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Theatre Arts pre quiz questions

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the era of musical theatre that has many different types including Screen to Stage and Stories that Matter.

a)

Golden Age

b)

Contemporary

c)

Music

d)

Mega musical

2.

what is the era of musical theatre that is All About Spectacle (Extravagant Sets, Costumes, Etc. ),Very Expensive and Meant to be Mass Produced

a)

Golden age

b)

Mega musical

c)

Musical

d)

Contemporary

3.

what is the era of musical theatre that contained Large casts, Multiple sets, Dances, Melodic music, and fairly easy to follow plots.

a)

Golden age

b)

Contemperary

c)

Mega musical

d)

Musical

4.

What was The era of musical theatre where the overall theme or message of the show is more important than the story itself. The purpose of the show is not so much to tell the story but more to leave the audience with food for thought.

a)

Golden Age

b)

Concept

c)

Contemoprary

d)

Mega musical

5.

The Type of Musical where songs from pop culture are used instead of original songs for the musical.

a)

Concept

b)

Mega Musical

c)

Jukebox

d)

Puppet

6.

What is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person

a)

Shadow puppet

b)

Puppet

c)

Vantriloquizism

7.

What is the style of historical puppetry would have the puppeteer not moving their mouth when the puppet spoke

a)

Bread and circus

b)

Shadow Puppet

c)

Ventriloquism

d)

Puppet

8.

What are The three elements that bring a puppet to life?

a)

Breath and focus

b)

Breath, weight, and focus

c)

Emotions, tears, and a hat

9.

What is The style of puppetry that starred a man with a stick that would end the show by hitting another character with that stick

a)

Hand and rod

b)

Vantriliquism

c)

Punch and Judy

d)

Romeo and Juliet

10.

What is The style of historical puppetry had giant hand and rod puppets that were used to spread anti-war messages in the 70’s

a)

Bread and circus

b)

Lobster and fish

c)

Punch and Judy

11.

What is a theatrical performances where the story and emotional content is told through songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance

a)

Contemporary

b)

Musical

c)

concept

d)

Mega musical

12.

Sponge-Bob and Shrek are examples of this type of musical theatre.

a)

Screen to stage

b)

stage to screen

13.

The first Mega-Musical.

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Cats

c)

Mama Mia

14.

The first ever musical.

a)

Shrek

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Cats

d)

Mama Mia

15.

Musicals stemmed from this art form.

a)

Mega Musical

b)

Opera

c)

Musical

16.

What kind of puppetry is this?

a)

vantriliquism

b)

Hand and Rod Puppet

c)

Shadow Puppet

d)

Puppet

17.

What is this puppet?

a)

Shadow Puppets

b)

Bread and Circus

c)

Hand and Rod

d)

Vantriliquism

18.

What kind of puppet is this?

a)

Puppet

b)

Hand and Rod

c)

Hand Puppet

19.

What type of puppet is this?

a)

Shadow Puppet

b)

Live hand puppet

c)

Hand and Rod puppet

20.

What type of puppet is this?

a)

Shadow puppet

b)

Bunraku

c)

Hand puppet

d)

Hand and Rod puppet

21.

What is Miss Rohlfings favorite musical ?

a)

Pipin

b)

Annie

22.

What is The most basic element of design?

a)

Zigzag

b)

Squiggle

c)

Line

d)

Skribble

23.

who is the individual in charge of designing the clothing elements worn by actors in a film or stage production?

a)

Costume Designer

b)

Designer

24.

The activity of making an object look older and weathered?

a)

Makeup

b)

Distressing

c)

old age

25.

what is a Small sample of fabric used on drawings to show what the costume will look like?

a)

Fabric

b)

Sample

c)

Swatches

26.

what is the attire typical of a particular period in time.

a)

Period costume

b)

Era

27.

Cosumes are -------- Garments ?

(a)  

28.

What is a fully-colored drawing or image of each character's costume(s) throughout the play.


a)

Rendering

b)

Drawing

29.

Who is " A Midsummer Nights Dream " author?

(a)  

30.

The number of times at least should a designer read a script once they receive it

(a)  

31.

What are the 4 ways costumes are made for a show

a)

Bought, Borrowed, Built, and Gathered

b)

Billed, Bumble bee

32.

The Three Things You Need to Consider When Designing Costumes?

(a)  

33.

What does it mean when the actors move their bodies so the audience can see 

a)

Cheating Out

b)

Making way

c)

Blocking

34.

This symbol represents an actor crossing to somewhere on the stage

like (a)   SR

35.

Where is this

(a)  

36.

Where is this?

(a)  

37.

Where is this?

(a)  

38.

Where is this?

(a)  

39.

Where is this?

(a)  

40.

This question tell us a character’s name, age, job, history, etc.

(a)  

41.

This question tells us locations of the character and where the person is in their life/journey?

(a)  

42.

How the character feels about other characters in the show and in their background?

(a)  

43.

The location of actors on the stage and the movements that they make?

(a)  

44.

This type of blocking is created beforehand by the director and given to actors and has direct, specific places to go at certain times

(a)  

45.

This type of blocking created by actor through rehearsal process to be tweaked by director. More focused on characters story lines and feelings

(a)  

46.

  • This guide is used by Actors, Directors, Stage Managers, Tech Crew, etc. to distinguish characters from one another in script markings such as this



(a)