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CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-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. An individual's signal (physical or verbal) that a response is required - an actor's cueto speak - exit - may be a line of dialogue






2. Originated in 1800s and spread across America






3. A large group of instrument players - usually 75 to 90 people






4. A character's overall goal within the play






5. Students can explain and demonstrate how to be good audience members






6. Parallel lines crossing other parallel lines creating value and texture






7. Emphasis on time in dance






8. A play set in the coutnryside populated by nymphs - satyrs - shepherds and wandering knights with dancing and singing






9. The state of being at rest in dance






10. Medieval plays that focused on religion - like the sacrifice of Christ






11. Movement - geseture - and faical expression to convey ideas and emotions without the use of words






12. Children learn to respond to simple oral instruction






13. Vertical lines used on the staff to group beats






14. The images or elements (colors - shapes - lines) that re repeated several times in an art work - can show the dominance of a certain element to help understand the purpose of the art






15. Colors that are associated with heat or dry objects like red - orange - and yellow (fire)






16. A note of a different pitch thatsounds good when played simulataneously with the melody






17. A person who acquires necessary funds and acts as administer of the production. A person who finds a play that they will be interested in - producer at school plays is usually a teacher






18. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






19. Arrangement of units into patterns in dance






20. Dancing on the ball of the foot - or half - toe






21. The group that iscolalborating on the play






22. Wind instruments made of metal like the horn - bugle - trumpet - jug - tuba - bazooka - didgeridoo - trombone






23. A material or representation through wich objects can be clearly seen






24. A leap from one leg to another






25. Twirling and spinning in ballet






26. The tactile quality of the art






27. The principal melodic motif or phrase - especially in a fugue






28. Looking at how the objects portrayed in a painting. The object that is emphasized is the dominant one. You must ask why it was selected compared to something else to determine why the artist mae the work






29. A drama that is musical in which the characters are typecast. the characters that are good are very good and the characters that are evil are usually pretty evil.






30. Artist who inspired by African American sculptures to focus on the geometric shapes - like circles - triangles called cubism






31. Arranging art elements to suggest smething other than the natural safe to solicit emotion from the viewer






32. A material or prepresetnation that transmits light






33. no stage at all - like classroom or playground






34. The characteristic we think of as color (red - orange yellow - blue - green - and violet)






35. Instruments made out of wood - like the flutes - fife - piccolo - bass flute - recorder - whistle - clarinet - saxophone - bagpipe






36. A very fast tempo






37. ABCDEFG






38. Should be able to use dance vocabulary to describeand analyze elements and components of dance






39. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus






40. Reading by actors who have never before spoken diologue lines of the play






41. European artist whose music dominated the later part of the 18th century






42. An old - school dance from 1900s dating back to the slavery days in which people walked back and forth to the tune of bajos and fiddles. a cake was usually awarded to the winner






43. Children are inspired and gain the ability to recreate structured movement forms and develop a respect of other children's creaetivity






44. How the artist's arrangement of elements achieves equilibrium






45. Lines that suggest opposition in art






46. Look at the symbols at the beginning of the line of music that indicate whether or not the note is played a half - step above or half - step below






47. The shape - structure or organization of a piece - like unity and repetition






48. The result of mixing a pure color and black






49. A succession of musical tones or notes based on mathematical progressions known as a scale






50. The distance between notes