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Ensemble Building & Pantomime Vocabulary Benchmark

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means: "An addition or amendment to a document?"

a)

Rider

b)

Self-Expression

c)

Troupe

d)

Crew

2.

Which word means: "The expression of one's feelings, thoughts, or ideas, especially in writing, art, music, or dance?"

a)

Rider

b)

Ensemble

c)

Self-Expression

d)

Collaboration

3.

Which word means: "To perform for an audience representing another person?"

a)

Cast

b)

Company

c)

Crew

d)

Act

4.

Which word means: "Actors in a play?"

a)

Pantomime

b)

Gibberish

c)

Business

d)

Cast

5.

Which word means: "The work of many people toward a common goal; work done by many people?"

a)

Dresser

b)

Business

c)

Ensemble

d)

Collaboration

6.

Which word means: "Actors and crew of a company?"

a)

Pantomime

b)

Company

c)

Self-Expression

d)

Cast

7.

Which word means: "A group of workers who handle a specific aspect of a production?"

a)

Troupe

b)

Stage Manager

c)

Crew

d)

Ensemble

8.

Which word means: "Acting without talking or sound effects?"

a)

Pantomime

b)

Act

c)

Ensemble

d)

Characterization

9.

Which word means: "Group of actors, especially those that tour from place to place?"

a)

Company

b)

Troupe

c)

Crew

d)

Gesture

10.

Which word means: "A cast of characters (sometimes excluding the principal character)?"

a)

Ensemble

b)

Business

c)

Gesture

d)

Improv

11.

Which word means: "The person who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production?"

a)

Light Board Operator

b)

Stage Manager

c)

Run Crew Head

d)

Director

12.

Which word means: "Person responsible for ensuring that the theatrical performance runs smoothly and to schedule?"

a)

Director

b)

Run Crew Head

c)

Stage Manager

d)

Ensemble

13.

Which word means: "Person who supervises the Run Crew, maintaining scene changes and the flow of the show?"

a)

Stage Manager

b)

Run Crew Head

c)

Director

d)

Wardrobe Supervisor

14.

Which word means: "Operates and/or programs the light board?"

a)

Light Board Operator

b)

Sound Board Operator

c)

Lighting Designer

d)

Sound Engineer

15.

Which word means: "Person who is the head of the props department?"

a)

Stage Manager

b)

Wardrobe Supervisor

c)

Run Crew Head

d)

Props Master

16.

Which word means: "Person responsible for supervising the costume area during dress rehearsals and performances?"

a)

Crew

b)

Wardrobe Supervisor

c)

Dresser

d)

Director

17.

Which word means: "A theatrical stagehand involved with maintaining costume quality and assisting actors with costume changes?'

a)

Director

b)

Dresser

c)

Run Crew

d)

Rider

18.

Which word means: "Person who assists the stage manager?"

a)

Actor

b)

Assistant Stage Manager

c)

Stage Manager

d)

Director

19.

Which word means: "Person who produces, amplifies, mixes, records, syncs, and reproduces sounds, effects for music for theatre productions?'

a)

Ensemble

b)

Sound Board Operator

c)

Director

d)

Sound Engineer

20.

Which word means: "Person who operates and/or programs the sound board?"

a)

Sound Board Operator

b)

Sound Engineer

c)

Stage Manager

d)

Run Crew

21.

Which word means: "To create lines or action spontaneously when necessary?"

a)

Act

b)

Business

c)

Ad-Lib

d)

Gesture

22.

Which word means: "Small bit of action."

a)

Business

b)

Gesture

c)

Gibberish

d)

Improv

23.

Which word means: "Movement of a part of the body to communicate an emotion or idea?"

a)

Gibberish

b)

Gesture

c)

Act

d)

Self-Expression

24.

Which word means: "Unintelligible or meaningless speech?"

a)

Gesture

b)

Business

c)

Gibberish

d)

Pantomime

25.

Which word means: "A spontaneous form of theatre that is inspired by the audience and so is never the same show twice?"

a)

Ensemble

b)

Gesture

c)

Gibberish

d)

Improv

26.

Which word means: "A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story?"

a)

Picture

b)

Tableau

c)

Cast

d)

Gesture

27.

Which word means: "People who watch and or listen and respond to a performance?"

a)

Characterization

b)

Dual Role

c)

Evoke

d)

Audience

28.

Which word means: "To bring or recall to the conscious mind?"

a)

Act

b)

Evoke

c)

Dual Role

d)

Director

29.

Which word means: "Putting together all facets of a character to make that person a believable individual who can be portrayed before an audience?"

a)

Dual Role

b)

Gibberish

c)

Gesture

d)

Characterization

30.

Which word means: "An actor's task of thinking, feeling, moving & speaking as the character while maintaining technical control - staying open and audible, remembering lines and cues, using "fake" props as if they are real, etc.?"

a)

Multi-tasking

b)

Gesture

c)

Dual Role

d)

Business

31.

Which word means: "Bigger than in real life?"

a)

Isolation

b)

Resistance

c)

Exaggerated

d)

Business

32.

Which word means: "Agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole; a common baseline?"

a)

Consistency

b)

Isolation

c)

Resistance

d)

Exaggerated

33.

Which word means: "The separation of parts of the body for individual development and expression?"

a)

Resistance

b)

Consistency

c)

Isolation

d)

Gesture

34.

Which word means: "Attempt to prevent something by action or argument?"

a)

Consistency

b)

Resistance

c)

Isolation

d)

Pantomime

35.

Which word means: "Any thing that helps drive a story forward?"

a)

Tableua

b)

Stage Manager

c)

Storytelling Device

d)

Gesture