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Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the opposite of liberty?

a)

larceny

b)

servitude

c)

dissent

d)

anarchy

2.

When you make a process easier, you:

a)

hamper it

b)

hinder it

c)

analyze it

d)

facilitate it

3.

Which of the following would you use to describe the water in a clogged pipe?

a)

flowing

b)

stagnant

c)

swirling

4.

Another word for activist is:

a)

militant

b)

prototype

c)

assistant

d)

candidate

5.

A window shade that is intended for blocking out light needs to be:

a)

coarse

b)

textured

c)

opaque

d)

decorative

6.

A reason that is more important than any other is:

a)

obvious

b)

personal

c)

paramount

d)

indirect

7.

After joining an improvisation group, Jessie quickly learned that this form of theater required a great deal more than making up scenes in a hasty and slapdash manner.


Which of the following words could NOT be used to replace slapdash?

a)

slipshod

b)

careless

c)

thoughtful

8.

First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.


Arbitrary most nearly means:

a)

rational

b)

capable

c)

objectionable

d)

unpredictable

9.

First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.


Catalysts most nearly means:

a)

excuses

b)

explanations

c)

signs

d)

causes

10.

Perhaps most important of all, Jessie realized that an improvisational actor needed to do more than just prattle on endlessly or meaninglessly. To create a scene that worked, he or she needed to become a believable character and also understand who the other characters onstage were in order to find ways to respond to them.


Prattle shows that Jessie originally thought that an improvisational actor:

a)

could say whatever popped into his head

b)

recited lines she had memorized

c)

spoke in ways that were meaningful and believable

d)

did not need to speak loudly or clearly