Improv III Semester 2 Exam

Question 1

Yes and means ____

Answer 1

Play along & pull your weight

Question 2

Easiest way to build a scene is to

Answer 2

Say yes to the first idea

Question 3

Make ______ rather than passive choices

Answer 3

Active

Question 4

Questions require information instead of

Answer 4

Giving information

Question 5

at the beginning of an improvised scene the most important thing players must accomplish to decide what 4 things in the scene

Answer 5

Who what when were why

Question 6

__________ is between the actors not necessarily the characters

Answer 6

Agreement

Question 7

One famous adage in improv is that everyone is a

Answer 7

Supporting actor

Question 8

The best teams are the ones that

Answer 8

Work together

Question 9

The best way to support your partner is to actively

Answer 9

Listen

Question 10

Status in improv refers to the power of

Answer 10

The structure of a scene

Question 11

List 2 major types of status

Answer 11

High and low

Question 12

Justification to explain can

Answer 12

Kill a scene

Question 13

Some high status characteristics are

Answer 13

Stillness, confidence, gender, age, occupation, wealth, control, friends

Question 14

High status characters tend to

Answer 14

Good posture, have the upper hand in a scene

Question 15

Low status characters are

Answer 15

Fidgety, lack confidence, avoid eye contact, talk in circles

Question 16

Achieving a group mind requires setting aside

Answer 16

Your own ego

Question 17

In listening is more than just listening to words you must listen not only to what is said but

Answer 17

How it is said

Question 18

One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of

Answer 18

Your honest self

Question 19

Define callback or reincorporation

Answer 19

Taking an idea, phrase, or something else and repeating it throughout the piece

Question 20

The bolder the _______ choices you make in these scenes the better

Answer 20

Physical

Question 21

Define slaughter duets

Answer 21

An exercise used to let go and be silly played with a partner, involves killing each other in goofy ways

Question 22

Give and explain 2 examples of structure

Answer 22

Song structure - when a four line verse includes a tag line and second line rhymes with the 4th
Symphonic structure - broad opening movement, slow sweet area, sad moment, rapid/majestic third movement

Question 23

Give the four parts of the four part story

Answer 23

Platform, resolution, event, what life is like from that day on

Question 24

Four part stories can be as short as a _______ or as long as a ______

Answer 24

Monologue, novel

Question 25

Explain four sentence monologues

Answer 25

Monologues that answer the four parts of the four part story in four questions

Question 26

Explain pop up story book

Answer 26

One narrator narrating a four part story to kindergarteners, two actors striking a pose to inspire the content and story of the narrator

Question 27

Explain one word at a time story

Answer 27

Two people ask the audience for a dangerous location and go on an adventure, meet danger, and conquer it. Act out on stage & narrate the story alternating one word being spoken by one person at a time

Question 28

What re the general rules for one word at a time,

Answer 28

Begin as many sentences as possible with present participles, tell story in 1st person plural, balance, conflict comes from outside, physicality

Question 29

Define Union Jack

Answer 29

An exercise used to raise an actors awareness of stage presence

Question 30

In the expert's game the experts chair was an exercise in taking ______

Answer 30

Focus

Question 31

The interviewers chair was an exercise in throwing _____

Answer 31

Focus

Question 32

Define Bus Stop

Answer 32

Short hand exercise that introduces the concepts in Union Jack

Question 33

Union Jack is an exercise in ______

Answer 33

Making your partner look good