National Four/FiveDrama

Vocabulary Test

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Question One

What is the term for a way of speaking used in a local area or country?

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Question Two

What is the name given to the people watching a drama?

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Question Three

What is the term for keeping an even distribution of weight?

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Question Four

What are the terms for these definitions?

The lighting/sound is faded out slowly

The lighting/sound is faded out quickly

Blackout is achieved instantly

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Question Five

Identify the areas of the stage

Audience

C.S

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Question Six

What is the term for the process of fully developing a character?

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Question Seven

What is the term for a drama which is funny/comical?

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Question Eight

What does it mean to change from one lighting cue to another with no blackout in between, or to change from one sound cue to another with no silence in between?

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Question Nine

What is a conversation between two or more characters called?

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Question Ten

What is the final rehearsal of a drama with all the theatre arts called?

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Question Eleven

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Question TwelveIdentify these ground plan symbols:

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Question Thirteen

What is the name given to a powerful profile used to follow actors around the acting area?

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Question Fourteen

What is the term for a character who speaks their thoughts aloud?

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Question Fifteen

An item carried or worn by a character e.g. glasses, handbag, wallet is called a….

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Question Sixteen

Stage within an enclosing arch is called….

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Question Seventeen

What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting?

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Question Eighteen

What is the term for the written or spoken advice on how to act a drama?

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Question Nineteen

What term is given to the change of voice to express emotion?

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Question Twenty

Recall of words said by others about a character or situation is called….

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Answers

Now check your answers to see how many you got right out of twenty

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Question One

What is the term for a way of speaking used in a local area or country?

AccentCreated by L McCarry

Question Two

What is the name given to the people watching a drama?

AudienceCreated by L McCarry

Question Three

What is the term for keeping an even distribution of weight?

Balance

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Question Four

What are the terms for these definitions?

The lighting/sound is faded out slowly

The lighting/sound is faded out quickly

Blackout is achieved instantly

Slow fade to

Fast fade to

Snap to

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Question Five

Identify the areas of the stage

U.S.R U.S.C U.S.L

C.S.R C.S.L D.S.R D.S.C D.S.L

Audience

C.S

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Question Six

What is the term for the process of fully developing a character?

Characterisation

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Question Seven

What is the term for a drama which is funny/comical?

ComedyCreated by L McCarry

Question Eight

What does it mean to change from one lighting cue to another with no blackout in between, or to change from one sound cue to another with no silence in between?

CrossfadeCreated by L McCarry

Question Nine

What is a conversation between two or more characters called?

DialogueCreated by L McCarry

Question Ten

What is the final rehearsal of a drama with all the theatre arts called?

Dress rehearsal

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Question Eleven

End on

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Question TwelveIdentify these ground plan symbols:

Flat

Door Flat

Window Flat

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Question Thirteen

What is the name given to a powerful profile used to follow actors around the acting area?

Follow spot

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Question Fourteen

What is the term for a character who speaks their thoughts aloud?

MonologueCreated by L McCarry

Question Fifteen

An item carried or worn by a character e.g. glasses, handbag, wallet is called a….

Personal propCreated by L McCarry

Question Sixteen

Stage within an enclosing arch is called….

Proscenium Arch

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Question Seventeen

What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting?

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Question Eighteen

What is the term for the written or spoken advice on how to act a drama?

Stage directions

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Question Nineteen

What term is given to the change of voice to express emotion?

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Question Twenty

Recall of words said by others about a character or situation is called….

Voices in the head

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