Improvisation

Question 1

Athens is the city where theaters were being built all over the city

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Acting is:

Accepted Answer

showing instead of telling

Question 3

Mime: Telling a story without words using many pantomimes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

When speaking onstage:

Accepted Answer

Use your stagevoice

Question 5

Structured improvisation is a blend of?

Accepted Answer

Conscious choice and spontaneous reaction

Question 6

Improvisation is one of the foundations of....

Accepted Answer

interpretation

Question 7

What is masking?

Accepted Answer

Standing in a place where you cant be seen

Question 8

When did improvisation as a theatrical art form begin?

Accepted Answer

Between Middle ages and Renaissance period

Question 9

Romans love comedies while Greeks love to perform tragedies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

CSA focuses on

Accepted Answer

characters or a group that experience different situations

Question 11

Robin Williams was the master of mime and pantomime

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

First recorded performances were in ancient Greece

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Kinesthesis is: The neuromuscular awareness the body feels in particular physical position.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Improvisation also focuses your attention on natural actions and...

Accepted Answer

Immediate responses

Question 15

Mimes wear white makeup to:

Accepted Answer

over exaggerate gestures

Question 16

Mimes typically wear gloves when performing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

"The Wizard of Oz" is an example of what type of approach?

Accepted Answer

CSA only

Question 18

Back in ancient Greece, a man named Thespis won an acting competition.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

When Improvising one must:

Accepted Answer

Stay in character all the time

Question 20

A gesture is:

Accepted Answer

Moving the body to convey emotion or feeling

Question 21

Spontaneity is?

Accepted Answer

Credibility and freshness in performance

Question 22

Different personalities for the same event would fit under:

Accepted Answer

Situation Centered Approach

Question 23

Who is the creator of improvisational theater?

Accepted Answer

Viola Spolin

Question 24

Two basic approaches to telling a story would be:

Accepted Answer

CSA and SSA

Question 25

In characterization, never do what?

Accepted Answer

Play the character down

Question 26

Marcel Marceau was a French master of mime and pantomime

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What is blocking?

Accepted Answer

The act of rejecting an idea of another performer

Question 28

Gestures below the waist are considered:

Accepted Answer

offensive and rude

Question 29

People have been acting since the Renaissance and Baroque eras

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

What is scene-stealing?

Accepted Answer

Answer "A" and "B"

Question 31

The art of storytelling and acting without words

Accepted Answer

Pantomime

Question 32

What is improvisation?

Accepted Answer

Acting without rehearsal or preparation

Question 33

What is acting?

Accepted Answer

Pretending to be someone else

Question 34

Individual improvisations allow for greater:

Accepted Answer

Imagination

Question 35

You should use what to suggest entrances and major props?

Accepted Answer

Actions

Question 36

CSA is short for...

Accepted Answer

Character Situation Approach

Question 37

William Shakespeare lived during what period?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 38

In a performance, the "illusion of the first time" means:

Accepted Answer

Keep the performance fresh and spontaneous

Question 39

Every improv scene must have:

Accepted Answer

beginning, middle and end

Question 40

When miming, one cannot and must not:

Accepted Answer

make any noise

Improvisation

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Improvisation

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