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Theatre Terms Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of 'Act'?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

A reference to another work of art

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

2.

What does the term 'Ad-lib' mean?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

A reference to another work of art

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

3.

What is an 'Allusion'?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

A reference to another work of art

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

4.

What is the definition of 'Aside'?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

A reference to another work of art

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

5.

What does 'Blocking' refer to?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

The process of determining the placement or location of actors on stage

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

6.

What is the 'Climax' in a play?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

The turning point or event which leads to the 'downfall'

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

7.

What does it mean to 'Cross' on stage?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

To improvise part or all of a scene

c)

To move from one place to another on stage

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

8.

What is a 'Cue' in theatre?

a)

A unit or division of a play

b)

The words or actions at which an actor is expected to deliver a line or a crew member is expected to perform some task

c)

A reference to another work of art

d)

A speech or comment made by an actor directly to the audience

9.

Dialogue

a)

Speech between characters in a play

b)

Words thought in a head

c)

The words or actions at which an actor is expected to deliver a line or a crew member is expected to perform some task.

d)

to move from one place to another on stage

10.

Empathy

a)

A type of emotion expressed when you hurt yourself

b)

Identification with and understanding of a character’s situation, feelings, and motives

c)
The ability to understand and share the feelings of others
d)

A way to feel for yourself

11.

Fourth Wall

a)
A type of architecture
b)

An imaginary wall that separates the actors on a stage from the audience in the house. refers to an actor speaking directly to the audience.

c)

A way that one expresses lines and dialogue in a play

d)

When the actor continues on to talk with the other characters

12.

Improv

a)

a wall that separates the house and the stage

b)
A cooking method
c)

A scene created spontaneously

d)

An actors lines

13.

Mime

a)
A type of dance
b)

Long speech by a single actor

c)

actors in ancient Rome who performed in a popular, spoken form or farcical drama

d)

being stuck in an imaginary box

14.

Monologue

a)

From the Latin pantomimus, or "player of many parts".

b)

Long speech by a single actor

c)

When the actor expresses his feelings

d)

Going up stage

15.

Proscenium

a)

the wall that divides the house from the backstage

b)

A regular term in theater

c)

When the show starts

d)
A type of architectural design
16.

Prompt

a)
Command
b)

forcing people to do something

c)

To give actors their line

d)
Request
17.

Prop

a)

Things that actor's use off stage

b)

All physical items on stage with the exception of the scenery

c)

A pencil

d)

Different things in the audience that people hold

18.

Set

a)

The surroundings on stage

b)

the house

c)

Where everything unfolds

d)

Where actors go after the show is over

19.

Soliloquy

a)

All physical items on stage with the exception of the scenery. Props usually refer to things that can be carried or are specifically referred to.

b)

narriation

c)

breaking the fourth wall

d)

a passage spoken by a single actor in which his or her thoughts are revealed to the audience

20.

Spike

a)

The surroundings on stage

b)

How to win in spikeball

c)

Spiking down onto something with force. Causing the object to bounce or fall depending on the surface it is spiked on

d)

The process of placing marks with either paint or tape to designate where pieces of scenery are to be placed.