Worksheets2nd Week Vocabulary #2 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
The main character who opposes the protagonist.
thespian
character
antagonist
protagonist
The area behind the scenery not visible to the audience.
green room
house
backstage
none of the above
The director’s planned movement for the actors.
choreography
blocking
spiking
none of the above
When an actor auditions for the role without having read the script.
cold reading
callback
auditions
casting
What has happened before the play began or what is happening as the play begins.
plot
exposition
climax
resolution
The imaginary wall through which the audience views the play.
(a)
A room where actors relax before and after performances.
(a)
A spontaneous style of theatre with unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes.
cold reading
pantomime
improvisation
none of the above
A long, uninterrupted speech by one character is a soliloquy.
TRUE.
FALSE.
A dramatic production where the characters are required to sing, dance, and act.
pantomime
improvisation
musical
plot
Telling a story through bodily movement and expression with no words is Improvisation.
TRUE
FALSE
To increase voice or actions so they carry out to the farthest person in the audience.
(a)
The person in charge of obtaining and organizing all of the props for a play is the props manager.
TRUE
FALSE
The main character who opposes the antagonist.
thespian
understudy
antagonist
protagonist
The place where the scenery and props are constructed.
greenroom
backstage
scene shop
costume shop
A printed copy of the play.
(a)
Marking the rehearsal area with electric tape to indicate the positions of furniture, doors, etc.
rendering
spiking
blocking
none of the above
The person who directs the backstage crews and runs the show once it goes into performances.
director
stage manager
understudy
thespian
Another word for “actor is ______________, which is named after the early Greek actor Thespis.
mime
concertmaster
soubrette
thespian
An actor who learns a role in the event a lead actor cannot perform.
(a)
