WorksheetsDrama through Theatre Final Exam Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
A ___________ is a person who performs a role in a play.
Director
Actor
Singer
The people watching the performance are called the ____________________.
Company
Flock
Audience
Members
A person who oversees the entire production of the play is called a ____________.
Producer
Writer
Director
The conversation between actors onstage is a (a) .
Upstage, downstage, right, left are stage directions.
TRUE
FALSE
Where the story takes place in a play.
(a)
The word tragedy comes from the Greek word tragos which means:
goat song
sad goat
angry singing
goat baby
Diction is the clear pronunciation of the words in the play.
TRUE
FALSE
The Greek theatre history began with festivals honoring their:
soldiers
gods
women
president
The opposition of forces that creates drama during the play is called a comedy.
TRUE
FALSE
Why was theatre banned during the Medieval and Puritan Period?
It was immoral
It wasn't banned
It wasn't cool.
They didn't have time.
The _________________ is the main character of a play or musical.
protagonist
PROTAGONIST
A long speech by a single character is a called a (a) .
The highness or lowness of the voice is called the (a) .
The volume of your voice onstage and the ability to fill the room with your voice is called ________________.
Projection
Articulation
Annunciation
A silent or frozen scene created by actors is called a tableau.
TRUE
FALSE
Acting without words through facial expressions, gestures and body movement is called ______________.
Acting
Performing
Pantomiming
stage directions, dialogue and name of play
name, age and gender
pencil, paper and eraser
personality traits, physical appearance and character names
What is an orchestra in early Greek theatre used for?
A crane-like device used to hoist the actors playing gods in the air
the area where the chorus danced
an area where music is played by a band
a small hut like building behind the acting area
Fill-in-the-blank: During the Elizabethan period, women were not allowed to act. Their roles were played by (a) .
Plays based on the last week of Christ's life are called ______________ plays and are still performed today.
Pleasant
Passion
Powerful
Painful
Who has been crowned the greatest playwright of all time?
John Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Arthur Miller
Ben Jonson
The first actor to step from the chorus and create a dialogue between the chorus and themselves was:
Theron
Thanos
Thespis
Thaddeus
________ is the oldest form of Eastern theatre dating back to the fourteenth century and is deeply rooted in religion and ceremony.
Bunraku
Kabuki
Noh
A person who writes plays is called a producer.
TRUE
FALSE
Roman performances included a great deal of mime, dancing and __________.
singing
prancing
crying
horseplay
___________is the only writer of Greek comedies who plays are still known to exist today.
Aristophanes
Euripides
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Who was born an African slave to a Roman senator but was later freed and became a playwright?
Seneca
Plautus
Terence
Use (a) to build toward the climax. The obstacles the characters face toward the climax.
