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Critique:
An oral or written evaluation of a performance
Where the actor performs
To move from one space on stage to another
A financial backer
2
Ensemble acting means...
Knowing when & how to give & take focus
All of the above
Always giving the focus to your partner
Communication a sense of truth as a group
3
______, is know as the first actor.
Adydos
Thespis
Sophocles
Aristotle
4
A smaller section of a scene is sometimes referred to as a...
Bit
Beat
Beyond
Slice
5
The 1st performed stories were indigenous tribes in the form of...
Dances and Rituals
Greek Choruses
Sleep and Action
Bible Stories
6
The meaning behind the words or the way they are used to show intention is called:
Submarine
Sublow
Submeaning
Subtext
7
When marking through Shakespeare monologues U means ______ and / means ______
Underlined & lining
Depreciate & Appreciate
Using & Slashing
Unaccented & accented
8
_______ introduced the concept of the 3rd actor.
Beatrice
Sophocles
Shakespeare
Aristotle
9
The dramatic competitions at the Festival Dionysia were comprised of...
Reading of epic poetry of Homer
Tragedies, Comedies, & Satry Plays
Ritual animal sacrifices
Music, Drinking, & Dancing
10
The earliest recorded theatrical performance told the story of...
Macaity
Thespis
Dionysus
Osiris
11
An obstacle is...
Resistance to the actor having what he/she wants
Strong audience response
Spoken aloud
Me against myself
12
The acting area of the stage that extends beyond the proscenium is the:
Thrust Stage
Upstage
Arena
Apron
13
What technical element provided most of the spectacle in Elizaethan plays?
Lighting
Costumes
Scenery
Props
14
Who wrote the play, “A Doll’s House”?
Henrik Ibsen
Quiana Algeria Hudes
Arthur Miller
Anton Chekhov
15
______ introduced the concept of the 2nd actor.
Aeschylus
Euripides
Thespis
Shakespeare
16
Built in 1599, this theater wa the first venue for many of Shakespeare’s plays.
The Globe
The Fox
The King‘s House
The Dithyramb
17
______, was behind the main playing space - “Scene hut”
Stage
Balcony
Skene
Orchestra
18
The Moscow Art Theatre opened in what year?
1895
2006
1589
1985
19
Which of the following are required for something to be considered a live theatrical event?
A performer/performers, and audience, and a shared space
And audience and a space
A performer/performers and a space
A performer/performers and an audience
20
The stage area closest to the audience is call:
Downstage
Scenery
Upstage
House
21
A performance space in which the audience views as through a picture
Proscenium Stage
Apron
Thrust Stage
Arena Stage
22
Pantomime is ...
Acting through gestures performed to music
A person dressed in black with white makeup on face
Lip-singing
Acting without words through face, gestures, & movement
23
_____, which was built into the side of the hill, housed the audience, and is “seeing place”
Theatron
Arena
The house
Story Place
24
Which historical time period believed that plays should be as close to lifelike as possible?
Realism
Modernism
Absurbism
Restoration
25
Improvisation means acting without:
A set
A script
A scene
An ensemble
26
An actor’s tools are:
Voice, body, and mind
Designers, technicians, and directors
Hammer, screwdrive, and saw
Costumes, makeup, set, and props
27
The manner in which vowel and consonant sounds are produces and accents are places on syllable
Articulation
Level
Diction
Pronunciation
28
_____ is when another actor crosses either in front or behind you and cross opposite way.
Squaring
Backing up
Countering
Criss-crossing
29
Stage area are:
9 sections of the stage
Lots of stages together
When 3 or more actors stand together
Places of dances
30
If you _____ your voice, everyone in the room will be able to hear you.
Stifle
Scream
Project
Inflict
31
Successful improvisers say:
”No, and”
”Yes, and”
“Let’s go”
”Yes, but”
32
Emotional memory is...
To bring emotions that the actor has once felt in life
To be able to cry on cue
Both A and B
Stanislavsky’s early acting method
33
Flat area where the action happened - “dancing space”
Instrumental
Orchestra
Colosseum
Medium
34
Most modern realistic acting is based on the teachings and practices of:
Thespis
Diderot
Freud
Stanislavsky
35
The acting technique of changing the way you try to “get something” is called:
Shifting Gears
Guideposting
Changing Tactics
Dominating
36
When a plot has beginning, middle, and an end, it is considered...
To be funny
To be of a certain magnitude
To be finished
To be whole
37
What is blocking?
Memorizing lines
The cubes that we use sometimes as tables
Actor movement
One actor standing in front of another
38
To move from one place onstage to another is to...
Cross
Side
Focus
Move
39
A stage design for the audience to be seated on 3 sides of acting space
Black Box
Proscenium
Thrust
Arena
