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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. What your character wants






2. What makes a character do something






3. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






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






5. What the character does






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






7. A characteristic gesture






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






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






10. Your saying the line louder than the person before you






11. Full front - or one quarter left or right






12. The people conducting the auditions






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






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






15. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to






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






17. Turn in the direction of your downstage hand






18. Part in a play






19. To move from one place to another on stage






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






21. Interview for the play. make an impression and show talent






22. A characters present circumstances






23. The people conducting the auditions






24. Present circumstances






25. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






26. Control in posture






27. What makes a character do something






28. Your saying the line louder than the person before you






29. What part of the body you lead with






30. Using a one quarter to the person your talking to






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






32. Full front - or one quarter left or right






33. Part in a play






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






35. Where actors do not acknowledge the audience






36. Where an actor mirrors another actors position






37. Open the door with your upstage hand






38. Enter with your upstage foot






39. A characters present circumstances






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






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






42. How a character overcomes the obstacle






43. How a character overcomes the obstacle






44. Information that is implied but not directly stated by the actor- thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same idea as the spoken words.






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






46. Say your lines quicker after your cue line






47. Your voice gets quieter as you say your line






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






49. Auditioning with a script you have not read






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