Vocabulary Test About PARTS OF A THEATRE Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 166

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Question 1

After the performance, please come _____ and meet some of the cast.

A	backstage
B	downstairs
C	inside
D	outside

Question 1 Explanation:

Backstage means the area behind the stage, where the actors get ready and wait. To meet the cast after a show, you go backstage. Not inside: the audience is already inside the theatre.

Question 2

The actors walked on to the _____ and the play began.

A	landing
B	pavement
C	platform
D	stage

Question 2 Explanation:

The stage is the raised area in a theatre where the actors perform. A platform is where you wait for a train, and a landing is the flat area at the top of stairs.

Question 3

I had to stand in a _____ for four hours to get the tickets for this performance.

A	file
B	procession
C	queue
D	tail

Question 3 Explanation:

A queue is a line of people waiting for something, e.g. stand in a queue for tickets. Americans say line. A procession is a group moving forward in a ceremony, not people waiting.

Question 4

After the interval, the change of _____ brought a gasp of surprise from the audience.

A	panorama
B	scenery
C	view
D	vista

Question 4 Explanation:

Scenery means the painted backgrounds and objects on a stage that show where the action happens. A change of scenery happens between scenes or acts. View, vista and panorama describe what you see in real landscapes.

Question 5

All the theatre seats had been sold, so there was standing _____ only.

A	area
B	place
C	room
D	space

Question 5 Explanation:

Standing room only is a fixed phrase: all seats are sold, and the only space left is for people who stand. Here room means space, but we never say standing space only or standing area only in this phrase.

Question 6

The box office is open _____ for ticket sales.

A	a day
B	daily
C	daytime
D	in day

Question 6 Explanation:

Daily means every day: The box office is open daily. Not a day: it needs a number before it, as in open eight hours a day.

Question 7

Your seat is number A13. That's in the front _____ on the right.

A	line
B	rank
C	row
D	seat

Question 7 Explanation:

In a theatre, seats are arranged in rows, lines of seats side by side. Row A is usually the front row. Not line: we don't use it for theatre seats.

Question 8

We agreed to meet in the _____ of the theatre, near the cloakroom.

A	anteroom
B	foyer
C	hall
D	porch

Question 8 Explanation:

The foyer is the large entrance area of a theatre or cinema, where people meet before a show and where the cloakroom often is. A porch is a small covered entrance to a house.

Question 9

My brother, who is fond of acting, has joined an _____ dramatic society.

A	amateur
B	impersonal
C	unprofessional
D	untrained

Question 9 Explanation:

Amateur describes people who do an activity for pleasure, not as a job: an amateur dramatic society. Not unprofessional: it means behaving badly at work, not 'not paid'.

Question 10

Are there any seats left for this week's _____ of "Tosca"?

A	acting
B	drama
C	opera
D	performance

Question 10 Explanation:

A performance is one showing of a play, opera or concert: this week's performance of "Tosca". "Tosca" is itself an opera, so we don't say this week's opera of "Tosca".

Question 11

All the seats in the theatre were _____ weeks before the first performance.

A	engaged
B	occupied
C	sold out
D	sold off

Question 11 Explanation:

Sold out means that all the tickets have been sold, so no seats are left. Not occupied: a seat is occupied only when someone is sitting in it during the show. Sold off means sold cheaply to get rid of something.

Question 12

The management _____ the right to refuse admission.

A	holds
B	keeps
C	preserves
D	reserves

Question 12 Explanation:

Reserve the right to do something is a formal fixed phrase. It means you keep the power to do it if needed: The management reserves the right to refuse admission. We don't say holds or keeps the right in this notice.

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