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WorksheetsPerf Arts Written Exam Multiple choice questions
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
If a play is performing in Traverse where are the audience?
Dotted around the space
On Two Sides
All around
On Three Sides
In a theatre, who is responsible for managing the people who sell the programmes?
Head Usher
Front of House Manager
An understudy actor who is not performing during the show
Box office staff
During rehearsals who is often ‘on the book’?
Someone with a copy of the script who prompts the actors
The playwright who attends early rehearsals
An actor who has not yet learnt his lines
A Dancer, if they are in a literature based dance performance
What is a 'Gobo'?
The Clown character in ‘The Merchant of Venice’
A revolving section of the set
A small trolley that is used to transport scenery
A cut-out stencil device put over the lens of a lamp that creates a certain shape or shadow
If you were performing on a proscenium arch stage and were situated near the front row where would you be?
Near the audience
Upstage
Downstage
In the Orchestra Pit
What best describes the true meaning behind the lines of dialogue or what someone is thinking rather than saying?
Thought-in-the-Head
Subtext
Inner Monologue
Truth
What is meant by evaluating something?
Measuring it
Doing it better the time after
Cooking it for tea
Understanding it
What does a facial expression contribute to a performance?
It’s very distracting for the audience and should be avoided
It ensures that their face is highlighted
It tells you how a character is feeling and how they are reacting to the situation on stage
It can be very flattering to a performer
If a performer ‘corpses’ on stage what have they done?
Played a character that has a gruesome death
Trumped
Come out of character and started laughing
Forgotten their lines
If an actor forgets a line in a rehearsal when someone is following the action with a script what should they do?
Quickly grab the script out of the person’s hand
Ask another performer what their line is
Loudly and clearly say the word ‘Line’
Run off of stage and find their script
Which of the following is NOT a real type of stage light?
Fresnel
Profile
Canon
Par-Can
What job role is usually responsible for creating a rehearsal schedule?
(a)
What performance skills fall under the category of physical skills - that can be used to add semiotic meaning and depth to a character?
Body Language, Facial Expression, Movement (Gait), Gesture
Proximity, Semiotics, Eye Contact, Posture
Tone, Pitch, Volume, Emphasis
Movement (Gait), Stance, Gesture, Levels
Which of these factors is a responsibility of the Producer?
Ensuring a venue to perform at
Remembering lines of dialogue
Keeping the stage wings clear of any hazards
To create the moves and meaning of dances or physical movement sequences
