TH II-IV Spring Diagnostic Review

Each of the following are considered an actor’s tool EXCEPT for

• Body

• Imagination

• Voice

• Mind

Which of the following relates to the Tactic of a scene?

• The ability to relate to feelings that are experienced by someone else

• The characteristics that makeup personality, such as family circumstances, environment, occupation, level of education, interests, and so on

• A challenge that a character faces and stops them from achieving what they want

• Different strategies used to overcome the obstacles and to obtain the objective

Plot is defined as being

• The meaning of the play

• What happens in the play

• Traits and features of an individual

• All aspects of scenery, costumes, and special effects

What is Blocking?

• The ability to relate to feelings that are experienced by someone else.

• The pause required after a character delivers a funny line.

• The director’s planned movement for the characters.

• The outcome of a main problem in a drama

When an actor uses memory from his or her own experience to act out a moment in a play or scene, this is called:

• Emotional Recall

• Realism

• Symbolism

• Psychological Gesture

Stage directions are based on the __________________ point of view.

• Director's

• Audience's

• Actor's

• Producer's

In a dramatic play’s structure, the Inciting Incident serves which of the following purposes?

• Wrapping up loose ends of the narrative

• Providing the initial trigger for the main character’s behavior

• Building up to the central conflict

• Introducing one or more possible resolutions

On the plot structure chart above, what does the letter C represent?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

On the plot structure chart above, what does the letter D represent?

• Inciting Incident

• Climax

• Exposition

• Falling Action

On the plot structure chart above, what does the letter A represent?

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

• Climax

• Resolution