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Theatre Praxis II Test Practice Test Questions and Answers Latest Version 100% Correct
What is the main purpose of a prompt book in theatre production?
- To teach acting techniques
- To analyze a script
- To display costume sketches
✔✔C. To provide cues and notes for performance
Which part of the stage is closest to the audience?
- Upstage
- Stage left
- Stage right
✔✔B. Downstage
Who is responsible for the overall vision and direction of a theatrical production?
- Stage manager
✔✔B. Director 1 / 4
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- Set designer
- Producer
Which of the following is a classical Greek playwright?
- Shakespeare
- Molière
- Chekhov
✔✔B. Sophocles
What is the term for the background scenery in a stage production?
- Blocking
- Cue
- Monologue
✔✔B. Set
Which type of play is intended to be humorous and provoke laughter?
- Tragedy
✔✔B. Comedy 2 / 4
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- Farce
- Melodrama
Which element is essential to improvisational theatre?✔✔A. Spontaneity
- Choreography
- Rehearsed lines
- Script memorization
Which theatrical term refers to a speech delivered by a single character alone on stage?✔✔A. Soliloquy
- Dialogue
- Aside
- Monologue
What is the correct term for the area offstage where actors wait to enter?
- Apron
- Pit 3 / 4
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✔✔C. Wings
- Booth
What is a “cold reading”?
- Reading with emotion
- Reading silently
- Reading after memorization
✔✔B. Reading a script with no prior rehearsal
What role does the costume designer play in a production?
- Building the set
- Calling lighting cues
- Coaching lines
✔✔B. Designing character clothing
Which theatrical tradition includes stylized movements and masks and originated in Japan?
- Realism
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✔✔B. Noh