Acting and Direction Questions and Answers

Q: 'My Life in Art' an autobiography written by

'My Life in Art' was written by Stanislavsky.Konstantin Stanislavski, the Russian actor and director, wrote this autobiography, which also describes the early years of the Moscow Art Theatre.G.B. Shaw was a playwright, Peter Brook is known for 'The Empty Space', and Oscar Brockett wrote the 'History of the Theatre', so none of them wrote this book. The book describes his progress as an actor and the formation of his 'system', which is why it is a standard text for students of theatre.

Q: Match the following :List - IList - II(a) Histrionics(i) Actors / Performers(b) Pantomime(ii) Form of Roman Theatre(c) Commedian Dell 'Art'(iii) Improvised Drama(d) Diction(iv) Expression of the meaning in words

The correct matching is a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv.Histrionics is the art of the actors or performers. Pantomime is a form of Roman theatre, in which a dancer-actor mimed a story. Commedia dell'arte is the improvised drama of Italy, and diction is the expression of the meaning in words.The other codes give these terms to the wrong definitions. The definitions are the usual glossary meanings of these terms in books on theatre, so learning them as pairs is enough for this match.

Match the items in List - I with the items in List - II :

List - I	List - II
a. Movement	i. Visual Interpretation of Each Moment
b. Composition	ii. Stage Picture in Action
c. Pantomimic Dramatization	iii. Rational Arrangement of Characters on Stage
d. Picturization	iv. Visual Performance of a Play

Codes : a b c d

A.i ii iii iv
B.ii iii iv i
C.iii iv i ii
D.iv i ii iii

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct matching is Movement with stage picture in action (ii), Composition with rational arrangement of characters on stage (iii), Pantomimic Dramatization with the visual performance of a play (iv), and Picturization with visual interpretation of each moment (i). The code is ii iii iv i.

Option (A) matches the lists in order, which gives movement the visual interpretation of each moment. Option (C) gives movement the rational arrangement of characters, which is composition. Option (D) gives movement the visual performance of a play, which is pantomimic dramatization.

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Assertion (A) : The schedule of rehearsals can be considered set and inviolable, irrespective of the nature of the play.

Reason (R) : Each play demands its own approach in scheduling rehearsals.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are true.
B.(A) is true, (R) is false.
C.(A) is false, (R) is true.
D.Both (A) and (R) are false.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The assertion is false and the reason is true. A rehearsal schedule cannot be set and inviolable for all plays, because each play, with its cast, text, technical demands and style, needs its own approach to scheduling.

The reason states exactly that, so it is true. The options calling both true, or the assertion true, are wrong because they accept the idea of a fixed schedule. The option calling both false is wrong because the reason is correct.

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Choose the correct sequence :

A.Scene Analysis, Visualisation, Composition, Picturization
B.Picturization, Visualisation, Scene Analysis, Composition
C.Composition, Visualisation, Scene Analysis, Picturization
D.Picturization, Scene Analysis, Composition, Visualisation

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The official key gives Scene Analysis, Visualisation, Composition and Picturization. A director first studies the scene, then visualises it, then arranges the actors and objects in a composition, and finally presents it as a picturization that expresses each moment.

Option (B) begins with picturization, which is the end product. Option (C) starts with composition before analysis and visualisation. Option (D) starts with picturization and ends with visualisation, which reverses the process.

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It is the strongest Acting Area of the stage.

A.UP RIGHT
B.UP CENTRE
C.DOWN CENTRE
D.UP LEFT

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The strongest acting area of the stage is Down Centre. It is the area closest to the audience on the central axis, and an actor standing there gets the greatest attention.

Up Right, Up Centre and Up Left are wrong because they are at the back of the stage, further from the audience, and are weaker. The upstage areas are used when the director wants an actor to recede, for example in a crowd scene.

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Pick the odd one out : The voice training is important to both theatre and dance practitioners as

A.they can impress the audience
B.it allows certain theatricality.
C.both need to speak or sing.
D.it is one of the four modes of expression

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

Voice training matters to theatre and dance people because it lets them be heard, brings in a theatrical quality and prepares them for speech or song, as both need to speak or sing. The statement that it is one of the four modes of expression does not give a reason why it is important, and so the key marks it as the odd one out. The first three choices are reasons why voice training helps those who work in the theatre and in dance: it makes the performer effective before the audience, it gives theatricality and it serves the need to speak or sing. The last choice only classifies voice as one of four modes of expression and does not say why training matters.

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Assertion (A) : The performer's life is based on an alteration of balance.

Reason (R) : The performer is never immobile when appears so.

A.(A) is false (R) is false.
B.(A) is false (R) is true.
C.(A) is true (R) is true.
D.(A) is true (R) is false.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Both statements are true. A performer’s life depends on altering balance, since dance and acting need a move from one balance to another, and a performer is never immobile when appearing so, because there is inner tension and readiness. So both are true. Option A is rejected because it takes (A) as false although (A) is true and it takes (R) as false although (R) is true. Option B is rejected because it takes (A) as false although (A) is true. Option D is rejected because it takes (R) as false although (R) is true.

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Assertion (A) : Director is never considered to be a creative artist.

Reason (R) : The Director simply interpretates the play written by the Playwright.

A.Both (A) and (R) are false.
B.Both (A) and (R) are true.
C.(A) is true but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Both statements are false. The director is a creative artist, as he gives the play its stage form, and he does more than simply interpret the work of the playwright. So both (A) and (R) are false. Option B is rejected because it takes (A) as true although (A) is false and it takes (R) as true although (R) is false. Option C is rejected because it takes (A) as true although (A) is false. Option D is rejected because it takes (R) as true although (R) is false.

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The two materials with which the Director works to express the play are

A.Lines and Colours
B.Sound and Sight
C.Actor and Stage
D.Voice and Speech

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The two materials with which a director expresses the play are the actor and the stage, as the key has it. Lines and colours are the materials of the painter, sound and sight are the effects, and voice and speech are the actor’s means. A director shapes a play with two materials, the actors and the stage, since all his work lies in what the actors do and where they do it. Lines and colours are used by painters, and voice and speech are only parts of the actor’s equipment.

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'My Life in Art' an autobiography written by

A.G. B. Shaw
B.Stanislavsky
C.Peter Brook
D.Oscar Brockett

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

'My Life in Art' was written by Stanislavsky.

Konstantin Stanislavski, the Russian actor and director, wrote this autobiography, which also describes the early years of the Moscow Art Theatre.

G.B. Shaw was a playwright, Peter Brook is known for 'The Empty Space', and Oscar Brockett wrote the 'History of the Theatre', so none of them wrote this book. The book describes his progress as an actor and the formation of his 'system', which is why it is a standard text for students of theatre.

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10.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
(a) Histrionics	(i) Actors / Performers
(b) Pantomime	(ii) Form of Roman Theatre
(c) Commedian Dell 'Art'	(iii) Improvised Drama
(d) Diction	(iv) Expression of the meaning in words

A.a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
B.a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
C.a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
D.a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The correct matching is a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv.

Histrionics is the art of the actors or performers. Pantomime is a form of Roman theatre, in which a dancer-actor mimed a story. Commedia dell'arte is the improvised drama of Italy, and diction is the expression of the meaning in words.

The other codes give these terms to the wrong definitions. The definitions are the usual glossary meanings of these terms in books on theatre, so learning them as pairs is enough for this match.

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