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Parts of the stage quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on one side?

a)

Proscenium stage

b)

Thrust stage

c)

Arena

d)

Black box

2.

Which type of stage is when the audience is seated on three sides

a)

Thrust stage

b)

Proscenium stage

c)

Arena Stage

d)

Blackbox stage

3.

Which of the following is considered a stage with the audience on all sides?

a)

Proscenium stage

b)

Thrust stage

c)

Blackbox stage

d)

Arena Stage

4.

Which type of stage can you change the seating arrangement to anything the director wants?

a)

Proscenium stage

b)

Thrust stage

c)

Flexible/Blackbox stage

d)

Arena Stage

5.

What is the "house"?

a)

Where the audience sits

b)

Where the actors live

c)

Where the actors change their costumes

d)

Where the actors perform

6.

What is the orchestra pit?

a)

Where the musicians sit and play

b)

Where the actors go offstage

c)

Where the actors practice lines

d)

The place where actors change their costumes

7.

What is the "Apron"?

a)

The part of the stage that extends into the audience and is the furthest downstage.

b)

A costume piece

c)

Where the actors relax between scenes

d)

The curtains

8.

What is the "Proscenium arch"?

a)

The frame around the stage

b)

an archway you drive under

c)

a curtain

d)

a prop

9.

What are the "Wings" in a theatre?

a)

A prop to make actors fly

b)

The backstage areas Left and Right where the audience cannot see

c)

a costume piece

d)

Backstage behind the upstage curtain

10.

What is a "traveller" in a theatre?

a)

A curtain that can open and close all the way horizontally

b)

a curtain that does not move

c)

an actor

d)

a scenic piece

11.

What is a "teaser" in a theatre?

a)

A horizontal masking that is lowered to reduce the height of the opening

b)

a curtain that blocks stage left and right

c)

a curtain that opens and closes

d)

a costume piece

12.

What is a "Leg" in theatre?

a)

something you break?

b)

a curtain that masks backstage left and right (Wings)

c)

a curtain that opens and closes

d)

The furthest upstage curtain

13.

What is a "Grand Drape" in theatre?

a)

The main curtain closest to the audience

b)

The furthest upstage curtain

c)

The curtain in the middle of the stage

d)

a prop

14.

What is a "Trap door" in a theatre?

a)

a door that leads to under the stage for actors to make quick exits or entrances

b)

The door actors youse to go backstage

c)

The door that leads to the stage

d)

The door that leads to the theatre classroom

15.
Choose the correct stage direction for #3.
a)
Upstage left
b)
Downstage right
c)
Upstage right
16.
Choose the correct stage direction for #4.
a)
Downstage left
b)
Downstage right
c)
Center
17.
Choose the correct stage direction for #5.
a)
Center
b)
Downstage right
c)
Right center
18.
Choose the correct stage direction for #6.
a)
Left Center
b)
Upstage Center
c)
Upstage Left
19.
Choose the correct stage direction for #7.
a)
Downstage Center
b)
Upstage center
c)
Upstage left
20.
Choose the correct stage direction for #8.
a)
Upstage center
b)
Upstage left
c)
Upstage right
21.
Choose the correct stage direction for #9.
a)
Downstage left
b)
Upstage left
c)
Left center
22.
Choose the correct stage direction for 
#1
a)
Left Center
b)
Right Center
c)
Downstage Center
23.
Choose the correct stage direction 
#2
a)
Upstage right
b)
Center
c)
Left Center
24.

What is the most commonly used type of stage position?

a)

Full front

b)

3/4 left or right

c)

1/4 Left or Right

d)

Profile Left or Right