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WorksheetsTheatre Pretest
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The way an actor uses their body to communicate emotion and attitude is
Locomotion
Pantomime
Body Language
Balance
True or False? A perfomer is projecting correctly if they are using the muscles in their throat
True
False
The best way to prepare a character for performance is
To watch it on Youtube and copy how someone else did it
Do it the same way you did a previous character
To read the entire play and research the time period it was placed in
What theatre term means the last words or action before yours?
Cast
Cue
Action
Line
If a director tells you to "add stage business," to a scene, he/she wants you to:
Do extra activites that your character would be doing in the setting
Fix a problem with the set
Add extra dialogue
A _______ is a script for a musical
Lines
Libretto
Directory
Musicbook
Which is the correct order of rehearsals?
Blocking rehearsal, dress rehearsal, tech rehearsal
Tech rehearsal, blocking rehearsal, dress rehearsal
Blocking rehearsal, tech rehearsal, dress rehearsal
Dress rehearsal, blocking rehearsal, tech rehearsal
What is the farthest Staging position away from the audience
Center Stage
Downstage
Upstage
You audition begins
After your slate
10 seconds into your monologue
The night before
The minute you walk through the door
Where did theatre as we know it today originate?
England
USA
Italy
Greece
What is the term for the lead character or hero of the play?
Director
Protagonist
Antiquate
Antagonist
Which of the following is not a type of theater?
Black Box
Arena
Thrust
Majestic
True or False? Actors don't need to write their blocking down in their scripts
True
False
True or False: Actively listening to your scene partner is a great way to keep your performance fresh and believable
True
False
The drawing of the set as it might be seen from the audience's point of view is called __________
A set drawing
A set sketch
A set rendering
A plot diagram
Constantin Stanislavski, Stella Adler and Viola Spolin are best known as
Playwrights
Actors
Acting Teachers
Directors
The Stage Manager is the person in charge of:
Blocking a show.
Building the set on the stage.
Cleaning up the stage.
The backstage area during tech rehearsals and performances.
A Thrust Stage Configuration has audience members on how many sides
1
2
3
All Around them
What is the theatre term that means the process in which an actor tries out for a part in a play?
Aside
Callback
Audition
Tryouts
Which of the below descriptions of a Proscenium stage does NOT apply:
Audience sits on 3 sides of the stage
There is a main drape
It has offstage right and left wings
There is an apron
When an actor uses a memory from his or her own experience to act out a moment in a play or scene, this is called:
Symbolism
Realism
Emotional recall
Method Acting
When an actor gives his/her name and the title of the piece to be performed, that is called:
Salutation
Denouement
Audition
Slating
True or False? The “Magic If” is when an actor recalls how they would feel or react if they were in a given situation or circumstance.
True
False
Seana shows up to an audition without having seen the script. What type of audition is this?
A monologue
A callback
A cold reading
An improvisation
What is used to create walls on a stage?
Flats
Props
Risers
Platforms
The _____ is prepared to take over an important role should the actor playing the role miss a performance.
Dresser
Producer
Understudy
Director
_______ is the goal a character has in a particular scene or play; the need or want; the intention.
Business
Subplot
Role
Objective
"After Friday's performance, I'll need everyone to stay and _____ the show so that the stage can offstage areas are clear for school on Monday." To take down and put away all aspects of a production.
Take Down
Distress
Strike
Clear
_____ is the Greek person who is credited with being the first actor.
Dionysus
Euripedes
Thespis
_____ is the character or situation in a play that creates conflict (what gets in the way of the objective of the protagonist)
Intention
Obstacle
Scenery
Denouement
