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Dr. Rogers' Theatre Arts 6-8 Final Exam

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 56mins

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1.

  Stage Directions/ Blocking: Explain What is ¾ cheating out means?

a)

back facing the audience

b)

both feet facing your partner on stage

c)

one foot towards the audince and other foot towards your partner

d)

using a cheat sheet to memorize your lines

2.

Blocking: What is the first rule when going on stage to perform?

a)

always smile and lower your voice

b)

Never put your back towards the audience

c)

never stand upstage

d)

always block the antagonist

3.

When a director yells “cut,” explain what it means?

a)

To Continue

b)

You're fired

c)

To slow down

d)

To Stop

4.

Explain “extras” in a scene?

a)

People doing too much

b)

People acting in the background

c)

People not getting paid or a grade.

d)

Main Actors in a scene

5.

What does "upstaging" mean?

a)

When you walk upstage

b)

When you force another actor to turn their back or shine brighter than others on stage

c)

When you force another actor off stage

d)

When you die on stage because you forgot your lines

6.

  What is a dialogue or duologue?

a)

One actor dies onstage

b)

Two actors die on stage

c)

Three Actors talk on stage

d)

Two actors interact in a scene

7.

What is "dead air" on camera or on stage?

a)

no sound at all

b)

when actors die

c)

when an actor sings off key

d)

too much sound

8.

What or Who is an "understudy"?

a)

When you forget to study

b)

When a person learns another actor's lines

c)

When an actor steals a role

d)

When you study to past a test

9.

Acting on stage you should...

a)

Project your voice and know your cue

b)

Turn your back to the audience

c)

never use props

d)

keep your head down and hands in your pockets

10.

Upstage means...

a)

moving away from the audience

b)

Moving towards the audiece

c)

walking away from another actor

d)

Standing close to he audience

11.

IMPROV acting is...

a)

reading a script

b)

singing a made up song

c)

Unscripted acting

d)

rehearsed acting

12.

OPEN blocking is...

a)

back is turned to the audience

b)

Both feet/ toes facing the audience

c)

Both feet facing your partner on stage

d)

walking away from the audience

13.

What is PROFILE blocking?

a)

when you profile a person character

b)

When both feet face the audience

c)

When both feet are off stage

d)

When both feet are facing your partner on stage

14.

Props (in theatre) are...

a)

people on stage acting

b)

objects used to convey a scene

c)

things people play with outside

d)

when you say good job.

15.

Many decades ago, Hollywood did NOT allow black actors to perform in their movies so they decided to......

a)

Use real black animals instead.

b)

Paint white people faces black.

c)

hire white women.

d)

put black people in slavery.

16.

Blocking: DOWNSTAGE

a)

sitting in the audience

b)

moving away from the audience

c)

moving towards the audience

d)

standing back stage

17.

Explain the stage blocking term: House Right

a)

When actors move to the left of the stage.

b)

When actors move to the right of the stage

c)

When actors sit in the audience

d)

When the audience sit on the right side.

18.

What is another word for Stage Right?

a)

Right Wing

b)

Left Wing

c)

House Left

d)

House Right

19.

Stage right is to  the actor's right not the audience's

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

The 'Apron' is what?

a)

A part of actor's costume

b)

A part of the stage that protrudes out into the audience

c)

The part of the theatre where programmes and tickets are sold

d)

The area where actors wait to go on stage

21.

In Shakespeare's orignal plays, young men would play the parts of a female character on stage because...

a)

Men did not like them

b)

Real women were NOT allowed to act on stage

c)

Women had their own stage plays

d)

Their wives would be jealous if they kissed an real woman on stage

22.

If an actor corpses it means they have forgotten their lines

a)

TRUE, it means they forgot and died on stage

b)

FALSE, it means they laughed and broke character.

23.

Explain the term "ad-lib"

a)

to add a song to the scene

b)

to break character

c)

to act from your script

d)

to improvise stage business or conversation

24.

Explain the term "Blocking Yourself"

a)

getting behind furniture or other actors so that you cannot be seen by the audience

b)

who and what are onstage when the curtain opens

c)

You stand on stage where ever you want to

d)

Not listening to the director

25.

What does "hold for laughs" mean?

a)

when an actor is laughing on stage

b)

When an actors courpses

c)

when you hold in a laugh

d)

waiting for the audience to quiet down after a funny line or scene

26.

Who or what is a protagonist?

a)

Leading Character or Hero

b)

Villian of the story

c)

Extras in the story

d)

Non-main character

27.

What are the two main factors of an Exposition?

a)

Protagonist & Antagonist

b)

Genre & Title

c)

Character & Setting

d)

Place & Time

28.

Breaking the 4th wall means...

a)

talking on your phone on stage

b)

Talking to the director off stage

c)

Knocking down the walls on the stage set

d)

Talking directly to the audience or camera