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Drama 101

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Drama

a)

A story written to be performed on stage

b)

When people can't get it together

c)

Anything that happens on stage

d)

Serious plays- not the funny ones

2.

Theatre Arts

a)

Set design and costume design

b)

Acting and directing

c)

The study of playwrighting

d)

ALL parts of training or instruction in the field of theater

3.

Script

a)

The font used in a play

b)

Slang for subscription

c)

a written copy of the dialogue that the actors will speak.

d)

The program for a play

4.

Character

a)

the personality an actor portrays in a scene or play that is different from his or her own personality.

b)

A really wild person

c)

A quality that a person has that makes them noble

d)

A type of actor that focuses on tricky parts

5.

Acting

a)

Having influence over

b)

A performance that happens on a stage

c)

an actor’s assumed behavior for the purpose of projecting a character to an audience.

d)

What happens before reacting

6.

Play

a)

To have fun

b)

a story in dialogue form to be acted out by actors before a live audience.

c)

To move forward at regular speed

d)

To not take something seriously

7.

Dramatic structure

a)

The set

b)

The events in a play that make it feel really dramatic

c)

The rise and fall of the hero

d)

the special literary style in which plays are written.

8.

Dialogue

a)

When two people have a meaningful discussions together

b)

The words people say

c)

the conversation between actors on the stage.

d)

Two monologues

9.

Stage directions

a)

How to build a stage

b)

the instructions for the actors and director about what happens while people are talking. 

c)

How to find the stage

d)

How to stage a stage

10.

playwright

a)

the one who writes the scripts for the plays.

b)

another word for the director

c)

the person who manages the play in performance

d)

the stage manager's assistant

11.

Theatre

a)

the writing or performing of plays

b)

the formal study of the art form.

c)

a building in which plays are performed.

d)

All of the above

12.

a repeated action that becomes a custom or ceremony

a)
habit
b)
ritual
c)
tradition
d)
event
13.

the special interactive and “live” relationship that exists between the performers and the audience, connecting and bonding them into a team.

a)

Player-audience relationship

b)
Silent Performance Dynamics
c)
Film Audience Engagement
d)
Virtual Reality Interaction
14.

The Greek philosopher who first came up with the elements of theater.

a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
d)
Hippocrates
15.

Mythos, the most important element of theater is also known as:

a)
Plot
b)
Setting
c)
Character
d)
Theme
16.

Everything from set design and costumes to special effects is considered:

a)
Art direction
b)
Production design
c)
Costume design
d)

Spectacle

17.

The actors job is to play a:

a)
character
b)
dialogue
c)
role
d)
scene
18.

The ancient Greek word "melos" describes the element of theater concerning:

a)
dance
b)
set construction
c)
costume design
d)
music
19.

Some translate "lexis" as diction. Another word for this theatrical element is:

a)
narration
b)
dialogue
c)
monologue
d)

language

20.

This element concerns the theme or the meaning of a play.

a)
Plot
b)

Language

c)

Thought

d)
Character