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Improv Unit

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True/False: "Bring Bricks, Not Walls" means to build the scene with small pieces of information rather than creating the whole scene by one's self.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is POV?

a)

Point-of-View

b)

Power-of-Vision

c)

Projection Oration Vocals

d)

Principle of Voice

3.

Which of the following improv games is NOT based on listening and responding with (a) related element(s)?

a)

Firing Line

b)

5 Things

c)

Kitty Wants a Corner/Do You Like Your Neighbor

d)

Headlines

4.

Which of the following is a follow-the-leader exercise that gets actors out of their heads?

a)

Freeze Frame Rapid Fire

b)

Firing Line

c)

Freestyle

d)

Flocking

5.

Which of the following is the second rule of improv and important to Keegan-Michael Key?

a)

Laughing

b)

Listening

c)

Locating

d)

Luring

6.

Which improv game highlights the first and golden rule of improve?

a)

Firing Line

b)

Trifecta

c)

Park Bench

d)

Yes, and...

7.

True/False: In improv, "give gifts" means to say "no" to your scene partner to stay true to your character.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True/False: The first rule of improv is to agree.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What sport do Keegan-Michael Key and Jason Sudekis compare to improv?

a)

Basketball

b)

Baseball

c)

Soccer

d)

Football

10.

Tina Fey corrects her Google interviewer during their improv scene because he did what?

a)

Agreed

b)

Denied

c)

Laughed

d)

Did not respond

11.

True/False: We study improv to learn the business essentials of being a professional actor.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following TV shows is based on improv?

a)

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

b)

Friends

c)

Family Feud

d)

Game of Games

13.

Which of the following TV shows is based in devising?

a)

Saturday Night Live

b)

Family Feud

c)

Friends

d)

Friday Night Lights

14.

What style of theatre is the foundation for what we know as improv today?

a)

Absurdism

b)

Theatre of Cruelty

c)

Realism

d)

Commedia Dell'arte

15.

When was Commedia Dell'arte popularized?

a)

1400s

b)

1500s

c)

1600s

d)

1700s

16.

Where was Commedia Dell'arte popularized?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Cuba

17.

What is a movement of any part of your body to express an idea or emotion?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Gesture

c)

Improv

d)

Devising

18.

What is the form of theatrical entertainment in which stories are told through gestures?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Gesture

c)

Improv

d)

Devising

19.

What is a form of theatre where plot, character, and dialogue are made up in the moment?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Gesture

c)

Improv

d)

Devising

20.

What is inventing or developing a new production or scene?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Gesture

c)

Improv

d)

Devising

21.

A good improv scene has what?

a)

Beginning (Conflict)

b)

Middle (Climax/Rising Action)

c)

End (Resolution)

d)

All of the above

22.

True/False: Improvise means to produce or make something from whatever is available.

a)

True

b)

False