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Basic Acting & Rehearsal Terminology

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author of a script

a)

playwright

b)

actor

c)

director

d)

producer

2.

The artistic leader of a production

a)

sound designer

b)

light designer

c)

director

d)

assistant director

3.

Which of these has the highest rank in a production?

a)

producer

b)

director

c)

assistant director

d)

actor

4.

When a director asks an actor to return and audition for a role again

a)

call back

b)

circle back

c)

walk back

d)

retract

5.

A play style that reflects real life

a)

representational

b)

presentational

6.

The actors in the scene do NOT interact with the audience.

a)

presentational

b)

representational

7.

A play style in which the actors address the audience

a)

presentational

b)

representational

8.

a play in which the *extremely* dramatic events connect to an audience's emotions

a)

melodrama

b)

tragedy

c)

comedy

d)

drama

9.

Dora the Explorer is a show in which a young lady teaches children about culture, travel, and language

a)

representational

b)

presentational

10.

All American is a fictional show in which a young football player is recruited to play for another school. The actors do not interact with the audience.

a)

representational

b)

presentational

11.

As an actor, you must follow the script, but use opportunities to develop a __ character

a)

unique

b)

boring

c)

low energy

d)

silent

12.

The process by which the actor seeks to make their role unique and entertaining

a)

acting

b)

characterization

c)

memorization

d)

dramatization

13.

What is the first layer in learning about a character?

a)

the internet

b)

subtext

c)

the text

d)

social media

14.

What is the third step in researching a non-fictional character?

a)

the text

b)

historical records or the media

c)

the subtext

15.

something that is implied in the play but not spoken

a)

the secrets

b)

the teacher

c)

the subtext

d)

the text

16.

a character that was a real person

a)

classical

b)

fictional

c)

historical

17.

a play that has withstood the test of time

a)

presentational

b)

fictional

c)

nonfictional

d)

classical

e)

representational

18.

the style of acting that focuses on thinking more than feeling

a)

technical acting

b)

method acting

19.

The Russian actor/director who founded the Method style of acting

a)

Andreyev

b)

Rabinovich

c)

Stanislavski

d)

Kotov

20.

acting in which the actor analyzes the conditions, obstacles, and objectives the character faces

a)

method

b)

technical

21.

A downfall of method acting is that actors are not as involved in their characters and struggle with unexpected occurrences in a performance

a)

True

b)

false

22.

Like any other group project, a group of actors must develop a philosophy of ___.

a)

individualism

b)

teamwork

c)

selfishness

d)

procrastination

23.

Many casts work together for so long in one space that they become like a family.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

To have one's lines memorized and not have the script in hand

a)

characterization

b)

off table

c)

off book

d)

subtext

25.

What the director says to get the actors ready to start the scene

a)

"Spots!"

b)

"Classical!"

c)

"Off book!"

d)

"Places!"

26.

What the director says to stop the action

a)

"Cut!"

b)

"Tear!"

c)

"Quit!"

d)

"No!"

27.

A story acted out by actors on a stage

a)

short story

b)

novel

c)

play

d)

playwright

28.

the finished play book is called a _

(a)  

29.

the person or company that edits and prints a play

a)

playwright

b)

publisher

c)

director

d)

script

30.

a serious play

a)

drama

b)

comedy

c)

dramedy

31.

a funny play

a)

drama

b)

melodrama

c)

comedy

d)

dramedy

32.

a play with a sad ending

a)

melodrama

b)

tragedy

c)

comedy

d)

dramedy

33.

a play that makes fun of something

a)

melodrama

b)

drama

c)

tragedy

d)

farce

34.

a play that is funny and sad at the same time

a)

comedy

b)

tragicomedy

c)

drama

d)

tragedy

35.

another word for the beginning of a play

a)

exposition

b)

climax

c)

setting

d)

denouement

36.

the location of the play

a)

climax

b)

exposition

c)

plot

d)

setting

37.

when the rising action of a play reaches its peak

a)

setting

b)

exposition

c)

climax

d)

plot

38.

the storyline of a play

a)

climax

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

exposition

39.

another name for the falling action of a play

a)

denouement

b)

exposition

c)

climax

d)

setting

40.

tryouts for roles in a play are called (a)   (s)

41.

when an actor says a speech toward the audience

a)

monoulog

b)

monologue

c)

monologg

d)

monilog

42.

something that keeps a character from their goal

a)

obstacle

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

character

43.

When an actor steals the scene or distracts the audience from the actor who should have their attention is called

(a)  

44.

What the character wants from the scene or play

a)

obstacle

b)

objective

c)

objects

45.

During a long monologue, a director may tell an actor to (a)   the stage, allowing them more freedom of movement.

46.

the area behind the curtain where the actors cannot be scene

(a)  

47.

Theatre term for moving to another stage area

a)

move

b)

walk

c)

cross

d)

step

48.

Theatre term meaning to move because another actor has moved to block you

a)

step away

b)

countercross

c)

upstage

d)

exposition

49.

When an actor compromises their body position so that the audience can see them, they are said to be (a)   out.