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Stage & Auditorium Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the tall narrow curtains?

a)

legs

b)

borders

c)

travelers

d)

grand drapes

e)

cyclorama

2.

What short horizontal curtains mask lights and battens?

a)

legs

b)

borders

c)

travelers

d)

grand drapes

e)

cyclorama

3.

What decorative curtains reveal sets at top of shows and usually close at intermission?

a)

legs

b)

borders

c)

travelers

d)

grand drapes

e)

cyclorama

4.

What curtains on stage which open in the middle?

a)

legs

b)

borders

c)

travelers

d)

grand drapes

e)

cyclorama

5.

What curtains are seamless cotton used as a sky backdrop?

a)

legs

b)

borders

c)

travelers

d)

grand drapes

e)

cyclorama

6.

What are horizontal “pipes” hung over the stage used to fly in curtains, scenery?

a)

battens

b)

electrics

c)

counterweights

d)

loading gallery

7.

What are the pipes containing electrical cable for connection with lights?

a)

battens

b)

electrics

c)

counterweights

d)

loading gallery

8.

What is a rigging system using ropes, pulleys and weights to lift curtains, electrics, battens, and scenery?

a)

battens

b)

electrics

c)

counterweights

d)

loading gallery

9.

Where weights are balanced for the counterweight system?

a)

battens

b)

electrics

c)

counterweights

d)

loading gallery

10.

What is the rounded downstage acting area in front of grand drape curtain?

a)

apron

b)

orchestra pit

c)

proscenium arch

d)

vomitorium

11.

What are the ports in the stage in which audio & lighting equipment can be circuited?

a)

stage manager panel

b)

orchestra pit

c)

floor pockets

d)

vomitorium

12.

Where do musicians play instruments during a musical?

a)

apron

b)

orchestra pit

c)

floor pockets

d)

vomitorium

13.

What is the physical structure that creates the “picture frame” opening?

a)

apron

b)

orchestra pit

c)

proscenium arch

d)

vomitorium

14.

What is located SR & SL behind the proscenium for run crew and managers?

a)

floor pocket

b)

orchestra pit

c)

stage manager panel

d)

vomitorium

15.

What is the far R and L of the apron (actors use them as exits)?

a)

floor pocket

b)

orchestra pit

c)

stage manager panel

d)

vomitorium

16.

What is the main difference between work lights and house lights?

a)

Work lights are on/off and house lights are dimmable

b)

Work lights are over stage and house, but house lights are only over the audience seats

c)

They take different bulbs

d)

ALL of these answers

17.

What type of stage is this?

a)

arena

b)

flexible

c)

proscenium

d)

thrust

18.

This type of stage/theater was popularized by the Italians in the Renaissance.

a)

arena

b)

flexible

c)

proscenium

d)

thrust

19.

This type of stage/theater was first used by the Greeks in the 4th century BCE.

a)

arena

b)

flexible

c)

proscenium

d)

thrust

20.

This type of stage/theater has a modern usage in the fashion world's runway show.

a)

arena

b)

flexible

c)

proscenium

d)

thrust

21.

Where is the 'x' located?

a)

R

b)

RC

c)

C

d)

LC

e)

L

22.

Where is the 'x' located?

a)

UR

b)

R

c)

L

d)

DL

23.

Where is the 'x' located?

a)

DC

b)

UC

c)

DR

d)

UL

24.

Where is the 'x' located?

a)

DLC

b)

C

c)

URC

d)

UR

25.

Stage areas and directions are based upon:

a)

the audience's perscpetive

b)

the director's whims

c)

the actor's point of view

d)

the script editors