Acting Skills Quiz

Evaluating talent is difficult because it is based on:

• Opinion

• Assumption.

• Popularity.

• Mathematical formulas.

A good actor must rehearse before his next performance.

• To make improvements before his next performance.

• To get his reward sooner.

• To make other actors feel good he is.

• To get a raise.

Knowing our strengths, using them well, and taking pride in them is a sign of:

• Carelessness.

• Trouble.

• Self-Absorption.

• Confidence.

Whose evaluations should an actor consider when making an improvement plan?

• Their own.

• Their students.

• The teachers.

• All of them.

Tyler is a young actor. Which of the following describes the preferred approach for his performance?

• The teacher calls his name, so Tyler looks for his script. He can't find it.

• The teacher calls his name, and Tyler takes his script to the stage saying that he's not ready.

• The teacher calls his name, Tyler gives the script to a prompter, and then he takes the stage.

• The teacher calls his name, Tyler gives his script to the prompter, goes to get a drink of water, and then spits out his gum.

How can you manage your energy in a scene with the following?

• Facial expressions.

• Voice.

• All are correct.

• Action

In order for actors to be heard by everyone in the audience, the actor must:

• Use a microphone.

• Use a stage whisper.

• Project.

• Yell.

Actors must have very clear speech. Which of the following is not a factor in clear speech?

• Projection.

• Diction.

• Articulation.

• All are correct.

You watch Zach, an actor, speak as though he wants to be heard. He projects, he is articulate and natural, and his voice is pleasant and fits the character. He does not appear to have stage fright. He is said to have vocal^{_____________.}

• Confidence.

• Quality.

• Mastery.

• All are correct.

The way in which an actor uses their body to show age, health, confidence:

• Gestures.

• Blocking.

• Business.

• Posture.