National Four/Five
Drama
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
C.S
Audience
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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
Audience seated at one end – acting area at the
other is called…
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Question Twelve
Identify 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?
Accent
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Question Two
What is the name given to the people watching
a drama?
Audience
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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
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Snap to
Slow fade to
Fast fade to
Question Five
Identify the areas of the stage
U.S.R
C.S.R
D.S.R
U.S.C
U.S.L
C.S
C.S.L
D.S.L
D.S.C
Audience
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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?
Comedy
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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?
Crossfade
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Question Nine
What is a conversation between two or more
characters called?
Dialogue
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Question Ten
What is the final rehearsal of a drama with all
the theatre arts called?
Dress
rehearsal
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Question Eleven
Audience seated at one end – acting area at the
other is called…
End on
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Question Twelve
Identify 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?
Monologue
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Question Fifteen
An item carried or worn by a character e.g.
glasses, handbag, wallet is called a….
Personal prop
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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?
Sightlines
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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?
Tone
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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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