Theatre midterm review

Question 1

the precise staging of actors to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.

Answer 1

Blocking

Question 2

to draw attention away from other actors by standing in front of them, or forcing them further uostage.

Answer 2

upstaging

Question 3

to walk across the stage in a straight line.

Answer 3

fade

Question 4

when two actors switch places on the stage in swift movemement

Answer 4

counter cross

Question 5

What is an example of a prop

Answer 5

sword

Question 6

Why would you use an aside?

Answer 6

Aside is used to gossip about other characters without their awareness, give audiences better understanding of matters

Question 7

What is a beat

Answer 7

A certain lengthed pause the actors use so they aren’t talking really fast all the time.

Question 8

Should you ever do anything on stage that isn’t motivated

Answer 8

no because then you’re just adding random actions or words that dont need to be there, and dont contribute to the overall story line.

Question 9

Off book is every actor’s “favorite” rehearsal because that means you have to

Answer 9

run through the show, or certain scenes of the show without looking at your script. Everything needs to be memorized.

Question 10

A____________is an actor’s moment/trigger to perform.

Answer 10

cue

Question 11

If you are cheating out, you are

Answer 11

facing the audience more instead of giving them a full profile.

Question 12

The large white curtain on the back wall is called the

Answer 12

sike

Question 13

The equipment stored in the ceiling of primarily professional theaters used to raise and lower set pieces and backdrop is the

Answer 13

fly system

Question 14

true/ false: It’s OK to leave your phone on but silenced during a performance.

Answer 14

flase

Question 15

When should you open any candy or cough drops

Answer 15

before the show started, in between scenes, during intermission

Question 16

True/False - It’s OK to critique a show or an actor’s performance with your friends during intermission.

Answer 16

flase

Question 17

In the play, Alice, what did Alice draw and show to her father

Answer 17

a palace

Question 18

In the play Alice, what does Alice break in her mother’s room

Answer 18

a mirror

Question 19

In the play, Alice, after the mirror breaks, what does Alice imagine as she is being disciplined

Answer 19

That she’s in court and is about to be put in jail

Question 20

What is the name of the stammering professor in the play Alice

Answer 20

Carroll

Question 21

In the play, who does Carroll tell Alice that the queen in her painting resembles

Answer 21

herself

Question 22

In Alice, which character recites poetry like a 60s beat poet

Answer 22

cheshire cat

Question 23

In Alice, what lesson does Alice learn from meeting Twin

Answer 23

you’re never lonely even when you’re by yourself

Question 24

In Alice, why is the Mad Hatter feeling mad/heartbroken

Answer 24

because he’s in love with time but she never stops for him

Question 25

How many characters speak in a monologue

Answer 25

1

Question 26

In Alice, what object does Alice step through to get into wonderland

Answer 26

the mirror

Question 27

In Alice, how does Alice respond to the Cat's poem

Answer 27

she thinks its funny and laughs at it

Question 28

In Alice, what lesson does Alice learn after she meets the Cat

Answer 28

be vulnerable

Question 29

In Alice, after the tea party, why does Carroll tell Alice is the reason he has to leave

Answer 29

his part of the story is over and its her story now

Question 30

In Alice, why is the Queen called "The Queen of Hearts"

Answer 30

because she collects hearts and keeps them in boxes

Question 31

In Alice, when Alice begins to defend herself to the Queen, what does she compare the queen to

Answer 31

a playing card

Question 32

How does Alice defeat the Queen in the end of the play and get crowned Queen Alice

Answer 32

she finally stands up to the queen

Question 33

What would qualify the moral of this story in the play, Alice

Answer 33

you can always write your own story

Question 34

True/False - Some monologues can happen in the middle of lines of dialogue.

Answer 34

true

Question 35

True/False - A monologue can allow the audience to understand the inner thoughts of a character.

Answer 35

true

Question 36

True/False - A monologue should not have a beginning, middle, and end.

Answer 36

false

Question 37

Who was the first actor according to theatre history

Answer 37

Thespius

Question 38

A monologue should be spoken with the intention of achieving some __________________.

Answer 38

objective

Question 39

What your character wants throughout the whole play, their overarching goal is known as your character's ________________.

Answer 39

suber objective

Question 40

What is the accepted date for the official beginning of theatre

Answer 40

534 BC

Question 41

Where did theatre origionally get its start

Answer 41

Greece

Question 42

What was the festival that theatrical plays stem from

Answer 42

the festival of Dionysius

Question 43

What are the three types of Asian theatre called

Answer 43

Bunraku, Kabuki and Nōh.

Question 44

Who was the god of wine and fertility that later became associated with theatre

Answer 44

Dionysus

Question 45

What was another name for the songs sung by the chorus at Greek festivals, It meant goat song.

Answer 45

Idia

Question 46

Who would be the equivalent of a choregoi today in theatre and film?

Answer 46

producer

Question 47

Which of the following were Greek tragic playwrights

Answer 47

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

Question 48

What is a tragic flaw

Answer 48

a trait in a character leading to his downfall

Question 49

True/False - Actors were highly respected in Greek society.

Answer 49

true

Question 50

True/False - Actors were exempt from military service (In Greek theatre history) and were highly trained and skilled.

Answer 50

true

Question 51

True/False - The first stage in Greek theatre was the amphitheater.

Answer 51

true

Question 52

True/False - There were only two main comedic playwrights in Greek theatre history.

Answer 52

true

Question 53

True/False - Greek masks had a funnel that served as a microphone to amplify the actor's voice.

Answer 53

true