Sophomore: Theatre Finals

Front 1

____________ is non-verbal communication through the creation of a character, environment, objects and a story.

Back 1

pantomime

Front 2

Pantomine means to act without:

Back 2

words

Front 3

When doing pantomine, your character's most dominant trait should be portrayed very subtley. True or false?

Back 3

false

Front 4

You can portray the age of you character through posture and balance. True or false?

Back 4

true

Front 5

In pantomime, you need to establish certain qualities of your imaginary objects, including:

Back 5

-weight

-shape

-size

Front 6

The type of acting we do in class that requires you to think of ideas and act them out on the spot is called:

Back 6

improvisation

Front 7

Improvisation is a type improptu acting without a:

Back 7

script

Front 8

Improvisation actors must be good:

Back 8

listeners

Front 9

Good improvisational actors keep the scene _____________, and avoid "no" responses:

Back 9

positive

Front 10

The more you know about yourself, the more honestly you can play different characters. True or false?

Back 10

true

Front 11

The basic ingredients that determine our character and how we react or behave in situations are our:

Back 11

-background

-circumstances

-relationships

Front 12

It is important to stay ____________ at all times when you are acting.

Back 12

in character

Front 13

Actors work hard to preserve each character's individuality while making him or her _______________.

Back 13

believable

Front 14

Acting is a lot like ____________, only it is much more involved.

Back 14

pretending

Front 15

The people in the audience are seated in the theatre's:

Back 15

house

Front 16

If an actor is standing near the back wall of the stage, he is:

Back 16

upstage

Front 17

If an actor is standing close to the audience, he is:

Back 17

down stage

Front 18

If an actor is standing in the middle of the stage, front to back, left to right, he is in what stage position?

Back 18

center stage

Front 19

If an actor crosses the stage to his left, he is moving on the direction of:

Back 19

stage left

Front 20

Someone sitting in the audience on the left side of the house is sitting across from which stage direction?

Back 20

stage right

Front 21

A one-person script is often reffered to as a:

Back 21

monologue

Front 22

A memorized monologue is an integral part of the ____________ process:

Back 22

audition

Front 23

Auditions are the theatre's form of:

Back 23

job interview

Front 24

An audition where everyone auditioning is in the same room and can hear each other's auditions are called:

Back 24

open auditions

Front 25

When an actor is asked to read from a script he hasn't seen before during the audition process, he has been asked to do a:

Back 25

cold read

Front 26

One of the most obvious ways to create mood in a play is through ___________.

Back 26

color

Front 27

_____________ helps to establish a character and define actor's features.

Back 27

stage makeup

Front 28

_____________ are the things actors use on stage or the items used to dress the set.

Back 28

props

Front 29

_____________ are essential in setting the time in which the play takes place and also help to establish each character's situation.

Back 29

costumes

Front 30

___________ refers to the tempo and pace of line delivery, movement, and response.

Back 30

timing

Front 31

A line or other event on- or off- stage that tells the actor to do or say something is called a _____________.

Back 31

cue

Front 32

During the ________________ period, woman were not permitted to act because the stage was considered unlady like and unsuitable for woman.

Back 32

Elizabethan

Front 33

During the ________________, a patent mandated woman to perform female roles:

Back 33

English Restoration

Front 34

The oldest form of Eastern theatre, the __________, is deeply rooted in religion and ceremony.

Back 34

Noh

Front 35

The first actor in history was ___________.

Back 35

Thespis

Front 36

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Arisrtophanes were all ____________ playwrights.

Back 36

Greek

Front 37

Plautus, Terence, and Senca were all ___________ playwrights.

Back 37

Roman

Front 38

Even as it grew and strengthened, ___________ theatre lacked its own identity until the early twentieth century.

Back 38

American

Front 39

The colorful characters of Commedia dell'arte may be the most outstanding legacy of ____________ theatre.

Back 39

Renaissance

Front 40

______________ wrote Hamlet.

Back 40

Shakespeare

Front 41

The person on the production staff who would handle an usher coming in late to work would be the:

Back 41

house manager

Front 42

The person on the production staff who would help an actor who has forgotten his line would be there:

Back 42

prompter

Front 43

The person on the production staff who would make sure the wig bill was paid would be the:

Back 43

producer

Front 44

The person on the production staff who would run rehearsal if the director was sick would be the:

Back 44

assistant director

Front 45

The person on the production staff who would replace a prop broken during rehearsal would be the:

Back 45

crew chief

Front 46

The person on the production staff who would help an actor to be more emotional during a scene would be:

Back 46

director

Front 47

The person on the production staff who would deal with actors being loud backstage would be the:

Back 47

house manager

Front 48

The person on the production staff who would handle the director's displeasure with the lights would be the:

Back 48

technical director

Front 49

The person on the production staff who would train a replacement actor in the dance scene would be the:

Back 49

choreographer

Front 50

The person on the production staff who would have the show posters printed would be the:

Back 50

publicity manager