23/24 MP 2 Vocab Quiz 1

Choose the correct definition.

Articulation

• The clear and concise pronunciation of words and sounds

• Controlling the volume and clearness of the voice so that it can be heard by the audience

• An actor’s movements onstage

• Stage direction to leave the stage

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Boxes

• Affordable seats on benches, furthest from the actors

• Poor audience members who paid one penny to stand in front of the stage

• Most expensive seats in the theater, where nobles sat

• The area of the stage that is closest to the audience

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Galleries

• Affordable seats on benches, furthest from the actors

• Poor audience members who paid one penny to stand in front of the stage

• Most expensive seats in the theater, where nobles sat

• The area of the stage that is closest to the audience

Choose the correct definition.

Groundlings

• Affordable seats on benches, furthest from the actors

• Poor audience members who paid one penny to stand in front of the stage

• Most expensive seats in the theater, where nobles sat

• The area of the stage that is closest to the audience

Choose the correct definition.

Elizabethan

• A play with happy ending and humorous treatment of characters and situations

• Marking up a script to make specific acting choices based on the character’s thoughts and feelings

• An actor positioned offstage to help actors remember lines

• During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

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Musician's Rooms

• The third floor of the stage, where musician’s would play during intermissions

• The area of the stage that is farthest from the audience

• Most expensive seats in the theater, where nobles sat

• An actor positioned offstage to help actors remember lines

Choose the correct definition.

Prompter

• During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

• The clear and concise pronunciation of words and sounds

• An actor positioned offstage to help actors remember lines

• A long monologue given by one actor alone onstage

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Setting

• Affordable seats on benches, furthest from the actors

• The offstage area to the right and to the left of the acting area, usually unseen by the audience

• Most expensive seats in the theater, where nobles sat

• The time and place of a play, scene, or monologue

Choose the correct definition.

Soliloquy

• Controlling the volume and clearness of the voice so that it can be heard by the audience

• A long monologue given by one actor alone onstage

• The time and place of a play, scene, or monologue

• An actor positioned offstage to help actors remember lines