What is an improvisation?

a)

Planned stage movement.

b)

Decorations or objects used on the stage.

c)

To move from one location to another.

d)

Acting with little or no preparation.

e)

The personality created on stage that is different than your own personality.

5.

What is are props??

a)

Planned stage movement.

b)

Decorations or objects used on the stage.

c)

To move from one location to another.

d)

Acting with little or no preparation.

e)

The personality created on stage that is different than your own personality.

6.
What is wrong with the blocking in this picture?
a)
The woman is in the middle
b)
The actors are making silly faces
c)
One of the actors has their back to the audience
d)
They are not dancing!
7.
The stage area #7 on the provided diagram represents...
a)
CSL
b)
CSC
c)
DSC
d)
USC
8.
What position is the spotlighted man in the center of the stage standing in?
a)
Profile Left
b)
Profile Right
c)
Quarter Left
d)
Quarter Right
9.
Choose the correct stage direction 
#2
a)
Upstage right
b)
Center
c)
Left Center
10.
Choose the correct stage direction for #3.
a)
Upstage left
b)
Downstage right
c)
Upstage right
11.
Choose the correct stage direction for #4.
a)
Downstage left
b)
Downstage right
c)
Center
12.
Choose the correct stage direction for #5.
a)
Center
b)
Downstage right
c)
Right center
13.
Choose the correct stage direction for #6.
a)
Left Center
b)
Upstage Center
c)
Upstage Left
14.
Choose the correct stage direction for #7.
a)
Downstage Center
b)
Upstage center
c)
Upstage left
15.
Choose the correct stage direction for #8.
a)
Upstage center
b)
Upstage left
c)
Upstage right
16.
Choose the correct stage direction for #9.
a)
Downstage left
b)
Upstage left
c)
Left center
17.
Choose the correct stage direction for 
#1
a)
Left Center
b)
Right Center
c)
Downstage Center
18.

If your feet are facing downstage and the audience can see you entirely from the front, you are standing in what body position?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Left or Profile Right

d)

. ¼ Left or ¼ Right

e)

¾ Left or ¾ Right

19.

If your feet are facing the back wall and the audience sees your entire back, what position are you standing in?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Left or Profile Right

d)

. ¼ Left or ¼ Right

e)

¾ Left or ¾ Right

20.

If one of your feet are facing the audience and the other foot is facing stage right, what position are you in?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Left or Profile Right

d)

¼ Right

e)

¼ Left

21.

If one of your feet are facing the audience and the other foot is facing stage left, what position are you in?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Left or Profile Right

d)

. ¼ Left

e)

. ¼ Right

22.

If you are facing straight to the left or right side of the stage and the audience sees the side of your face, what position are you in?

a)

Full Front

b)

Full Back

c)

Profile Left or Profile Right

d)

. ¼ Left

e)

. ¼ Right

23.

Where did the term Downstage come from?

a)

ancient Greek theatre

b)

ancient Roman theatre

c)

Elizabethan theatre

d)

Medieval Theatre

24.

If I ask you to move from one location onstage to another, you could class that as:

a)

improvisation

b)

pantomime

c)

cross

d)

hitting your mark

25.

Blocking is never planned – you make it up as you go.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

When you build a character it is never based on who you are or your own past experiences.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The first actors were cave dwellers.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Greek and Roman Theatre emerged at the same time, in the same region of the world, and are essentially the same in style and format.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

William Shakespeare was a playwright, actor, and ran a theatre called the Swan.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The first part of the play where you learn who the characters are is called the:

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Climax

e)

Resolution

31.

The conflict is usually first introduced during this part of the plot:

a)

Falling Action

b)

Denouement

c)

Exposition

d)

Initial/Inciting Incident

e)

Climax

32.

The most exciting part of a play or story is called the:

a)

Climax

b)

Point of view

c)

Connotative Meaning

d)

Blocking

e)

Playwright

33.

What are the three parts of a speech?

a)

Beginning, Middle, End

b)

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

c)

Start, Body, Stop

d)

Exposition, Conflict, Conclusion

34.

What is not one of the purposes of a speech?

a)

Inform

b)

Entertain

c)

Persuade

d)

Direct

35.

Which delivery skills would you use while giving a speech?

a)

Eye Contact

b)

Posture

c)

Volume

d)

All of the above

36.

What would the theatre be like if Shakespeare had never existed? This is an example of what kind of attention getter?

a)

Quote

b)

Rhetorical Question

c)

Startling Statement

d)

Fact