DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

NAISUD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 9
NAME: ______________________ GRADE & SEC.__________DATE: _______ SCORE: ________
TEST I-FILLING THE BLANKS
DIRECTION: Read the statement carefully and choose the best answer inside the box below.

1. The structure, within which theatrical performances are given, usually includes an orchestra or
setting area, and a stage is called ______________.
2. A collaborative art form including the composition, enactment, and interpretation of dramatic
presentations for an audience is known as ________________.
3. A literary piece consisting of dialogues between various characters, epilogue, monologue,
prologue and an end. It refers to composition. _____________
4. Refers to acting, and to the set up of the play which includes the theatre, the hall, the
accessories, the green room, costumes, music and the like. ____________
5. A division of an act, in which a certain portion of the play unfolds usually separated by location
or time. _________________
6. It is a play that takes place, from beginning to end, in a single act. It ranges from one hour long.
___________________
7. A written version of a play or movies is called ________________.
8. A person who is skilled in the production of the play is _________________.
9. The author of the play is called ____________.
10. It is the oldest known fixed type of staging in the world and it is thousands of years old.
______________
11. A stage where the audience sits on one side only is called ________________.
12. The stage is good for drama that needs audience involvement and the stage are positioned at
the center of the audience is _________________.
13. A type of stage where the audience sits on the two sides and good for creating an intimate
atmosphere is called ___________.
14. A male or female person who performs role in a play, television or movie. _______________
15. The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production is ___________________.
16. A border drapes across the top of the stage that conceals the lighting instrument.
_____________
17. The area of the stage on the audience side of the grand drape is _______________
18. A batten affixed with electrical outlets used for hanging and powering lighting instrument.
___________
19. The main curtain that conceals the stage from the audience and usually red. ______________
20. Large muslin drape hung across the extreme upstage area that represents the sky. ___________
21. One of the commonly used literary devices; referring to the practice of drawing parallels or
comparison between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, places or concepts.
______________
22. A common structure used in writing _________________.
23. A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner is
___________.
24. A group of theatrical artist working together to create a theatrical production. ___________
25. A division or unit of a drama. ______________

Director Artist Thrust Stage Traverse Stage Proscenium Stage

Electric Grand Drape Apron Cyclorama Teaser
In-the-round stage TheatER Play wright Drama Scene
TheatRE Play One-act play script Dramatist
Simile Logic Literary Devices Act Ensemble
 TEST I A-FILLINGTHE BLANKS (Vocabulary)
DIRECTION: Read the sentences and fill the boxes with the missing letters to describe
someone’s clothing in place of the words in capital letters.

1. Your choice of APPAREL is very interesting.

E e g e

2. Where did you get that GET-UP?

O t m

3. His GARB is unfamiliar to us.

m i v

4. Her UNDERGARMENTS fit closely.

e c e

5. I change into my WORK GEAR.

T s
I-B
DIRECTION: Fill the boxes with the missing letters to form a word related to theatre based.
6. A movement from one part of the stage to another
r s

7. A silent and motionless depiction of a scene created by actors, often from a picture
t b e u

8. An expressive movement of the body or limbs

g s r

9. The simplest or essential part of a play.

e e s

10. The most exciting and important part of the play.

c i x
TEST II-IDENTIFICATION
DIRECTION: Identify the names of the following personalities in Column B and their advocacy in
life in column A. Choose your answer inside the box below. Write the letter only.(2pts each)
II-A

1. ________2. _______ 3. ________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 6. ____

7. _____________ 8.__________ 9. _________10. _______ 11._______ 12._______

A B
a. Rose above poverty and hunger through
his singing talent A. Melinda Gates
b. Improve the lives of the youth and give hope B. Arnel Pineda
that they can become significant citizens. C. Julia Butterly Hill
c. Educate street children through a cart D. Evan Wadongo
classroom E. Ghalib Khalil
d. Combat disease, famine, and education for F. Efren Peñaflorida Jr.
the less fortunate.
e. Help the homeless, poor and mentally ill
through philantropic work.
f. Provide light to Kenya.
g. Preserve the natural environment
II-B
DIRECTION: Identify the types of stage and accessories are the following. Choose your answer
inside the parenthesis ( ). (Thrust Stage, Proscenium Stage, On-the Round Stage, Traverse
Stage, Grand Drape, Teaser, Fly Rail, Backdrop)

13. _____________ 14. ___________ 15. __________

16. __________ 17. __________

16. __________________ 17. _________________ 18__________

19. _____________ 20. _________

TEST III –ENUMERATION (For Grade 9-Einstein only).

DIRECTION: Give what is being asked.
1. (1-5) Five (5) cast of character in a radio play “SORRY WRONG NUMBER”.
2. (6-10) Give at least five elements of one-act play.

"There is no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from
failures."
Gen. Colin Powell
 Answer Key
I. I-A.

1. Theater 22. Literary Device 1. Elegance

2. Theatre 23. Logic 2. Costume

3. Play 24. Ensemble 3. Medieval

4. Drama 25. Act 4. Delicate

5. Scene 5. Tools

6. One-act play I-B.

7. Script 6. Cross

8. Dramatist 7. Tableau

9. Playwright 8. Gesture

10. Thrust Stage 9. Elements

11. Proscenium Stage 10. Climax

12. In- the round-stage II.

13. Traverse Stage 1. A 10. F

14. Artist 2. D 11. B

15. Director 3. E 12. A

16. Teaser 4. B

17. Apron 5. F

18. Electric 6. C

19. Grand Drape 7. C

20. Cyclorama 8.G

21. Simile 9. D
II-B III

13. Thrust Stage 1. Mrs. Stevenson, Operator

14. Proscenium Stage 2. First Man, Second Man (George)

15. In-the round stage 3. Chief Operator

16. Teaser 4. Second Operator

17. Traverse 5. Sergeant Duffy, Third operator

18.Grand Drape Women at Henchley hospital

19. Fly Rail Western union Clerk

20. Back Drop Information Operator

6. Setting

7. Plot/plot Structure

8. Character/characterization
9. Conflict

10. Theme

Suspense/atmosphere