Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Visual Arts

Subjects : cset, visual-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Students can create - memorizee - and perform a variety of simple dances






2. Became popular in Argentina and spread to North America and Europe






3. Social dancing performed as a couple - has origins in Carribbean Islands and African and European styles - types of dances include the mambo - the samba - meringue - and rumba - and salsa






4. Popular dance in America in the 1920s. Natural movement of walking - though it is usually performed in place. The arms swing forward and backwards - with the right arm coming forward as the left leg 'steps' forward - and then moving back as the oppos






5. 'The body of ballet'- the dancers who stand behind the principals and form the stage picture with their poses






6. Originates from European folk dancing






7. Students learn to dance with partners






8. Any object or element that is less important






9. The point in the production of a play that the actors no longer need to reharse with the script because they learned their lines






10. Dance - music - theater - and visual arts






11. Prossessing qualities of height - width and depth






12. A movement of a point through space - the width - length - direction - curvature or flow






13. Music evolved from freed African americans who heard European folk music and classical music






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






15. Rotating the leg outward from the hip so taht the feet from a straight line on the floor andtoes arefacing away from eah other






16. characteristic comedy from English Restoration for its glittering language - salacious plots and frequently debaucherous characters






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






18. 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






19. A term that applies to any work of visual art that is formed by two or more forms of media






20. Space that creatse depth in art






21. A recurring group of notes - like the four in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony






22. How fast or how slow - in dance






23. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythm pattern is deliberately upset






24. A leap in which the dancer turns halfway in midair to land facing thedirection where the movement started






25. Pose modeled by the winged Mecury where the working leg is extended behind the body with knee bent






26. The pattern of long and short sounds/beats in combinations of stressed and unstressed beats






27. Green - blue - green - blue and violet when used to show wet objects






28. Very slow tempo






29. The materials or methods that are used to create art - like clay - crayon - canvas - paper - cloth - paint - etc. etc.






30. When the first section of a song is repeated like AABA






31. A large section of lengthy composition






32. Interpreting the value of art and art work. Important for written response






33. The pictoral arrangement of inaminate objects






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






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






36. The underlying pulse present in most music






37. The strength or purity of a color






38. 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.






39. An activity that enhances sight - sound - taste - touch - smell and used by actors to deepen character development






40. A system of loud - colorful improvs from 16th Century Italy using stock characters (basic characters)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


41. Students who learn about dance composition and performance make judgements and present reasoned descriptoions of aesthetic choices






42. Actor in kabuki holds a picturesque pose to establish or theme






43. A major orchesral composition






44. People who are responsible for all technical aspects of the show






45. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus






46. High - indicates when arm is raised over the head in dance






47. The process of using spontaneous movement and speech to create character - mood - or situation






48. Colors that appear to 'come forward' likke red and orange and yellow






49. European artists who composed instrumental music in the early 18th Century






50. Artwork that does not represent the object or scene in its realistic terms