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Basic Performing Arts Concepts (3/4/5/6)

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are all of the items used on stage during a show called?

(Hint: Not the set or the costumes, but things like backpacks, folders, and stuffed animals.)

a)

Script

b)

Characters

c)

Props

d)

Make-up

2.

The scenery for an act or scene

a)

Stage

b)

Set

c)

Flora and fauna

d)

Decorations

3.

People who act in a show are called actors, or the _____.

a)

Cast

b)

Crew

c)

Characters

d)

Directors

4.
A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.
a)
performance
b)
comedy
c)
tragedy
d)
fun
5.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
6.

The group of people that watch the play

a)

cast

b)

audience

c)

costume design

d)

stagecraft

7.

What term refers to the instances when the audience is asked to participate in a performance in some way?

a)

applause

b)

audience participation

c)

etiquette

8.

The noise made by an audience who are clapping their hands.

a)

etiquette

b)

audience participation

c)

applause

9.

A code of rules regarding how everyone is expected to behave.

a)

etiquette

b)

audience participation

c)

applause

10.

A sample performance by an actor/singer/musician/dancer in which they get to display their talent.

a)

audition

b)

casting

c)

role

d)

stage craft

11.

When they select which actors will play which roles.

a)

audition

b)

choreography

c)

casting

12.

When performers try out for various roles

a)

audition

b)

casting

c)

audience

13.

Special clothes the performers wear in order to pretend they are a particular character in the story they act out.

a)

props

b)

costumes

c)

script

14.

A part in a play

a)

prop

b)

script

c)

role

15.

Scenery, stage furniture and other items used for a particular scene in a play.

a)

props

b)

set

c)

score

16.

The technical aspects of theatrical production (lighting, sound, costume design, makeup, stage machinery, scenic design)

a)

stage craft

b)

props

c)

script

17.

The sequence of steps and movements in a dance.

a)

choreography

b)

score

c)

casting

18.

The printed music of a song written for several instruments. The conductor can see from this what each instrument should be playing and how it fits together.

a)

script

b)

choreography

c)

score

19.

Light gels, smoke machines, sound effects, and music are all examples of __________.

a)

special effects

b)

costumes

c)

stage crafts

20.

This term refers to the things used in movies and plays to create images that do not exist.

a)

etiquette

b)

special effects

c)

props

21.

These are used to color light

a)

light gels

b)

smoke machine

c)

sound effects

d)

music

22.

This device emits a dense vapor that appears similar to fog or smoke.

a)

light gels

b)

smoke machine

c)

sound effects

d)

music