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Theatre Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is missing? ____, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

a)

Dropping Action

b)

Climbing Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Expenditure

2.

When speaking on stage, you should project from your _______.

a)

Detector

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Drainage

d)

Esophagus

3.

What is missing from this order? Producer, ____ Designer, Stage Crew

a)

Director

b)

Principal

c)

House Manager

d)

Ticket Office

4.

What is the arch that frames the stage?

a)

Proscenium Cube

b)

Proscenium Arch

c)

Archie

d)

Gazebo

5.

Tongue Twisters help you warm up which part of your body?

a)

Arms and legs

b)

Knees and toes

c)

Head and shoulders

d)

Lips and the tongue

6.

Scripts can be a reflection of a specific ____ and _____. It also can tell you how the culture was during that time period.

a)

Future and Space

b)

Celebrities and Cranberries

c)

Food and medicine

d)

Time and place

7.

What is a collection of work that you would provide in a job interview?

(As a Designer)

a)

Sticky notes

b)

Portfolio

c)

Journal

d)

Etch a Sketch

8.

Select all of the Professional Theatre careers.

a)

Make-up Designer

b)

Lighting Designer

c)

Director

d)

Accountant

9.

If you have a professional actor, what should you bring with you to a audition?

a)

Cookies to bribe the director

b)

An ego

c)

Resume and Monologue

d)

An unmemorized monologue

10.

If you stress a word in a sentence such as "The doll that WAS on the shelf."

This is called putting ______ on the word.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Pace

c)

Pitch

d)

Volume

11.

Select all the designer roles in Theatre.

a)

Costume Designer

b)

Make-up Designer

c)

Lighting Designer

d)

Sound and Prop Designer

12.

Which would be considered a PROP in the musical MATILDA?

(It doesn't matter if you have seen Matilda)

a)

Matilda's book

b)

Matilda's costume

c)

The projector for the special effect

d)

The couch

13.

If there are words in parenthesis in a play, those are called ____? Who speaks them during a performance?

a)

Narrator's lines, Narrator speaks them

b)

Teacher's Lines, Teacher speaks them

c)

STAGE DIRECTIONS, no one speaks them

d)

Anyone in the play speaks them

14.

Which one could be a stage direction in a show? (Select all that apply)

a)

Book

b)

He crosses downstage.

c)

Couch

d)

She hangs up the phone and walks upstage.

15.

Which is the weakest body position onstage?

a)

Full Back

b)

Full Front

c)

Profile Left/Profile Right

d)

Quarter Left/Quarter Right

16.

Which is NOT good audience etiquette? (select all that apply)

a)

Screaming to show support like a baseball game!

b)

Yelling/Talking/

whispering during a performance

c)

Letting your baby cry and not taking them out to the lobby

d)

Not putting your cell phone on silent

17.

When is it appropriate to applaud during a show? (select all that apply)

a)

At the end

b)

When someone does something impressive

c)

EVERY time their friend speaks onstage

d)

After a big musical number

18.

What is the relationship between Mrs. Wormwood and Matilda Wormwood?

a)

Father/Son

b)

Mother/Daughter

c)

Big sister/Little Sister

d)

Best Friends

19.

What is blind casting?

a)

When the show has blind actors.

b)

Anyone with a disability that casts a show.

c)

When a blind director casts a show.

d)

Also known as non-traditional casting where race and ethnicity are not considered.

20.

Select an example of constructive criticism.

a)

All shows should be funny! This one wasn't funny.

b)

I just came to watch my friend and she was perfect!

c)

It was aight!

d)

You did well on this part but need to work on ____.

21.

What is subtext?

a)

The footnote

b)

Any text that is not announced but is understood in a show.

c)

The header

d)

When a tech crew calls out a line when they are "on book"

22.

Who is considered to be the first actor on stage from Greek Theatre History?

a)

Thespis

b)

Greekia

c)

Thessalonian

d)

Greecia

23.

What are the series of steps that theatrical designers use to create the look for a show/production?

a)

Research Process

b)

Concept Process

c)

Design Process

d)

Picking stage

24.

SOUNDS that set the mood, time, or place of the scene are called ______.

a)

Space Sound Effect

b)

Album Sound Effect

c)

Music Sound Effect

d)

Ambience Sound Effect

25.

What is the name for the person that writes a play?

a)

Director

b)

Playwright

c)

Actor

d)

Tech Crew