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Acting Final- The Basics

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A conversation among characters?

a)

Monologue

b)

Stage Direction

c)

Dialogue

d)

Speaking role

2.

Plays are broken down into?

a)

Acts

b)

Scripts

c)

People

d)

Story type

3.

What is another word for a problem in a drama?

a)

Issue

b)

Drama

c)

Fight

d)

Conflict

4.

Acts can be broken down into?

a)

Monologues

b)

Scenes

c)

Different parts

d)

Genre

5.

What are stage directions?

a)

A script

b)

What the actors read on stage

c)

Notes to the Actors, Directors, and readers

d)

The narrators lines

6.

Items that Actors/ Characters carry or handle on stage are

(a)  

7.
Responsible for announcing "cues" during a production for lights, sound, sets, props, and actors during a show.
a)

Actress

b)

Stage Manager

c)

Sound Designer

d)

Stage Makeup Artist

8.
Builds and designs sets for a production.  Works closely with director to get a sense of where the action is taking place.
a)
Set Designer
b)
Producer
c)
Costume Designer
d)
Music Director
9.
Responsible for leading rehearsals, hiring, actors, and the overall vision of a production.
a)
Producer
b)
Makeup Artist
c)
Prop Master
d)
Director
10.
What is Downstage?
a)
The part of the stage nearest the audience
b)
The part of the stage farthest from the audience
c)
The part of the stage left of the audience
d)
The area of the stage left of the actor
11.
Scenes
a)
the chapters in a drama
b)
characters in a drama
c)
the place where actors perform
d)
show the changes in settings overtime
12.
Monologue is a speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person to express his/her thoughts and ideas aloud.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Thespian
a)
fate that can not be escaped
b)
term for an actor
c)
group of actors that comment on the action
d)
tragic flaw
14.
Monologue
a)

A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters
b)

A signal from the stage manager to actor, stage crew props manager, or lighting technician that some predetermined action such as an entrance is required
c)

A division of an act or the play itself
d)

A work written to be spoken by just one person.
15.
Blocking
a)

The part of the theater building that holds the audience; also called the house
b)

Determining the basic movements of the actors during a play; sometimes provided by the playwright,sometimes developed by actors, but usually supplied by the director
c)
Notes added to the script of play, generally in italics or parentheses that provide the line readings, blocking, business, etc.
d)

The surrounding in which the action of the play develops
16.
Soliloquy
a)
on stage speaks his or her own thoughts aloud
b)

A work written to be spoken by just one person.
17.
Set
a)
The area immediately offstage left and right where actors stand to await their cues.
b)

The surrounding in which the action of the play develops
c)

The part of the theater building that holds the audience; also called the house
18.
What is Up Stage?
a)
The part of the stage nearest the audience 
b)
The part of the stage farthest from the audience
c)
The part of the stage left of the audience
d)
The part of the stage left of the actor
19.

The arrangement of the incidents that take place in a play.

a)

Exposition

b)

Climax

c)

Plot

d)

Antagonist

20.

Turning point in the action of a play.

a)

Climax

b)

Spectacle

c)

Conflict

d)

Act

21.

The character opposing the protagonist.

a)

Comedy

b)

Act

c)

Climax

d)

Antagonist

22.

The basic idea or purpose of the play. It ties together all the characters and events.

a)

Conflict

b)

Theme

c)

Act

d)

Comedy

23.

To determine stage right & stage left, you stand

a)

looking out at the audience

b)

facing away from the audience

24.

True or False: A Read Through is when the actors sit down together and read the script out loud with no physical acting.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What is a physical copy of the show that is being performed that has character lines and stage directions in it called?

a)

Blocking

b)

Strike

c)

Script

d)

Crossing

26.

What is the space where the audience is seated to watch a show called?

a)

The house

b)

The greenroom

c)

The apron

d)

The wings

27.

True or false: Strike is when the set is built and placed on the stage.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What is it called when an actor positions their body towards the audience to ensure they can be seen?

a)

Crossing

b)

Blocking

c)

Fronting

d)

Cheating

29.

What is it called when all the actors come and take their bows at the end of a show?

a)

Intermission

b)

Strike

c)

Curtain Call

d)

Rehearsal

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