Theatre Pretest

The way an actor uses their body to communicate emotion and attitude is

• Locomotion

• Pantomime

• Body Language

• Balance

True or False? A perfomer is projecting correctly if they are using the muscles in their throat

• True

• False

The best way to prepare a character for performance is

• To watch it on Youtube and copy how someone else did it

• Do it the same way you did a previous character

• To read the entire play and research the time period it was placed in

What theatre term means the last words or action before yours?

• Cast

• Cue

• Action

• Line

If a director tells you to "add stage business," to a scene, he/she wants you to:

• Do extra activites that your character would be doing in the setting

• Fix a problem with the set

• Add extra dialogue

A _______ is a script for a musical

• Lines

• Libretto

• Directory

• Musicbook

Which is the correct order of rehearsals?

• Blocking rehearsal, dress rehearsal, tech rehearsal

• Tech rehearsal, blocking rehearsal, dress rehearsal

• Blocking rehearsal, tech rehearsal, dress rehearsal

• Dress rehearsal, blocking rehearsal, tech rehearsal

What is the farthest Staging position away from the audience

• Center Stage

• Downstage

• Upstage

You audition begins

• After your slate

• 10 seconds into your monologue

• The night before

• The minute you walk through the door

Where did theatre as we know it today originate?

• England

• USA

• Italy

• Greece