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WorksheetsTheater Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
What does the term "Accepting" mean in theater vocabulary?
Rejecting ideas or information offered by another player in a scene.
Embracing the offers made by other performers in order to advance the scene.
Ignoring an opportunity to advance a scene.
Combining two dissimilar ideas into one to advance a scene.
What is "Blocking" in the context of theater?
The process of moving the scene forward.
Doing something to make the audience laugh that doesn't advance the scene.
Rejecting ideas or information offered by another player in a scene.
The period at which a scene stops advancing.
What does "Steamrolling" refer to in a theatrical setting?
Taking over a scene in a way that doesn't allow other performers to influence it.
Embracing the offers made by other performers in order to advance the scene.
The process of moving the scene forward.
Making silly faces or joking around in a scene instead of reacting truthfully.
Which term describes the story told by a scene in theater?
Objective
Narrative
Plateau
Synthesis
What is the meaning of "Objective" in theater vocabulary?
The period at which a scene stops advancing.
The story told by a scene.
The goal for a particular character or scene.
A made up language.
If you are ___________________, you are ignoring an opportunity to advance a scene because you aren't listening.
Dropping an Offer
Mugging
Distracting
Blocking
A scene stops advancing when it reaches a ________________.
Objective
Narrative
Plateau
Gibberish
What do you call a made-up language?
Narrative
Gibberish
Objective
Dropping an Offer
How are mugging and gagging ALIKE?
Both are ways to make a scene funnier.
Both are part of a scene narrative.
Both are ways actors try to make jokes in scenes that aren't authentic.
Both are ways of dropping an offer.
Ms. Liz starts a scene with two other people. At some point, she doesn't know what to do, so she starts making weird voices and dancing, even though it has nothing to do with the scene. The audience roars with laughter. This is known as "Distracting." Why does it harm a scene, even if people are laughing?
What is it called when you combine two dissimilar ideas into one to advance a scene?
(a)
Which of these do you need for a narrative?
A beginning, middle, and end.
A character, a job, and a line.
A plot, a setting, and a goal.
A goal, a cast, and a dialogue.
How is an aside different from a monologue?
The other actors can hear an aside, but not a monologue.
The other actors can hear a monologue, but not an aside.
The other actors can hear both, but not a soliloquy.
An aside happens inside an actor's head.
How are "Advancing" and "Accepting" related?
Where do you go if you are leaving towards "Audience Left?"
(a)
How are asides and soliloquies alike?
They are both only heard by the audience.
They are both examples of mugging.
They both require a narrative.
They can both steamroll a scene.
In the game "Questions Only," the players can only ask questions to advance the scene. What is this called?
The Synthesis
The Plateau
The Wings
The Objective
How is Improv different from other forms of theater?
