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Theater Practice Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes theater “True theater”?

a)

When an audience is there to experience it.

b)

Imagination

c)

The final dress rehearsal

d)

When all preparations are in place.

2.

What is another term used for actors that is believed to come from the first actor?

a)

Performers

b)

Dyonesians

c)

Jubulators

d)

Thespians

3.

Why did the Greek actors wear mask of women during a show?

a)

It was against the law for women to perform on stage

b)

Make-up was not invented yet

c)

Actors did not wear costumes at this time

d)

Actors did not know how to do facial expressions yet

4.

What was the most admired type of play in Greek theater?

a)

Drama

b)

Comedy

c)

Action

d)

History

5.

What about theaters was not permitted during medieval times?

a)

Comedy

b)

Buildings

c)

Minstrals

d)

Blood

6.

What does the word “theater” mean?

a)

A building of drama

b)

Place for seeing

c)

Place for acting

d)

Place of action

7.
Set
a)
The area immediately offstage left and right where actors stand to await their cues.
b)

The surrounding in which the action of the play develops
c)

The part of the theater building that holds the audience; also called the house
8.
Soliloquy
a)
on stage speaks his or her own thoughts aloud
b)

A work written to be spoken by just one person.
9.
Blocking
a)

The part of the theater building that holds the audience; also called the house
b)

Determining the basic movements of the actors during a play; sometimes provided by the playwright,sometimes developed by actors, but usually supplied by the director
c)
Notes added to the script of play, generally in italics or parentheses that provide the line readings, blocking, business, etc.
d)

The surrounding in which the action of the play develops
10.
Stage directions
a)

A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters
b)

Determining the basic movements of the actors during a play; sometimes provided by the playwright,sometimes developed by actors, but usually supplied by the director
c)

Notes added to the script of play, generally in italics or parentheses that provide the line readings, blocking, business, etc.
d)

The surrounding in which the action of the play develops