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Acting 1 Vocabulary Quiz #1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.

a)

BODY LANGUAGE

b)

BLOCKING

c)

COUNTER CROSS

d)

SCHTICK

2.

The physical arrangement of actors on a stage.

a)

COUNTER CROSS

b)

BLOCKING

c)

SIGHTLINE

d)

FOCUS (staging)

3.

Moving in the opposite direction of another actor that is moving.

a)

TABLEAU

b)

QUADRANTS

c)

FLOOR PLAN

d)

COUNTER CROSS

4.

Arranging of the actors and set in a strategic way to produce a desired effect.

a)

FLOOR PLAN

b)

BODY LANGUAGE

c)

TABLEAU

d)

BALANCE

5.

A scale diagram of a stage from above and used especially for planning blocking.

a)

FLOOR PLAN

b)

SIGHTLINE

c)

FOCUS (staging)

d)

QUADRANTS

6.

Seeing the stage so that an audience is directed to look in a certain area.

a)

SCHTICK

b)

FOCUS (staging)

c)

COUNTER CROSS

d)

TABLEAU

7.

Breaking a stage into four areas for blocking. This could be directions (North, South, East, West)

a)

SCHTICK

b)

FLOOR PLAN

c)

FOCUS (staging)

d)

QUADRANTS

8.

Anything an audience member can see from their seat in the house.

a)

SIGHTLINE

b)

TABLEAU

c)

BALANCE

d)

SCHTICK

9.

A contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention.

a)

BODY LANGUAGE

b)

SCHTICK

c)

TABLEAU

d)

FOCUS (staging)

10.

An arrangement of actors who do not move or speak, and who represent a view of life or an event.

a)

FOCUS (staging)

b)

SIGHTLINE

c)

TABLEAU

d)

BALANCE