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Exploring Theatre: Ch. 1, 2, & 12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a repeated custom or ceremony and the foundation of theatre?

a)

Dramatic Structure

b)

Ritual

c)

Conventions

d)

Acting

2.

True/False: The Wizard of Oz is a book by Frank Baum, an MGM movie,  and a musical by John Kane, Harold Arlen, and E.Y. Harburg. These are all different forms of the same content.  

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is the essence of drama?

a)

Acting

b)

Conflict

c)

Conventions

d)

Etiquette

4.

What is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances?

a)

Acting

b)

Conflict

c)

Conventions

d)

Inner Monologue

5.

What is pretending what's happening on stage is real?

a)

Aesthetic Distance/Audience Viewpoint

b)

Dramatic Structure

c)

Theatre Conventions

d)

Suspend Belief/Willing Suspension of Disbelief

6.

Who are the people who play the characters?

a)

Conventions

b)

Characters

c)

Actors

d)

Playwright

7.

What is the golden rule?

a)

Engrain in your brain.

b)

Participate.

c)

Commit to the bit.

d)

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

8.

The actors are portraying what?

a)

Applause

b)

Characters

c)

Playwrights

d)

Conventions

9.

What is the written text of a play?

a)

Dramatic Structure

b)

Aesthetic Distance

c)

Suspend Belief

d)

Script

10.

Who writes the play?

a)

Director

b)

Actor

c)

Playwright

d)

Producer

11.

What do we call the story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience?

a)

Play

b)

Aesthetic Distance

c)

Suspend Belief

d)

Theatre Conventions

12.

What is the booklet that provides information about the production?

a)

Marquee

b)

Playbill/Program

c)

Advertisement

d)

Dramatic Structure

13.

When do the actors bow and receive audience appreciation in the form of applause?

a)

Curtain Call

b)

Intermission

c)

Intermezzi

d)

The Overture

14.

What is a short break in the action of the play for the audience?

a)

Constructive Criticism

b)

Intermission

c)

Inner Monologue

d)

Evaluation

15.

What is the way the audience sees and responds to the show?

a)

Aesthetic Distance/Audience Viewpoint

b)

Actor Viewpoint

c)

Suspend Belief/Willing Suspension of Disbelief

d)

Theatre Conventions

16.

What are helpful comments and opinions that are expressed in a positive way?

a)

Evaluation

b)

Constructive Criticism

c)

Inner Monologue

d)

Self-Confidence

17.

What do we call a group of people working together collaboratively?

a)

Colleagues

b)

Ensemble

c)

Enemies

d)

Opps

18.

What are mental comments and opinions we repeat to ourselves constantly?

a)

Self-Confidence

b)

Self-Talk/Inner Monologue

c)

Evaluation

d)

Constructive Criticism

19.

What is an evaluation?

a)

Judgment of strengths and weaknesses

b)

A group of people working together cooperatively

c)

Helpful comments and opinions that are expressed in a positive way

d)

Working together, getting along, and sharing responsibility

20.

What is another word for cooperation, working together, getting along, and sharing responsibility?

a)

Form

b)

Content

c)

Collaboration

d)

Convention