Q.1
What is the name given to the part of a stage that is in front of the curtain?
  • The pro-curtain
  • The curtain aisle
  • The fore-curtain
  • The proscenium
Q.2
What is the name given to the part of the stage that is behind the curtain and closest to the audience?
  • Front stage
  • Downstage
  • Forward stage
  • The theater front
Q.3
What is the name given to the part of the stage that is behind the curtain and furthest from the audience?
  • Backstage
  • Upstage
  • Rear stage
  • The theater rear
Q.4
What is the name given to the part of the stage that is behind the curtain and which occupies the middle of the stage?
  • Center stage
  • Middle stage
  • Central stage
  • The mid-stage
Q.5
In the world of theater, you often hear the expression "Break a leg!" What does it mean?
  • Good luck
  • I hope your play fails
  • If you are scared of going on stage at the last minute, pretend you have injured yourself
  • Try and get the audience's sympathy if the play is not going well
Q.6
What is the name given to the areas to the sides of the stage which cannot be seen by the audience?
  • Concealed aisles
  • Alleys
  • Wings
  • Curtain recesses
Q.7
In some theaters there is a place for an orchestra. What is this place called?
  • The orchestra hole
  • The orchestra pit
  • The orchestra ditch
  • The orchestra trench
Q.8
What is the name given to the part of the theater which is not situated on the stage and not visible to the audience?
  • The back of the theater
  • Backstage
  • Behind the theater
  • The rear of the theater
Q.9
What is meant by the term 'stand-in'?
  • Be confident!
  • It's a cue (signal) for an actor to come on stage
  • Somebody who acts as a temporary replacement for another actor
  • Somebody who permanently replaces another actor
Q.10
What is meant by the expression 'curtain call'?
  • This is what the audience shouts when it is not happy with the play
  • This is what the play's director says when he wants the curtains drawn at the end of an act
  • This is the expression used by the management to inform the audience that the play has ended
  • This is the return to the stage by the actors at the end of a performance to receive the audience’s applause
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