Drama and play terms

Worksheet: Drama and play terms

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Answer the questions.

1. What is the name for a main division of a play, often made up of several scenes?
   a) A castb) A propc) An actd) An aside
2. In a play, a new scene usually begins when the…
   a) actors change costumes onlyb) audience clapsc) time or place changesd) title is read again
3. A scene is usually a smaller part of an act.
   a) Trueb) False
4. What are the instructions in a script that tell actors how to move or speak?
   a) Cast listsb) Chapter titlesc) Soliloquiesd) Stage directions
5. In scripts, stage directions are often written in…
   a) brackets or italicsb) capital titles onlyc) footnotes onlyd) speech marks
6. What one-word stage direction tells an actor to come onto the stage?
7. What is dialogue in a play?
   a) A conversation between charactersb) A list of actorsc) A note about the setd) One character speaking alone
8. A long speech by one character, spoken to others on stage, is called a…
   a) cast listb) dialoguec) monologued) scene
9. A monologue must always be spoken when the character is alone on stage.
   a) Trueb) False
10. A character alone on stage speaks their private thoughts aloud. This is a…
    a) dialogueb) prologuec) soliloquyd) stage direction
11. A short remark to the audience that other characters do not hear is called an…
    a) actb) asidec) epilogued) interval
12. Who is meant to hear an aside while the other characters on stage do not?
13. What does a cast list show?
    a) The characters and the actors who play themb) The costumes and propsc) The order of the scenesd) The theatre's seating plan
14. Which line would you expect to find in a cast list?
    a) Act 2, Scene 1b) Exit Tom, leftc) The curtain rises at noond) Tom – played by Ana Cruz
15. The word 'cast' can mean all the actors in a play.
    a) Trueb) False
16. What word names the written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions?