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WorksheetsYear 7 Drama End of Year Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The proper word for a still image is...
landscape
portrait
tableau
skill
Which one of these do we NOT need to do to make a successful tableau?
stay still
add thought-tracking
use levels
be aware of the audience
use physical acting skills
What does 'proxemics' mean?
When you create an object using your body
A way of speaking in drama
A type of lighting
The distance between characters to show their relationship
What are the three P's that we use to create a story?
People in a place with a problem
People eating peas in Peru
Proxemics, props, people
Thought-tracking is...
When we write down a character's thoughts
When a character speaks their thoughts to the audience
When an actor is using thought-tracking, the rest of the actors need to...
Laugh
Move
Freeze
Look at them
A respectful and effective audience member will...
Give full focus and attention to the actors performance
Talk through the performance
Look at the floor
Move around the room
M
An effective group member will...
Listen to their group and share ideas
Direct the group but not let anyone else have an input
Sit quietly and let others make all the decisions
Walk around the room
Facial expressions, body language and gesture are all types of...
physical skills
vocal skills
What does T.I.E stand for?
Theatre in Education
Theatre is exciting
The inner emotion
Theatre in England
Theatre in Education is...
Any play that is performed in a school
An interactive play which has a strong educational message
A school musical
In TIE companies, they don't have many actors so they often multi-role within the play. What is multi-rolling?
Doing the same play over and over
Playing more than one character in a play
Playing only one character in a play
Why don't they just employ more actors in a TIE company if there are lots of characters to play?
The stage might be small in the schools they visit
They need to all fit in as few cars as possible to travel between schools
School's wouldn't be able to afford to pay for lots of actors to come and perform, they need to keep costs down
All of these answers are true
Which is the missing FEMPIG word? Facial Expressions, Movement, Posture, Interaction, _____________
Gait
Gesture
Girl
Which is the missing VTAPE word? ____________, tone, accent, pitch, emphasis
Voice
Volume
Vox
When an actor decides what their character wants in a scene, this is called...
character objectives
proxemics
movement
physical skills
Theatre started in Ancient Greece as...
A way of honoring the Gods
A way of teaching Bible stories
Thespis was known as the first actor. What did he do that was different?
He added dance routines
He wrote a script
He stepped out of the chorus and performed on his own
Greek tragedies were violent. But did you see violent acts on stage?
Yes
No
True or False: Actors in Greek Theatre would change their masks to show different characters?
True
False
The Greek Chorus represented the views of the people. They all...
moved and spoke together
had individual roles in a script
Medieval Theatre started in England roughly how long after Greek Theatre?
10 years
100 years
1000 years
Medieval theatre started in:
Churches
Theatres
Arenas
Medieval theatre started because:
People were bored and needed more entertainment
Church services were in Latin. Most people could not understand Latin so the church needed a way to help teach the stories.
Medieval Theatre was so popular that audiences became too large to fit in the church. So theatre moved to:
A purpose built theatre
Pageant wagons
When Medieval Theatre got too popular, plays stopped being performed by priests, and instead were performed by guilds. What was a guild?
A group of workers from the same profession E.g. The Fisherman's Guild
Specially trained actors
The guilds were given a bible story that related to their job e.g. The Fisherman's guild might perform the Loaves and the Fishes. But what was the problem with 'normal citizens' performing the bible stories?
They didn't know the stories
They wanted to entertain their audience, so made the bible stories funny and rude
Commedia dell'Arte was from which country?
England
France
Italy
Germany
In commedia dell'Arte, each character lead with a different body part. What body part did Zanni lead with?
Nose
Belly
Chest
What body part did the doctor lead with?
Nose
Belly
Chest
In Elizabethan England, theatre became very popular. Why?
Tv and film was invented
Queen Elizabeth I loved theatre and promoted the arts
People has more money to spend on going to the theatre
One famous Elizabethan playwright was...
Mark Wheeller
William Shakespeare
Aristophanes
In Shakespeare plays, costume was used to show...
The character's status (power, money, influence)
The character's job
Women were not allowed to become actors in Shakespeare's time.
True
False
What is diagetic sound?
Sound that plays before a performance begins
Sound that the audience and a character hear within the play's world
Sound that plays during scene changes
What is an example of diagetic sound?
Music underscoring
Music playing on a radio
A voiceover narration
What is non-diagetic sound?
Sound that exists outside the world of the play
Sound that plays before a performance begins
Sound that plays during scene changes
What is an example of non-diagetic sound?
A doorbell sound effect
A dog barking sound effect
A voiceover narration
Modern theatre's main purpose is...
To educate
To entertain
One type of modern theatre we looked at was musical theatre. If you are goingto be an actor in musical theatre you need to be able to...
write a script
sing, dance and act
sing, play and instrument and act
