WorksheetsYear 9 Drama Pre-test
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 31mins
Why did you choose Year 9 Drama?
List the 4 expressive skills
List the 8 dramatic elements
What are production areas?
What are the 4 performance skills?
A person who performs a role in a play is called
a director
an actor
a character
a playwright
What are production areas?
The different ways plays and productions are marketed in order to get audiences to attend
The different areas of the stage
The technical aspects used within a performance, such as costumes and lighting
The different types of areas and spaces that can be performed in
The written text of a play is called a ....
set
rehearsal
script
scene
A small section or portion of a play is called...
Part
Freeze-frame
Scene
Act
The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or what to do as they speak their lines is called...
stage directions
dialogue
setting
director's notes
The cast of characters is....
a play intended to make an audience laugh
the signal given to people working in or on a play
lines spoken between characters in a play
the people who perform in a play
A person who writes plays is called a
Cast
Director
Script writer
Playwright
The part of the play script that tells actors what to say is called...
stage directions
dialogue
setting
director's notes
To make up on the spot or perform without preparation is called...
Improvisation
Make-up design
Acting
Script acting
What are the 5 basic stage directions?
Upstage, downstage, stage right, stage left, centre stage
Centre stage, backstage, front stage, stage left, stage right
House right, house left, backstage, front stage, centre stage
The area of the stage furthest away from the audience is called...
Backstage
Top stage
Upstage
Downstage
The area of the stage closest to the audience is called...
Upstage
Downstage
Front stage
Forward stage
The area behind the stage that is not visible to the audience is called...
Stage-back
Downstage
Backstage
Upstage
What are props?
Actors in play
Items of clothing for actors
Objects used by actors in a play
Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak
Canvas covered wooden frames used for scenery are generally called...
Backdrops
Sets
Flats
Panels
The method of making sound effects using objects is called...
Foney method
Phoney method
Foley method
Foiley method
Which Italian theatre style includes physical comedy, direct address, and stock characters?
Melodrama
Commedia de'Laughe
Commedia dell'Arte
Poor Theatre
What is multi-rolling?
When you roll down a hill lots of times
When one role is played by multiple performers
When one performer plays multiple roles
When multiple roles are on stage at a time
Which dramatic element shows differences/opposites?
Contrast
Climax
Conflict
Mood
In drama, what can you 'transform'?
Character
Place
Time
All of the above
Facial expression is one of the...
Dramatic elements
Production areas
Expressive skills
Performance skills
Conflict is a...
Dramatic element
Production area
Expressive skill
Performance skill
True or false: sound made by performers is considered part of the dramatic element 'sound'.
True
False
True or false: sound made by pre-recordings is considered part of the dramatic element 'sound'.
True
False
True or false: silence is considered part of the dramatic element 'sound'.
True
False
Which skills would an actor use to portray a character on stage?
Production areas
Analysis skills
Dramatic elements
Expressive skills
'Theatre in the round' is generally performed on what type of stage?
Proscenium arch
Traverse stage
Arena stage
Thrust stage
Which type of stage has the audience on two sides?
Proscenium arch
Traverse stage
Arena stage
Thrust stage
What is a 'blackout'?
When all performers are wearing black
A type of light used in black box theatres
A dramatic element
When all the stage lights go dark
The dramatic element tension can be defined as:
The relationship between stock characters
The use of sound in performance
Feelings of nervousness
Sense of anticipation of what will happen next
Have you done Drama previously? Select all that apply.
This is my first time doing Drama!
I did Drama in Year 7.
I did Drama in Year 8.
I do/have done Drama outside of school.
What are you most looking forward to in Year 9 Drama?
