WorksheetsHS Midterm Theatre Arts Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What do you call, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th-18th centuries, based on stock characters?
Comedy
Farce
Commedia dell'arte
Slap stick
What is a homogeneous non-individualized group of performers who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action called?
Actors
Ensemble
Thespians
Greek Chorus
What is a spectacular play glorifying the nobility called?
Burle
Lazzi
Morality Play
Masque
What is the arched wall above the stage opening in renaissance theatre called?
Proscenium arch
Amphitheatre
Skene
Burle
True or false, a brief comedic scene is called a lazzi?
True
False
Longer scenes that often including practical jokes
Masque
Burle
Lazzi
Cycle
The movement of an actor on stage
Cheat out
Acting
Blocking
Business
The true meaning behind a spoken or scripted line, as interpreted by an actor.
Dialogue
Subtext
Objective
Ad-lib
A body position for the stage wherein the actor faces more towards the audience.
Cheat Out
Business
Crossing
Blocking
The rising intensity or climbing action that develops within a scene or entire play.
Business
Build
Beats
Objective
What is the first question to ask yourself when creating a character?
What Do I look like?
What do I want?
Who Am I?
Who Am I Talking To?
