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Drama Techniques Year 8!(PENDING)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocal projection enables your voice to be heard by the audience

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The tone of your voice refers to

a)

The lowness of sound

b)

The highness of sound

c)

The emotion in your voice

d)

How fast you speak

3.

Using the face to show mood, emotion, feeling and responses is called...

a)

Gesture

b)

Posture

c)

Facial Expression

d)

Eye contact

4.

Movement of your arms and hands to express ideas, feelings or mood is called

a)

Gesture

b)

Facial Expression

c)

Projection

d)

Accent

5.

The way an actor stands is called

a)

Projection

b)

Stance

c)

Accent

d)

Gesture

6.

The body language used here would best be described as...

a)

Rage

b)

Confident

c)

Thoughtful

d)

Anxious

7.

What type of body language is used in mime?

a)

Totally realistic

b)

Exaggerated and precise

c)

Fast and imprecise

d)

Vague and unclear

8.

What are the actors creating through mime?

a)

A gate

b)

An umbrella

c)

A wall

d)

A car

9.
What is a still image?
a)
Where the action in a play is brought to life.
b)
Where the action in a play or scene is frozen.
c)
A scene where characters say their thoughts. 
10.
What do you need to do to create a successfull still image?
a)
Face the audience, use levels, use facial expressions, speak your lines and keep your eyes focused.
b)
Face the audience, use levels, use facial expressions, use movements to show what is happening,  and keep your eyes focused.
c)
Face the audience, use levels, use facial expressions, use gestures, be completely still but move your eyes around.
d)
Face the audience, use levels, use facial expressions, use gestures, be completely still including your eyes. 
11.
A still image should be used to...
a)
Show all moments from within a story.
b)
Show the most important moments from a story/ piece.
12.
A narrator using third-person narration is often described as omniscient; this means...
a)
They only know what is happening to one character only.
b)
They are all-knowing and know the thoughts and goings on for all characters.
13.
When narrating I must...
a)
Speak out to the audience and describe what is happening.
b)
Speak only to the characters on stage about what is happening.
c)
Use still images only.
14.
At his confirmation, Mark's father gave him a wooden cross that had been hand-carved by his great-grandfather. He said that he always found comfort in the cross, and hoped that Mark would too.
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadow
15.
When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
16.
Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago.
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
17.
What is the purpose of a flashback?
a)
To introduce the reader to all of the characters.
b)
To give the reader a hint at what is going to happen in the future.
c)
To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation.
d)
To give the reader the setting of the story.
18.

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

a)

stage direction

b)

actor

c)

performance

d)

playwright

19.

The _____ enjoyed watching the play.

a)

characters

b)

actor

c)

audience

d)

comedy

20.

What does the word Melodrama actually mean?

a)

Drama that is mellow

b)

A musical

c)

Music Drama

21.

Which of these is not a characteristic of melodrama?

a)

Exaggeration

b)

Fight sequences

c)

mime

d)

happy ending

22.

Which of these options are stock characters?

a)

Villain and damsel in distress

b)

Narrator and child

c)

Child and damsel

d)

Damsel in Distress and farce

e)

charlie Chaplin and villian

23.

In what century and country was Melodrama developed?

a)

16th century in Madagascar

b)

19th century in France

c)

21st century in Colombia

d)

19th century in Italy

24.

Which of these places is not a location where a melodrama might be set?

a)

In a house

b)

In a city

c)

By the Sea

d)

In a barn

25.

Why was music used in Melodrama?

a)

To encourage the audience to sing along

b)

To help the performers know what was coming next

c)

To make it funny

d)

To encourage emotional responses from the audience

26.

When you perform something in a heightened style

a)

Naturalism

b)

Berkovian

c)

Brechtian

d)

Exaggeration

27.

A series of dramatically arranged events to reveal dramatic, thematic and emotional significance

a)

Story

b)

Plot

c)

Timeline

d)

Structure

28.

A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters designed to appeal to the emotions

a)

Pantomime

b)

Exaggeration

c)

Melodrama

d)

Shakespeare

29.

The communication of feelings and emotions through the position of the body

a)

Proxemics

b)

Body Language

c)

Levels

d)

Facial Expressions

30.

A character whose evil actions of motives are important to the plot

a)

Bad Guy

b)

Villain

c)

Sidekick

d)

Nemesis

31.

The male protagonist of the story

a)

Hero

b)

Lead

c)

Villain

d)

Good Guy

32.

People that have spoken, been hear, or seen in the story are the. . .

a)

themes

b)

characters

c)

genre

d)

perspectives

33.

The place characters are in or where events happen is called. . .

a)

genre

b)

setting

c)

plot

d)

perspective

34.

This provides insight into why something is happening by moving into the future of the story...

a)

flashforward

b)

flashback

c)

perspective

d)

genre

35.
The conversation between two or more characters on stage is known as ________________________.
a)
monologue
b)
dialogue
c)
script
d)
cast of characters
36.

What is a tableaux?

a)

A sequence of small movements

b)

A common prop used in theatre

c)

A language technique

d)

A still image representing a scene

37.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
38.
A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.
a)
performance
b)
comedy
c)
tragedy
d)
fun
39.
A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.
a)
group
b)
crowd
c)
cast
d)
people
40.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
41.

Acting style in Melodrama requires?

a)

Exaggeration,Audience interaction and Aside

b)

Over exaggeration,Music and Illustration

c)

Aside,Soliloquy and Stillness

d)

Audience interaction,Facial expression and Still image

e)

Exaggeration,Freeze frame and Audience involvement

42.

Which of these are not examples of drama techniques

a)

Mime and Dialogue

b)

Split Scene and Curtain call

c)

Tableau and Flash back

d)

Movement and Dance

e)

Perspective and Foreshortening

43.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Tableaux

b)

Tablaeux

c)

Tablleaux

d)

Tabbleaux

44.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Monollogue

b)

Monnologue

c)

Monologue

d)

Monolog

45.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Character

b)

Charracter

c)

Charakter

d)

Caracter

46.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Soliloquey

b)

Solilloquy

c)

Soliliqwey

d)

Soliloquy

47.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Status

b)

Stattus

c)

Statius

d)

Statuetus

48.
A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.
a)
songs
b)
lines
c)
books
d)
jokes
49.

Who is referred to as the jewel in the book The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

a)

Sadi

b)

Seedi

c)

Sidi

d)

Sadiku

e)

Shidiku

50.

In the play"The lion and the Jewel" what was referred to as the "one eyed box"

a)

Type writer

b)

Brief case

c)

The broken down car

d)

The camera

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