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Theatre Production Final

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two types of Viewpoints?

a)

Time, Space

b)

Soft focus, Hard focus

c)

Shape, Tempo

d)

There aren't two types of Viewpoints

2.

The skill of softening your eyes to be aware of many things around you rather than just one or two

a)

Soft focus

b)

Hard focus

c)

Peripheral vision

d)

Napping

3.

Which of these is NOT a Viewpoint?

a)

Soft Focus

b)

Shape

c)

Tempo

d)

Topography

4.

The physical distance between people or objects

a)

Spatial Relationship

b)

Shape

c)

Topography

d)

Kinesthetic Response

5.

Your reaction to movement happening around you

a)

Kinesthetic Response

b)

Spacial Relationship

c)

Repetition

d)

Tempo

6.

The lines and curves of your body

a)

Shape

b)

Topography

c)

Gesture

d)

Spacial Relationship

7.

These movements can be either Expressive or Behavioral

a)

Gesture

b)

Shape

c)

Tempo

d)

Kinesthetic Response

8.

This can be either internal or external

a)

Repetition

b)

Gesture

c)

Shape

d)

Topography

9.

The tangible objects in the environment around you

a)

Architecture

b)

Topography

c)

Shape

d)

Duration

10.

The speed of a movement

a)

Tempo

b)

Duration

c)

Shape

d)

Gesture

11.

The length of a movement

a)

Duration

b)

Tempo

c)

Shape

d)

Repetition

12.

The pattern made by bodies moving through space

a)

Topography

b)

Shape

c)

Architecture

d)

Gesture

13.

When might improvisation be useful for an actor?

a)

If a scene partner drops a line

b)

If there is a problem with a technical cue

c)

If you forget your line or blocking

d)

All of these

14.

What is the definition of improvisation?

a)

The act of creating and performing something spontaneously and without preparation.

b)

Telling humorous jokes to make an audience laugh.

c)

The act of preparing and performing a self-written scene or monologue.

d)

None of these

15.

What is the most important rule of improv?

a)

Yes, and...

b)

Make mistakes

c)

Don't self edit

d)

Commit

16.

What are the 3 R's of being a good thespian?

a)

respectful, responsible, ready

b)

resourceful, ready, respectful

c)

responsible, resourceful, respectful

d)

resourceful, reactive, ruthless

17.

When in real life might the skill of improv be useful?

a)

During a job interview

b)

If a piece of equipment breaks at work

c)

When solving a problem under a deadline

d)

All of these

18.

What is improv theatre?

a)

Theatre that is made up on the spot

b)

Theatre that is funny

c)

Theatre that is written by the performers

d)

Theatre with non-professional actors

19.

What is meant by the rule "you are not alone"

a)

You must collaborate with the other improver(s) on stage

b)

You must talk to the audience

c)

You must make yourself look better than the other improver(s)

d)

None of these

20.

Also called a "paranthetical"

a)

Stage direction

b)

Cue line

c)

Dramatis personae

d)

Entrance

21.

List of characters in the play

a)

Stage direction

b)

Dramatis personae

c)

Cue line

d)

Exit

22.

Indicates when it is a character's turn to speak

a)

Stage direction

b)

Dramatis personae

c)

Cue line

d)

Entrance

23.

When a character comes on to the stage

a)

Entrance

b)

Exit

c)

Cue line

d)

Stage direction

24.

When a character leaves the stage

a)

Entrance

b)

Exit

c)

Stage direction

d)

Cue line

25.

What a character WANTS

a)

Objective

b)

Obstacle

c)

Action

d)

Beat

26.

Keeps the character from getting what they want

a)

Obstacle

b)

Objective

c)

Action

d)

Beat

27.

What a character DOES to get what they want

a)

Objective

b)

Obstacle

c)

Action

d)

Beat

28.

What is a "beat"

a)

A piece of action in a play

b)

An indication of music in a play

c)

The beginning of a play

d)

When a character in a play hits another character

29.

What often indicates a beat change?

a)

A character enters or exits

b)

A character accomplishes their objective

c)

Some outside force changes the flow of the scene

d)

All of these

30.

What do you call a character who opposes the protagonist?

a)

Deuteragonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Protagonist

d)

Tritagonist

31.

What is Shakespeare's first name?

a)

William

b)

Wallace

c)

Stephen

d)

Malcolm

32.

Who wrote The Merchant of Venice?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

Tony Kushner

d)

Jennifer Riley

33.

Who is the father of modern naturalistic acting?

a)

Stanislavsky

b)

Chekhov

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Freud

34.

How long has naturalistic acting as we know it existed?

a)

about 100 years

b)

about 200 years

c)

about 300 years

d)

about 400 years

35.

Shakespeare's plays were primarily written in...

a)

Verse

b)

Prose

c)

Song

d)

Braille

36.

Verse that does not feature rhyme is known as

a)

Blank verse

b)

Plain verse

c)

Real verse

d)

Boring verse

37.

Shakespeare wrote in a meter of verse called

a)

Iambic pentameter

b)

Iambic trimeter

c)

Iambic tetrameter

d)

Dactylic hexameter

38.

Shakespeare's verse featured how many feet per line?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

39.

How many syllables are found in each foot of Shakespeare's verse?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

40.

A syllable in a foot of meter that is given more weight is called

a)

Stressed

b)

Emphasized

c)

Elongated

d)

Loud

41.

The act of removing a vowel from a word to make it fewer syllables to fit a meter of verse is called

a)

Ellision

b)

Contraction

c)

Foreshortening

d)

Destruction

42.

A short line in a speech is typically indicative of

a)

A pause

b)

An interruption

c)

A song

d)

A mistake

43.

Shakespeare wrote his plays in rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Shakespearian actors were given the full script before rehearsing.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Shakespearian actors had MORE rehearsal time than actors do today.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The line that indicates it is another actor's turn to speak is called a

a)

cue line

b)

short line

c)

big line

d)

important line

47.

John Barton was a director for this theatre company

a)

The Royal Shakespeare Company

b)

The Earle Gray Players

c)

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

d)

The Mad Duck Theatre Collective

48.

Verse makes it EASIER for an actor to know how to say their lines

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Shakespeare's later plays often stuck MORE to the verse

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Shakespeare never wrote plays in prose.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

How man vowel sounds does the word "Time" have when pronounced in the Elizabethan way?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

52.

To keep from falling into a trap, one should always look for what in a speech?

a)

Variety

b)

Similarity

c)

Emotion

d)

Words

53.

Elizabethans often did this with language.

a)

Relished it

b)

Hated it

c)

Ignored it

d)

Forgot it

54.

What modern accent probably sounds most like Elizabethan English?

a)

Standard British

b)

American

c)

Scottish

d)

Canadian

55.

According to Hamlet, one should always match the action to the...

a)

Word

b)

Intent

c)

Emotion

d)

Desire

56.

What is a contrast or opposition between two things, which John Barton stresses the importance of?

a)

Antithesis

b)

Homophone

c)

Animus

d)

Simile

57.

Often when acting Shakespeare, John Barton argues, one should put the words before the character.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

When beginning to work on a piece of Shakespeare, it is best to start with the...

a)

Words

b)

Character

c)

Emotion

d)

Intent