Worksheets7th and 8th Grade Theatre Arts Test
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 42mins
Etiquette:
is a type of snail.
means eating all your vegetables.
means to have polite behavior.
means to dance gracefully.
Proper etiquette when sitting in a theater looks like this:
slouched down so that your head is barely visible.
feet up on the seat in front of you.
criss cross applesauce on the chair.
Sit up straight, legs on the floor, but not on the seat in front of you.
Once you are in your seat,
yell to get the attention of someone sitting far away.
sing loudly.
speak softly to the person next to you.
look around, if other schools are talking loudly, you can too.
When the lights dim in a theater it means:
The show is going to begin.
Someone is playing with the lights.
It is time to go to the bathroom.
You should finish your snacks.
To pay attention to a task, or to be very attentive to something is also called...
Stage Left
Makeup
Focus
Props
What is a black box in theater?
A rehearsal room with black walls.
A box that is black.
A box that you put food in.
A box that contains props.
Why do scripts have stage directions?
To confuse everyone!
To make the actors hungry.
To give the audience information.
To give the actors information.
What is Breaking Character in theater?
When you break a prop.
When an actor messes their lines up or makes a mistake.
When you act your lines out perfectly.
When you get hungry.
What is a Monologue?
When ONE character talks on stage.
When TWO characters talk on stage.
When THREE characters talk on stage.
When FOUR characters talk on stage.
The imaginary wall between the actors and audience is called the...
first wall
second wall
third wall
fourth wall
the process of creating a character, usually based on the lines in a script
characterization
blocking
playwrighting
casting
A theater genre that usually involves sad events and with someone dying at the end is a.....
Comedy
Drama
Musical
Tragedy
This genre involves singing and dancing with shows like "Hamilton" and "Wicked"
Comedy
Musicals
Tragedy
Drama
This tells the actor what to do
Script
Stage Directions
Dialogue
Book
Stage directions usually appear
After a character's name
In quotations marks
In italics and parentheses
After dash marks
The stage direction "The scene opens in a dusty office" is an example of which category?
Time
Setting
Action
Emotions/Thoughts/Manners
This is the conversation between actors on the stage.
Dialogue
Play
Script
Ritual
Moving towards the audience is called moving (a) stage.
Moving away from the audience is called moving (a) stage.
A speech delivered to the audience by one actor to communicate thoughts and feelings.
dialogue
monologue
analogue
Conversation between 2 or more actors
Dialogue
Monologue
Analogue
Methods the character uses to get what they want
Goals
Beats
Tactics
The goal the character wants to reach
Plot
Objective
Reason
when acting out a monologue, it is important to be
credible (believable)
loud
dry
quiet
A monologue is made by a single character.
True
False
Monologues can show a character's...
behaviors
emotions
ideas
all of the above
What are two benefits of learning how to deliver a monologue? Please explain your answer. (Write at least 4 sentences)
In your own words, express how monologues can develop characterization. (Write at least 3 sentences)
The person who writes the play is called a
actress
director
audience
playwright
The People who read or watch someone's work are the
directors
audience
playwrights
actors
A conversation in the script between two or more characters
monologue
aside
dialogue
prologue
Objects that appear on stage during a play are
props
actors
setting
acts
The text that tells the actors what their lines are and gives stage directions is the
scene
act
script
dialogue
A story, speech, or scene performed by one actor is a
monologue
dialogue
prologue
sililoquy
the audience area of any theatrical space
set
house
curtain call
places
What is art? What separates art from something that isn't art? Why is art important? Write your opinion below using complete sentences.
(a) poetry is poetry that is written on a page but performed for an audience.
