WorksheetsAdvanced Theatre Final
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 54mins
In Our Town, what does the stage look like when the play begins?
bare but signs of a town
the audience see a town in the background
a single light post and a park bench are all that the audience can see
completely bare
In Our Town, who was Dr. Gibbs' last patient
Howie Newsome, who had a broken arm
He delivered a set of twins
Joe Crowell's wife was having a baby
Joe Crowell was having indigestion
What is Howie Newsome's job in Our Town?
Mailman
Delivers milk
Mows grass
Delivers singing telegrams
In Our Town, what has Rebecca upset this morning?
She doesn't know what to wear
She doesn't like turkey for breakfast
Nothing. She is ready for the day
It is raining
Who wrote Noises Off!?
Michael Frayn
Lloyd Merriman
Robin Housemonger
Samuel Beckett
Noises Off! is a play within a play. What is the name of the play that the actors are rehearsing?
Noises Off
Noises On
Nothing On
Nothing Off
Who is the playwright of the play being rehearsed in Noises Off!?
Michael Frayn
Lloyd Merriman
Robin Housemonger
Samuel Beckett
Where does the play-within-a-play in Noises Off! take place?
25 miles from London
25 miles from nowhere
25 miles from New York City
25 miles from Paris
In Noises Off!, what is Mrs. Clackett carrying when she enters at the beginning of the play?
A serving tray of coffee
A basket of fresh linens
An imposing plate of sardines
A small child throwing a fit
In Noises Off!, where does Mrs. Clackett say Mr. and Mrs. Brent have gone?
The kitchen
Spain
New York
The moon
In Marvin's Room, why does Lee travel from Ohio to Florida to see her estranged sister Bessie?
Because her father forced her to end the estrangement
Because her son Charlie burned the house down
Because she decided some sun would be good for her, and she cannot afford to stay at a hotel
Because she needs to be tested as a bone marrow match for her leukemia-suffering sister
Marvin is the protagonist of Marvin's Room
True
False
The following characters in Marvin's Room are Lee's sons
Charlie
Wally
Bob
Marvin
Hank
In Marvin's Room, Aunt Ruth is incredibly forgetful and needs to be cared for.
True
False
What is the setting at the beginning of Radium Girls?
In a park
On the front porch steps
An attorney's office
A factory
In Radium Girls, how old was Grace when she began working at the factory?
5
15
25
35
In Radium Girls, what are Irene and Kathryn doing when the audience sees them for the first time?
They are mixing paint for the watches
They are putting makeup on
They are having a lunch break
They are flirting with their boss
In Radium Girls, what does Madam Curie say she will use the radium for?
To make light bulbs illuminate
To make thermometers to take the temperature of those with a fever
To cure cancer
To help her test
What is radium being used for in the factory in radium Girls?
medicine
painting watch faces
making fireworks
making makeup
In Radium Girls, who is Tom?
The manager at the factory
Madam Curie's assistant
Grace's fiance
Grace's cat
What is the most important rule of improv?
Yes, and...
Don't self edit
Listen
Commit
When might the skill of improv be useful for an actor?
Someone forgets a line
A prop is not placed correctly
A sound cue is missed
All of these
When in real life might the skill of improv be useful?
During a job interview
If a piece of equipment breaks at work
When solving a problem under a deadline
All of these
What is improv theatre?
Theatre that is made up on the spot
Theatre that is funny
Theatre that is written by the performers
Theatre with non-professional actors
What are the 3 R's of our theatre classroom
ready, respectful, responsible
respectful, ready, reactive
reactive, responsible, respectful
respectful, responsible, ridiculous
What is meant by the rule "you are not alone"
You must collaborate with the other improver(s) on stage
You must talk to the audience
You must make yourself look better than the other improver(s)
None of these
What is Shakespeare's first name?
William
Wallace
Stephen
Malcolm
Who wrote The Merchant of Venice?
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Tony Kushner
Jennifer Riley
Who is the father of modern naturalistic acting?
Stanislavsky
Chekhov
Shakespeare
Freud
How long has naturalistic acting as we know it existed?
about 100 years
about 200 years
about 300 years
about 400 years
Shakespeare's plays were primarily written in...
Verse
Prose
Song
Braille
Verse that does not feature rhyme is known as
Blank verse
Plain verse
Real verse
Boring verse
Shakespeare wrote in a meter of verse called
Iambic pentameter
Iambic trimeter
Iambic tetrameter
Dactylic hexameter
Shakespeare's verse featured how many feet per line?
3
4
5
6
How many syllables are found in each foot of Shakespeare's verse?
1
2
3
4
A syllable in a foot of meter that is given more weight is called
Stressed
Emphasized
Elongated
Loud
The act of removing a vowel from a word to make it fewer syllables to fit a meter of verse is called
Ellision
Contraction
Foreshortening
Destruction
A short line in a speech is typically indicative of
A pause
An interruption
A song
A mistake
Shakespeare wrote his plays in rhyme.
True
False
Shakespearian actors were given the full script before rehearsing.
True
False
Shakespearian actors had MORE rehearsal time than actors do today.
True
False
The line that indicates it is another actor's turn to speak is called a
cue line
short line
big line
important line
John Barton was a director for this theatre company
The Royal Shakespeare Company
The Earle Gray Players
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Mad Duck Theatre Collective
Verse makes it EASIER for an actor to know how to say their lines
True
False
Shakespeare's later plays often stuck MORE to the verse
True
False
Shakespeare never wrote plays in prose.
True
False
How man vowel sounds does the word "Time" have when pronounced in the Elizabethan way?
1
2
3
4
To keep from falling into a trap, one should always look for what in a speech?
Variety
Similarity
Emotion
Words
Elizabethans often did this with language.
Relished it
Hated it
Ignored it
Forgot it
What modern accent probably sounds most like Elizabethan English?
Standard British
American
Scottish
Canadian
According to Hamlet, one should always match the action to the...
Word
Intent
Emotion
Desire
What is a contrast or opposition between two things, which John Barton stresses the importance of?
Antithesis
Homophone
Animus
Simile
Often when acting Shakespeare, John Barton argues, one should put the words before the character.
True
False
When beginning to work on a piece of Shakespeare, it is best to start with the...
Words
Character
Emotion
Intent
