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Beginning Theatre Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

List the six basic principles of stage movement.

4 lines
2.

Which is the easiest pitch to project and the easiest for an audience to listen to?

a)

low

b)

medium

c)

high

3.

In what year did Alfred Hitchcock move to the United States?

a)

1935

b)

1945

c)

1939

d)

1950

4.

What is another term for "open position"?

a)

cheating out

b)

cheating in

c)

closed position

d)

articulation

5.

What is the difference in poor articulation and improper pronunciation?

4 lines
6.

List five rules for audience etiquette.

4 lines
7.

What is Mel Brooks' birth name?

a)

Mel Brooks

b)

Melvin Kaminsky

c)

Melva Houston

d)

Mellinium Falcon

8.

What are the seven articulators?

4 lines
9.

How many Academy Awards has Meryl Streep won?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

10.

List the five parts of Freytag's pyramid in the CORRECT ORDER.

4 lines
11.

Where did Denzel Washington work as a counselor?

a)

Summer Camp

b)

Boys Club

c)

Daymark

d)

MAHS

12.

What kind of stage do we have at MAHS

a)

Arena

b)

Thrust

c)

Proscenium

13.

What separates a good actor from a great actor?

a)

Money

b)

Fame

c)

Emotion

d)

Philanthropy

14.

What city did Tennessee Williams move to in order to concentrate on writing?

a)

Detroit, MI

b)

New Orleans, LA

c)

Mount Airy, NC

d)

Nashville, TN

15.

What state was Paul Newman born in?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Wisconsin

c)

Ohio

d)

Confusion

16.

What are the four resonators?

4 lines
17.

What is a master gesture?

4 lines
18.

Which famous film in 2000 did Tom Hanks star in that had long periods of time with no dialogue?

a)

Cast Away

b)

Forrest Gump

c)

The Polar Express

d)

You've Got Mail

19.

What causes poor articulation?

4 lines
20.

What does falling inflection indicate?

a)

Questioning

b)

Finality

c)

Sarcasm

d)

Doubt

21.

What are the three warm up areas?

4 lines
22.

What was William Shakespeare's nickname?

a)

Billyboy Wigglespeare

b)

The Bard

c)

The Bird

d)

The Bart

23.

What are five symptoms of stage fright?

4 lines
24.

List three things that stage business can communicate.

4 lines
25.

When in Freytag's pyramid does the audience usually sense the play's mood?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Falling Action

d)

Denouement