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HS Midterm Theatre Arts Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th-18th centuries, based on stock characters?

a)

Comedy

b)

Farce

c)

Commedia dell'arte

d)

Slap stick

2.

What is a homogeneous non-individualized group of performers who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action called?

a)

Actors

b)

Ensemble

c)

Thespians

d)

Greek Chorus

3.

What is a spectacular play glorifying the nobility called?

a)

Burle

b)

Lazzi

c)

Morality Play

d)

Masque

4.

What is the arched wall above the stage opening in renaissance theatre called?

a)

Proscenium arch

b)

Amphitheatre

c)

Skene

d)

Burle

5.

True or false, a brief comedic scene is called a lazzi?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Longer scenes that often including practical jokes

a)

Masque

b)

Burle

c)

Lazzi

d)

Cycle

7.

The movement of an actor on stage

a)

Cheat out

b)

Acting

c)

Blocking

d)

Business

8.

The true meaning behind a spoken or scripted line, as interpreted by an actor.

a)

Dialogue

b)

Subtext

c)

Objective

d)

Ad-lib

9.

A body position for the stage wherein the actor faces more towards the audience.

a)

Cheat Out

b)

Business

c)

Crossing

d)

Blocking

10.

The rising intensity or climbing action that develops within a scene or entire play.

a)

Business

b)

Build

c)

Beats

d)

Objective

11.

What is the first question to ask yourself when creating a character?

a)

What Do I look like?

b)

What do I want?

c)

Who Am I?

d)

Who Am I Talking To?