DIEGO MARTIN NORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL

THEATRE ARTS EXAM

TIME 1 ½ hours
Form 5 mock exam 2020

Answer ALL questions on an answer sheet

DO NOT WRITE ON THE EXAM SCRIPT

GOOD LUCK
1. What are the basic elements of performance
a) Mime, song, space and time
b) Mind, body, space and voice
c) Time, space, acting, singing.
d) Space, movement, time, acting

2. If you were asked to MIME a scene, what elements would you use?
a) Mind and voice
b) Time and space
c) Mind and body
d) Voice and body

3. What is a character?
a) A strange person
b) An imaginary friend
c) A person who appears in a play or story
d) A person in a strange outfit

4. A raised platform that is used for performances is called a

a) Stage
b) Platform
c) Stadium
d) Theatre

5. A mask is:
a) Sticky tape
b) A type of animal
c) Something that is used to cover all or part of the face.
d) Something to scare people.

6. THEATRICAL masks are used for :

a) Performances, religious rituals and masquerade.
b) Head protection
c) As a fashion statement
d) Protection from the elements

7. Which area uses masks for ceremonial and religious purposes

a) Japan
b) Italy
c) Africa
d) Greece

8. Which of the following required ALL actors to wear masks on stage.

 a) China
b) Japan
c) Italy
d) Ancient Greece

9. One of the reasons they made all actors wear masks was:
a) So that an actor could play more than one role
b) Because the actors were unattractive
c) To protect their faces from damage,
d) To scare the audience

10. Plays were first performed in Greece as part of a festival honouring a god called:
a) Athena
b) Dionysus
c) Zeus
d) Apollo

11. The god named above was the god of:

a) Wisdom and reason
b) Music
c) Fertility and wine
d) Thunder and elements

12. The plays that were held during the Greek festival were performed in :
a) A cinema
b) An Amphitheatre
c) An Arena
d) The street

13. The festival created a new profession, writers who wrote plays for a living. This professionals are:

a) Novelists
b) Playwrights
c) Songwriters
d) Poets
 Look at the diagram and answer the questions that follow.

14. The diagram above represents:

a) An Amphitheatre
b) A cinema
c) An Arena
d) The colosseum

15. The section labelled 1 is

a) Altar
b) Orchestra
c) Seating area
d) Skene

16. The area labelled 2 is

a) Orchestra
b) Theatron
c) Skene
d) Parados

17. The area labelled 3 is

a) Orchestra
b) Theatron
c) Parados
d) Skene
 18. The area labelled 4 is

a) Orchestra
b) Theatron
c) Parados
d) Skene

19. What feature of the ancient amphitheatre do people find fascinating and unexpected

a) That it still stands to this day

b) That it could hold so many people
c) That the last person in the top row could hear the softest whisper.
d) That it was built on a hillside.

20. If a student is asked to write about their reflections on a drama class they would write in:

a) Copy book
b) Prompt book
c) Journal
d) Lab book

Questions 21, 22 and 23 refer to the situation below:

Your Drama teacher tells you to act out a situation: a little boy just bought an ice cream and is about to eat it
when the ice cream falls to the floor. You cannot use words or sound

21. This type of acting is called:

a) Monologue
b) Preview
c) Pantomime
d) Silent film

22. Which of the following would best describe how the boy would feel during the scene.

a) Anxious
b) Excited
c) Disappointed
d) Happy

23. Your teacher asks you to create an action using your hands to show the boys feelings at the end of the scene,
you have to create a:

a) Gesture
b) Posture
c) Speech
d) Song
 24. The following mask is from:

:
a) Japan
b) Africa
c) China
d) Italy (venice)

25. Doing a dramatic scene without the use of a script is called:

a) Hot seating
b) Pantomime
c) Improvisation
d) Puppetry

26. The term ‘’masking’’ means:

a) That an actor is taking up too much of the stage

b) That an actor turned their back to the audience
c) That too many people are on stage
d) That an actor is wearing a mask.

27. Which of the following is best suited for a scene in a forest:

a) A cityscape painted on a screen

b) Tall green trees painted on a screen
c) A living room set
d) A painted flower garden

28. When you stay still on stage without moving this is called:

a) Sleeping
b) Pantomime
c) Acting
d) Freezing
 29. An actress has to play a double role, what can she use to change her character on stage?

a) The set
b) A dress
c) A mask
d) The backdrop

30. A stage is:

a) Where we perform
b) Where we conduct class
c) Where we change into costume
d) Where we create scenes

31. Which of the following is a theatre space in Trinidad?

a) The Globe
b) Queens Hall
c) The Sydney opera house
d) Broadway

32. A stage is a :

a) Designated performance space

b) A piece of equipment
c) A building
d) The orchestra pit

33. During a performance, the cast used various objects on stage, these objects are called:

a) Tools
b) Wings
c) Props
d) Backdrops

34. Where is Shakespeare’s Globe theatre located

a) Port of Spain
b) New York City
c) London, England
d) Tobago
35. Which of the following did Shakespeare write?

a) Anansi and the Snake

b) Ti Jean and his Brothers
c) Moon over the Rainbow Shawl
d) Romeo and Juliet

36. The audience was sad at the end of a play, this production is most likely a

a) Comedy
b) Satire
c) Melodrama
d) Tragedy

37. What did the Greek and Elizabethan theatre have in common?

a) They both exsisted in the 1600’s

b) They were both part of a festival
c) They did not allow women to perform.
d) They both required all actors to wear masks

Use the story below to answer questions 38, 39, and 40.

A 60 year old farmer is walking down to the market to sell his provisions, along the way, a suspicious person bumps
into him. When he arrives at the market, he realizes his wallet is missing.

38. Imagine you have a role in this play, what kind of voice would you use to portray the farmer?

a) Rural
b) Quarrelsome
c) Shaky
d) Sophisticated

39. Where does the 1st scene take place?

a) On a bus
b) In the street
c) In the market
d) At the farmers house

40. What would be the best costume for the farmer?

a) Beachwear
b) Jeans, boots and a hat
c) A shirt and tie
d) Ripped up old clothes
 41. Read the scene below and answer question 41

John: (fighting back tears) ‘’I am going to the hospital, my dad is very sick’’
Andy: (concerned) ‘’Ok do you want me to come with you if that’s ok?’’

42. Which of the following is a traditional Carnival Character?

a) Dementor
b) Papa Bois
c) Midnight Robber
d) Anansai

43. The word ‘Theatre’ comes from the Greek word ‘Theatron” meaning:

a) Sleeping place
b) Seeing place
c) Walking place
d) Sitting place

44. Which of the following playwrights is NOT FROM the Caribbean?

a) William Shakespeare
b) Derek Wallcott
c) Trevor Rhone
d) Rawle Gibbons

45. Characters help move the story by:

a) What they say and do

b) What they hear
c) Who they touch
d) What they do

46. James is nervous about appearing on stage and is very anxious, what is he experiencing?

a) Excitement
b) Joy
c) PTSD
d) Stage fright

47. What can James (above) do to relax himself?

a) Cuss up the director for putting him under so much pressure

b) Breathing exercises
c) Writing in his diary
d) Smoke weed
The picture below shows The Globe theatre

48. How many people were able to hold in The Globe theatre?

a) 60,000 people
b) 40,000 people
c) 4000 people
d) Hundreds of thousands of people

49. How many people died when The Globe caught on fire in 1613?

a) 150
b) 4000
c) 0
d) 20

50. The people who were in the standing room section and not in the covered stands were known as:

a) Poor people
b) Groundlings
c) Zessers
d) Groupies
 51.) A stage manager does all of the following EXCEPT

a) Schedules rehearsals
b) Organises props
c) Keeps the prompt book
d) Decides on what colours the cast has to wear

52.) The front of the stage extending into the auditorium beyond the proscenium arch is the
a) downstage left
b) Proscenium arch
c) Apron
d) Orchestra

53.) The person responsible for the ushers and box office is:
a) front of house manager
b) director
c) carpenter
d) producer

54) Who would be the most likely person to locate and have a first aid kit ready for an emergency in the theatre
a) director
b) stage manager
c) producer
d) usher

55) Which of the following cultural form incorporates storytelling, theatre, costume and song?
a) folklore
b) Ramleela
c) wake
d) Stickfighting
56) The person who assists with various small tasks for a production is a
a) stage manager
b) designer
c) stage hand
d) tech assistant
57) Another name for stickfighting is
a) ramleela
b) kung fu
c) Kalinda
d) Brazilian dance

58) Divali is celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago because:

a) Of immigration from India

b) People converted to Hinduism
c) We are close to Guyana
d) We like to celebrate everything

59) Which one of the following is African in origin

a) Chutney soca
b) Anansi Stories
c) Carnival
d) Parang

60) Which of the following takes place in Tobago

a) Heritage Festival
b) Best Village
c) CARIFESTA
d) The academy awards

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