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Q2 SPA Theater Arts 8 (Theater Videos) Summative Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All characters, whether protagonist, antagonist, and support has a ____ or goal they wanted to achieve

a)

want

b)

story

c)

secret

d)

life

2.

It is any physical action or expression a character makes in the narrative.

a)

Gestures

b)

Movement

c)

Blocking

d)

Direction

3.

It is the modulation or inflection of our voices and the beat, rate, or rhythm of our words.

a)

Tempo

b)

Dynamics

c)

Rhythmic Pattern

d)

Cadence

4.

Stick with _______ for emphasis.

a)

Underline

b)

Italics

c)

Bold

d)

Strikeout

5.

It has only one function in dialogue which is to indicate a length and type of pause.

a)

Narratives

b)

Line

c)

Punctuation

d)

Pause

6.

Anything designed to identify who is speaking and/or how a line is supposed to be understood by the reader is called:

a)

Tags

b)

Signs

c)

Dialogue

d)

Clues

7.

It is everything you bring to the table when you write (background, beliefs, desires, etc.)

a)

Identity

b)

Thoughts

c)

Perception

d)

Voice

8.

How we endow a character or a scene with emotions we, ourselves have felt and experienced is termed as:

a)

Emotional Memory

b)

Experiential Memory

c)

Memory

d)

Emotion/Experience

9.

As a writer, you needed to inhabit the mind of your characters.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

10.

It is either a performance space in which the casts only uses black boxes for furniture instead of building an entire set or it refers to rehearsals that are done without any costumes, props, furniture, and so on.

a)

Box Rundown

b)

Black Box

c)

Rundown

d)

Black Rehearsal

11.

R.L. Stine got his ideas from the "Idea store" which has the following departments EXCEPT:

a)

Imagination

b)

Emotion

c)

Memory

d)

Experience

12.

Young audiences loves a happy ending. So as writers, you should always write a happy ending but with a twist.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

13.

As writers, use cliffhangers to keep your readers reading.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

14.

For your audience to not be able to guess the ending, a trick you may use is to first write/know the ________.

a)

beginning

b)

middle

c)

ending

d)

all parts

15.

R.L. Stine writes with at least _____ twists in a book.

a)

1 or 2

b)

2 or 3

c)

3 or 4

d)

4 or 5

16.

The hardest part for R.L. Stine is writing the _____ part of the book.

a)

beginning

b)

middle

c)

end

d)

random

17.

The first _____ pages of the book should reveal what's going to develop, what the problem gonna be, what's going to happen then some kind of surprise and cliffhanger.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

18.

For you to create a suspense, there has to be something that is ________ to your character/reader for them to find out for themselves throughout the story.

a)

dark

b)

unknown

c)

scary

d)

dying

19.

R.L. Stine wants the reader to be the protagonist of the story that's why he doesn't characterize much with the main character.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

20.

As the writer of the story, always remember that you are not the friend of the protagonist. You are actually the enemy of the main character.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

21.

You should have a/an _______ to avoid "Writer's Block."

a)

outline

b)

discipline

c)

proper mindset

d)

goal

22.

These are twenty story ideas given by R.L. Stine EXCEPT:

a)

You have no reflection in the mirror

b)

You know someone's watching you day and night from your attic

c)

Every time you wake up, you are a different person

d)

While reading a scary book, you discover that you are a character in it

23.

Keep the story simple so the audience can easily follow it and also so that they will easily be mislead.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

24.

David Mamet stated that all dramas are based on _______.

a)

lies

b)

love

c)

truth

d)

life

25.

It is a hero's journey from A to B. The hero should be transformed from King to beggar, beggar to king. It should happen in one place, within 48 hours. The character has to undergo reverse situation and recognition.

a)

Shakespeare's Rule for Story

b)

Plato's Rule for Story

c)

Aristotle's Rule for Story

d)

Einstein's Rule for Story

26.

As a writer, If it's not fun for you, then it's not going to be fun for your audience. The audience undergoes the same process as the writer.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe

27.

The tough part of being a dramatic writer is when you need to stop screwing around.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

28.

You're responsibility as a writer is to tell the _____

a)

lies

b)

truth

c)

idea

d)

story

29.

Who said "psychoanalysis is the art of the obvious"?

a)

Freud

b)

Erickson

c)

Adler

d)

Jung

30.

"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" is from the book of:

a)

Proverbs

b)

Psalms

c)

Matthew

d)

John