Music and Performing Arts Theater and Drama

Question 1

What term describes the main character in a play or story?

Accepted Answer

Protagonist

Answer

Antagonist

Answer

Deuteragonist

Answer

Foil

Question 2

Which Greek playwright wrote 'Oedipus Rex'?

Accepted Answer

Sophocles

Answer

Aeschylus

Answer

Aristophanes

Answer

Euripides

Question 3

What is a 'monologue' in theater?

Accepted Answer

A long speech by a single character

Answer

A scene with two characters talking

Answer

A comedic song-and-dance routine

Answer

A stage direction for movement

Question 4

What is the term for a speech spoken by a character directly to the audience, unheard by other characters?

Accepted Answer

Aside

Answer

Soliloquy

Answer

Prologue

Answer

Exposition

Question 5

Which theatrical concept refers to the actor's complete immersion in a role, developed by Stanislavski?

Accepted Answer

Method acting

Answer

Epic theater

Answer

Commedia dell'arte

Answer

Brechtian acting

Question 6

What does 'blocking' refer to in theater production?

Accepted Answer

Planning actors' movements on stage

Answer

Writing the script

Answer

Designing the costumes

Answer

Arranging the lighting grid