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Theatre Vocab Quiz 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for where the audience sits?

a)

4th wall

b)

arena

c)

floor

d)

house

2.

Number 1 is which stage direction?

a)

DR- Down Stage Right

b)

DL- Down Stage Left

c)

UR- Up Stage Right

d)

UL- Up Stage Left

3.

Number 2, is what stage direction?

a)

UC- Up Stage Center

b)

C- Center Stage

c)

DC- Down Stage Center

4.

Number 3, is what stage direction?

a)

UL- Up Stage Left

b)

DL- Down Stage Left

c)

UR- Up Stage Right

d)

DR- Down Stage Right

5.

Number 4, is what stage direction?

a)

C- Center Stage

b)

CR- Center Right

c)

CL- Center Left

6.

Number 5, is what stage direction?

a)

M- Middle Stage

b)

MC- Middle Stage Center

c)

C- Center Stage

d)

UC- Up Stage Center

7.

Number 6, is what stage direction?

a)

CR- Center Stage Right

b)

L- Left Stage

c)

R-Right Stage

d)

CL- Center Stage Left

8.

Number 7, is what stage direction?

a)

DR- Down Stage Rigght

b)

UR- Up Stage Right

c)

DL- Down Stage Left

d)

UL-Up Stage Left

9.

Number 8, is what stage direction?

a)

C- Center Stage

b)

UC- Up Stage Center

c)

UM- Up Stage Middle

d)

DC- Down Stage Center

10.

Number 9, is what stage direction?

a)

DR- Down Stage Right

b)

UR- Up Stage Right

c)

DL- Down Stage Left

d)

UL- Up Stage Left

11.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on only one side.

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

12.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on three sides.

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

13.

This stage is a performance space with audience members on all four sides (all around).

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

14.

What kind of stage does Sedgefield have?

a)

Proscenium

b)

Thrust

c)

Arena

d)

Black Box

15.

What kind of theatre space is the most versatile or flexible, meaning it can change what type of stage it has depending on the needs of the production?

a)

Proscenium

b)

Thrust

c)

Arena

d)

Black Box

16.

The underlying message being conveyed by a piece of dialogue. This is the unsaid meaning that is between the lines.

a)

Objective

b)

Subtext

c)

Obstacle

d)

Tactic

17.

A strategy used to achieve an objective.

a)

Objective

b)

Obstacle

c)

Intent

d)

Tactic

18.

A conflict and stumbling block to a character’s struggle in pursuit of an action or objective.

a)

Obstacles

b)

Tactic

c)

Intent

d)

Characterization

19.

A character’s pursuit of a specific goal in a scene.

a)

Subtext

b)

Emotional Recall

c)

Objective

d)

Obstacle

20.
Blocking is....
a)
the movement of the actor across the stage.
b)
to hide an actor from view of audience
c)
when an actor sits, stands, or lays down on stage.
d)
all answers are correct.
21.

The direction of stage left and right is determined by whose perspective?

a)

Audience

b)

Director

c)

Actor

d)

Parent

22.

If you are walking away from the audience, you are walking _________________.

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Stage Right

d)

Stage Left

23.

If you walk towards the audience, you are walking ________.

a)

Upstage

b)

Downstage

c)

Stage Right

d)

Stage Left

24.

What is "off-stage?"

a)

An area that actors use to change costuming and preparing themselves to go on stage

b)

The area where the audience sits

c)

An imaginary wall separating the actors from the audience

d)

The parking lot of the theatre

25.

Which of the following images shows an actor or performer in the stage area "upstage right"

a)
b)
c)
d)