wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Theatre Quiz - Post Pantomime

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the offstage areas to the left and right of the stage called? 
a)
Sidelines
b)
Offsides
c)
Whales
d)
Wings
2.
Slightly turning your body toward the audience is called what?
a)
Stapling
b)
Twisting
c)
Cheating Out
d)
Cheating Up
3.

What is 2?

a)

Up Stage

b)

Stage Left

c)

Stage Right

d)

Down Stage

4.

What is 8?

a)

Up Stage

b)

Stage Left

c)

Stage Right

d)

Down Stage

5.

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

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

d)

Black Box

6.

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

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

d)

Black Box

7.

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

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

d)

Black Box

8.
What is the area where the audience sits called?
a)
Crib
b)
Condo
c)
House
d)
Auditory 
9.
What is the term for a movement across a stage? 
a)
Jaunt
b)
Cross
c)
Trip
d)
Counter
10.
What is the term for moving in the opposite direction of an actor making a cross? 
a)
Raked
b)
Motivation
c)
Objective
d)
Counter-Cross
11.

What is the front curtain called?

(a)  

12.

Stage right and left on stage is from whose perspective?

(a)  

13.

Pantomime means to...

a)

Act without rehearsal

b)

Act without props

c)

Act without audience

d)

Act without a partner

14.

When pantomiming an object you must remember what 3 qualities of that object?

a)

Size

b)

Shape

c)

Color

d)

Density

e)

Weight

15.

This stage is a performance space that can be arranged in many different ways and does not have a set seating arrangement for the audience

a)

Thrust Stage

b)

Arena Stage

c)

Proscenium Stage

d)

Black Box

16.

An audience enters the theatre through

a)

The Lobby

b)

The Wings

c)

The Crossover

d)

The Dressing Rooms

17.

A tableau is...

a)

A pantomimed apple

b)

A type of table

c)

The room where tech is run from

d)

A stage picture

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

The "Picture Frame"-like opening at the front of the stage is called what? Spelling counts!

a)

Proseniem Arch

b)

Cyclorama

c)

Proscenium Arch

d)

Counterweight System

e)

Psycloroma

23.

Any acting space in front of the Main Rag is known as the...

a)

Apron

b)

Pit

c)

Wing

d)

House

24.

Unique, New York.

New York, Unique.

You know you need.

__________________

a)

New York, Unique

b)

Unique, New York

c)

New York, New York

d)

Unique, Unique

25.

Oh, speak again bright angel!

For thou art as ____________ to this night

Being o'er my head as is a winged messenger of heaven.

a)

Hideous

b)

Rapturous

c)

Glorious

d)

Miserable

26.

What 3 sounds are made after "Repetica"?

a)

Ts

b)

Gr

c)

Ch

d)

Ra

e)

Shwa

27.

How many grey geese are in the green grass grazing?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

28.

What is in the copper coffee cup?

a)

A proper cup of coffee

b)

A proper coffee cup

c)

A copper pot of coffee

d)

A coffin props of coffee

29.

The protagonist is the person who...

a)

Is the good guy in the story

b)

Has the most lines in the story

c)

Has the largest goal in the story

d)

Is the best-looking person in the story

30.

The objective of the story is...

a)

What happens at the pivotal moment

b)

What the Protagonist wants

c)

What the Antagonist wants

d)

What happens before the story starts