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Elements of Drama

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the stage?

a)

Acting space

b)

Behind the curtain

c)

Where the band sits

d)

Where the audience sits

2.

Who is in charge of the ENTIRE production team/comes up with the vision for the show?

a)

Techies

b)

Actors

c)

Director

d)

Sound Designer

3.

What do we call a group of actors/performers?

a)

The Coins

b)

The Cats

c)

The Cast

d)

The Crew

4.

What is a conversation between two or more characters called?

(a)  

5.

A Play is divided up into: (pick 2 answers)

a)

Episodes

b)

Acts

c)

Dramas

d)

Scenes

6.

What do we call the instructions written into the script?

a)

Cast

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Crew

d)

Dialogue

7.

The ___ of the play tells us the time and place.

a)

Setting

b)

Apron

c)

Act

d)

Protagonist

8.

What is the name of the main character in a play? (Typically the "good guy")

a)

Montagonist

b)

Rutagonist

c)

Antagonist

d)

Protagonist

9.

Scenery, furniture, and backdrops all make up the:

(a)  

10.

What do we call the storyline or sequence of events in a play?

a)

Thought

b)

Character

c)

Plot

d)

Diction

11.

What do we call the main idea of the play, or what the play is about?

a)

Music

b)

Theme

c)

Spectacle

d)

Protagonist

12.

What is the name of the character in direct opposition to the Protagonist? (Usually the "bad guy")

a)

Antagonist

b)

Rutagonist

c)

Montagonist

d)

Protagonist

13.

Short for "Properties", what do we call the items used by actors on stage? EX: Newspaper, cup, chair

(a)  

14.

We call both male and female performers (a)  

15.

The author of the play is called the:

a)

Director

b)

Designer

c)

Technician

d)

Playwright

16.

Designs a technical element of the show; work under the director

a)

Director

b)

Designer

c)

Crew

d)

Actor

17.

The area of the stage hidden from the audience

a)

Backstage

b)

Upstage

c)

Onstage

d)

Pit

18.

Offstage spaces to the sides of the acting area are called:

a)

Beaks

b)

Feathers

c)

Wings

d)

Feet

19.

A stage where the audience sits on one side; "picture frame" stage

a)

Proscenium

b)

Thrust

c)

Arena

d)

Round

20.

Acting area in front of the proscenium arch is called the:

a)

Proscenium

b)

Wings

c)

Apron

d)

Pit

21.

Painted cloth or set wall; used as a background for the setting of the stage.

a)

Main Drape

b)

Curtain

c)

Wall

d)

Backdrop

22.

The space between the stage and the house (audience); where the band plays.

a)

Wings

b)

Backstage

c)

Orchestra Pit

d)

Dallas

23.

BONUS: What do we call the area where the audience sits?

a)

The House

b)

Not the house

c)

maybe the house

d)

don't choose this answer