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Theatre Chapter 7 & 8

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A small-scale, three-dimensional version of the set

a)

A Model

b)

A Picture

c)

A Rendering

d)

A Turntable

2.

A circular revolving unit that is set into the floor, and which can turn mechanically to bring one set into view as another disappears.

a)

A Model

b)

A Wagon

c)

A Turntable

d)

A Revolving Set

3.

A gauze or cloth screen that, when painted and lit from the front, appears solid, but when lit from behind becomes transparent.

a)

A cyclorama

b)

A teaser

c)

A scrim

d)

A leg

4.

The area behind the playing area of a thrust stage that allows for entrances and exits as well as scene changes

a)

The legs

b)

The wings

c)

The greenroom

d)

The stage house

5.

The term for a fairly complete sketch made by the scene designer, usually done in color.

a)

A sketch

b)

A design

c)

A rendering

d)

A model

6.

A low platform on wheels upon which set pieces and even actors are brought onstage.

a)

A cart

b)

A set on wheels

c)

A turntable

d)

A wagon

7.

Canvas stretched on wood with the side facing the audience painted to look like a solid wall.

a)

A flat

b)

A wall

c)

A hard flat

d)

A scrim

8.

A theater environment is one that will use more than one playing area, and that some activity is happening in several of those spaces at the same time.

a)

Proscenium

b)

Black Box

c)

Multifocus

d)

Thrust stage

9.

Another term for the proscenium types of stage.

a)

Black box

b)

Fourth wall space

c)

Thrust stage

d)

Arch stage

10.

A term for the area closest to the audience as it related to the position of the actors on a raked stage

a)

Down stage

b)

Bottom stage

c)

Up stage

d)

Center stage

11.

A firm material called luan placed on a wooden or hollow metal frame, which can be painted and, in addition, have three-dimensional plastic moldings attached to it to create cornices, chair rails, and other features

a)

Flat

b)

Wall

c)

Hard flat

d)

Kaiden

12.

Area above the stage of a proscenium theatre built to hold scenery that has been raised out of the sight of the audience

a)

Lights

b)

Teaser

c)

Fly loft/space

d)

Corral

13.

The slant of an auditorium or stage floor

a)

Shovel

b)

Up stage

c)

Down stage

d)

Rake

14.

A frame that separates the stage from the auditorium and forms an outline for the stage

a)

Corral

b)

Proscenium Arch

c)

Orchestra

d)

Grand Drape

15.

A space often used by avant-garde artists

a)

Bishop Stang

b)

Murph's house

c)

Multifocus/media theater

d)

Black Box

16.

The use of electronic media in live theatrical presentations.

a)

Movies

b)

Theatre Space

c)

Black Box

d)

Multifocus/media theatre

17.

A flexible theatre that can be converted into different arrangements

a)

Black Box

b)

Proscenium Theatre

c)

Created/Found Space

d)

Orchestra Theatre

18.

A thrust theatre built in the courtyard of a sixteenth-century Spanish inn

a)

Elizabethan Theatre

b)

Colosseum

c)

Corral

d)

Arena Theatre

19.

The main floor where musicians sit in a contemporary proscenium theatre, and, in ancient Greece, the circular acting area at the base of a hillside theatre.

a)

Backstage

b)

We don't need musicians!

c)

Orchestra

d)

Down stage

20.

What is the name of the Red curtain?

a)

Border

b)

Scrim

c)

Cyclorama

d)

Grand Drape

21.

What is the name of the two black thin curtains that hang vertically and hide the wings?

a)

Borders

b)

Legs

c)

Scrims

d)

Arches

22.

What is the name for the semi-transparent gray curtain in upstage?

a)

Cyclorama

b)

Backdrop

c)

Legs

d)

Scrim

23.

What is the name of the gray structure at the front of the stage?

a)

Grand Drape

b)

Proscenium Arch

c)

Stage Border

d)

Arena Arch

24.

What is the name for the solid white curtain at the back of the stage?

a)

Drape

b)

Cyclorama

c)

Scrim

d)

Leg