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Parts of Stage and Body Movement Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of stage we have here at Campion

a)

Proscenium Arch

b)

Thrust stage

c)

Arena stage

d)

Avenue stage

2.

The arched part of downstage closest to the audience

a)

Pit

b)

Wings

c)

Offstage

d)

Apron

3.

This area is called?

a)

Upstage Left

b)

Upstage Right

c)

Apron

d)

Curtain Line

4.

This area is called? (Actor POV)

a)

Downstage right

b)

Upstage

c)

Downstage center

d)

Upstage center

5.

This type of stage is called?

a)

Arena stage

b)

Theater in the round

c)

Promenade stage

d)

End on stage

6.

This area on stage is called? (Actor POV)

a)

Downstage left

b)

Upstage left

c)

Downstage center

d)

Centerstage right

7.

Section of the theatre where the audience sits?

a)

Box office

b)

In seats

c)

House

d)

Upstage

8.

The area located behind the main stage?

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Blocking

d)

Backstage

9.

The process of determining the placement or location of actors on stage and planning their relative movement in a scene.

a)

Cross

b)

Blocking

c)

Enter

d)

Exit

10.

When an actor moves from one side of the stage to another, it is called a...

a)

Enter

b)

Exit

c)

Line

d)

Cross

11.

What are the sides of the stage nobody can see?

a)

Wings

b)

Side stage

c)

Backstage

d)

Green room

12.

What side of the stage (from the audience's point of view) is stage left?

a)

Right

b)

Left

13.

What is the room called where the actors can change into their costumes?

a)

Green room

b)

Makeup room

c)

House

d)

Dressing Room

14.

The invisible wall through which the audience watches the action.

a)

Thrust stage

b)

Arena

c)

Fourth wall

d)

False wall

15.

This little actors body position? (Actor with hat on)

a)

Full back

b)

1/4 left

c)

1/4 right

d)

Full front

16.

The body position of the wolf?

a)

Profile right

b)

Profile left

c)

3/4 right

d)

3/4 left

17.

The body position of Pinocchio

a)

Profile left

b)

3/4 right

c)

1/4 left

d)

1/4 right

18.

To strike the 'stage' means what?

a)

Fixing the actor’s movements for the stage

b)

To move a light from side to side.

c)

Clearing the stage of props, scenery,

d)

moving all the scenery in and out of the theatre

19.

Which is closer to the audience?

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Backstage

d)

Wings

20.

If the theatre itself is called 'the house' then someone who works at the door is called...

a)

Usher

b)

Front of House

c)

Clerk

d)

Ticket person

21.

The strongest acting position is?

a)

Downstage right

b)

Downstage left

c)

Upstage left

d)

Upstage right

22.

Why is stage right a stronger position than stage left?

a)

It is difficult for the audience to see

b)

We are conditioned, as humans, to follow content from left to right

c)

Stage right gets the most lighting

d)

It allows the actor to have a full range of movement across other areas of the stage

23.

Which of these is NOT a type of actor body position?

a)

1/4 left turn

b)

3/4 right turn

c)

1/2 left

d)

Full back

24.

The person who brings the playwrights' vision to life?

a)

Actors

b)

Backstage crew

c)

Technical crew

d)

Director

25.

What you do not want to do in a dramatic performance?

a)

Forget your lines

b)

Misuse a prop

c)

Fall or hurt yourself or others

d)

Turn your back to the audience