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Acting Motivation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A final line that signals an actor to begin the next speech






2. Calling upon memories of your own emotions to understand the emotions of a character






3. What the character does






4. What makes a character do something






5. Positive attitude - good communication - ask before you change your physical appearance






6. Using your own memories to help understand a characters emotions






7. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






8. A imaginary wall between the audience and the stage






9. When actors work on building characterization






10. Part in a play






11. To mark the floor of the rehearsal space to show the floor plan for the play






12. Where the actors acknowledge the audience






13. Open the door with your upstage hand






14. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occur






15. Auditioning with a script you have not read






16. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






17. Present circumstances






18. Move right by moving with your right foot and vice versa with left






19. A position onstage where one actor mirrors another actor's body position






20. Information that is implied but not spoken - thoughts or actions






21. Being asked to come back and see the auditors again






22. Memories of sights - sounds - smells - tastes and textures - used to define a character






23. When actors work on building characterization






24. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






25. To move from one place to another on stage






26. A complete reading of the play






27. What your character wants






28. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






29. To keep your face and the front of your body as visible to the audience as much as possible






30. Present circumstances






31. Your memory of sights - smells - tastes - sounds and textures






32. When you preform actions and they generate an emotion within yourself






33. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






34. Part in a play






35. When you preform actions and they generate an emotion within yourself






36. Using your own memories to help understand a characters emotions






37. Result of action the characters take to overcome the obstacle






38. How a character overcomes the obstacle






39. Movements to strengthen the personality of the character






40. Forces the downstage actor to turn away from the audience to communicate with the upstage actor






41. How a character overcomes the obstacle






42. Full front - or one quarter left or right






43. To mark the floor of the rehearsal space to show the floor plan for the play






44. A story - speech or scene performed by one actor only






45. Result of action the characters take to overcome the obstacle






46. Open the door with your upstage hand






47. A characters present circumstances






48. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






49. Turn your hand upstage






50. Move right by moving with your right foot and vice versa with left