WorksheetsTheatre 1 FINAL EXAM Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Stage Left?
a)
The backstage area
b)
The left side of the stage facing the audience
c)
The right side of the stage facing the audience
d)
The center of the stage facing the audience
2.
What are Stage Directions?
a)
Text in a play that indicates movement, position, tone, or sound and lighting
b)
The director's instructions to the crew
c)
The lines spoken by actors
d)
Where to stand on stage
3.
What is the difference between a Cast and a Company?
a)
The cast is the crew; the company is the actors
b)
The cast is the actors, directors and staff; the company is the list of actors
c)
The cast is the audience; the company is the actors
d)
The cast is the actors; the company is the actors and the rest of the directors, crew and staff
4.
Which word means that characters are talking back and forth to each other?
a)
Emotion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Inflection
5.
What is Curtain Call?
a)
The beginning of the performance
b)
The final scene of the play
c)
The end of the performance when actors bow and accept applause
d)
When they need to open and close the curtains
6.
An actor's positions and movements on stage is called ___________________.
a)
Staging
b)
Setting
c)
Movement
d)
Blocking
7.
What is the Set in a play?
a)
Scenery and stage settings for a scene or act
b)
The background
c)
The crew
d)
The things actors wear and use
8.
What is a costume?
a)
What the actors wear onstage
b)
A Halloween outfit
c)
A fashion statement
d)
A face mask
9.
What is a Prop?
a)
The final act of a play
b)
Furnishings, set dressings, and all items large and small which cannot be classified as scenery, electrics or wardrobe
c)
The main character in a play
d)
The opening scene of a play
10.
What is the written text of a play called?
a)
A summary of the play
b)
A person who writes plays
c)
A balance in the variety and kinds of movement in a play
d)
Script
11.
What are Items carried on stage by an actor; small items on the set used by the actors called?
a)
Set Pieces
b)
Props
c)
Costumes
d)
Stage Directions
12.
A person who writes plays is called a _________________.
a)
Actor
b)
Director
c)
Producer
d)
Playwright
13.
A performance using gestures and body movements without words is called a _________________.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Pantomime
14.
A division of an act into smaller parts is called a _________________.
a)
Dialogue
b)
Act
c)
Scene
d)
Monologue
15.
A conflict is:
a)
A scene with intense emotions
b)
An instruction in the text of a play
c)
A balance in the variety and kinds of movement in a play
d)
Struggle between opposing forces
16.
The group of people working on set construction, props, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup is known as ___________________.
a)
Company
b)
Cast
c)
Stage Crew
d)
Director
17.
Pitch is known as:
a)
The volume of the music in a play
b)
The speed of the actors' movements on stage
c)
The relative highness or lowness of a voice
d)
The emotional depth of a character
18.
Who is the Greek god of theatre?
a)
Hades
b)
Dionysus
c)
Aries
d)
Zeus
19.
A playwright who wrote tragedies:
a)
Araros
b)
Thespis
c)
Sophocles
d)
Seneca
20.
What is the role of a Playwright in theater?
a)
Writes plays, dramas, or musicals
b)
Directs the actors on stage
c)
Creates the stage settings
d)
Manages the lighting and sound
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