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Ch. 1: Welcome to Theatre!

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which terms defines this: males or females playing character roles.

a)

protagonist

b)

actor

c)

director

d)

playwright

2.

Which term defines this: preserved as a moving film.

a)

dialogue

b)

photographed

c)

filmed

3.

Which term defines this: story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live 

audience.

a)

play

b)

musical

c)

revue

4.

Which term defines this: the conversation between actors on the stage.

a)

battle

b)

dialogue

c)

gossip

5.

Which term defines this: repeated action that becomes a custom or ceremony.

a)

rehearsal

b)

habit

c)

ritual

6.

Which term defines this: the writing or performing of plays, as well as the formal study of 

the art form.  Also, a building in which plays are performed.

a)

theatre

b)

cinema

c)

stage

7.

Which term defines this: a story written to be played out on stage.

a)

fairy tale

b)

drama

c)

comedy

8.

Which term defines this: a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.

a)

book

b)

script

c)

conversation

9.

Which term defines this: the term used to cover all parts of training or instruction in the 

field of theatre.

a)

dramatic arts

b)

theatre arts

c)

visual arts

10.

Which term defines this: an actor’s assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a 

character to an audience.

a)

acting

b)

speaking

c)

imitating

11.

Which term defines this: the personalities actors portray in a scene or a play, which are 

different from their own personalities.

a)

actors

b)

characters

c)

directors

12.

Which term defines this: the special literary style in which plays are written.

a)

essay

b)

dramatic structure

c)

conversation

13.

What term defines this: the special interactive and ‘live’ relationship that exists between

the performers and the audience.

a)

player-Audience relationship

b)

director-actor relationship

c)

playwright-actor relationship

14.

What term defines this: one who writes plays.

a)

producer

b)

director

c)

playwright