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Freshman Acting

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.






2. What is good posture?






3. Information This is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words is _______.






4. How high or low your voice is






5. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






6. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






7. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.






8. To move from one place onstage to another.






9. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.






10. The text of the play is the _____.






11. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.






12. Describe diaphragmatic breathing






13. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






14. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.






15. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.






16. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






17. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






18. How high or low your voice is






19. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.






20. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.






21. When you understand the _____ and ______ between you and the character you will be portraying - those _______ and ______ can be accentuated by your body and your voice.






22. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.






23. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






24. To speak or to act without a script






25. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.






26. How high or low your voice is ______.






27. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.






28. To stand upstage of another actor on a proscenium stage - forming the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor; stealing focus of a scene is called _________.






29. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?






30. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible is called remaining ______.






31. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.






32. Through your interactions - you will begin to develop a working - tursting relationships wand to learn what it takes to be a part of an ______ - a group whose individuals function together to create a whole.






33. ______ is auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition.






34. What is good posture?






35. A position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's body position.






36. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.






37. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.






38. Intended point of interest onstage






39. Your customary way of holding your body






40. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.






41. Stealing focus of a scene.






42. When was storytelling originated?






43. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






44. How loud or soft your voice is.






45. To develop self awareness - you will need to ________ yourself from the outside and refelct upon yourself from the inside.






46. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.






47. How high or low your voice is ______.






48. Whether your voice is shrill - nasal - raspy - breathy - booming etc_____.






49. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






50. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.