Balao National High School
Balao, Barili, Cebu
nd
2 Quarter Final Exam in Contemporary Arts 12
Name: Grade & Section:
PLEASE AVOID ERASURES. Date: ___________________________________
Test I. Identification. Identify the following statements and write your answer after each statement.
1. A vocal or instrumental sound (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and
expression of emotion. ____________________________
2. An art and a recreation. As an art, it tells a story, a set of mood or expresses an emotion. ________________
3. One of the arts that expresses human feelings. It shows ideas or emotions through symbolic presentation in the
form of short story, poetry, drama or play and essay among others. _________________________
4. A brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in
the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy
characterization. _______________________
5. Attained when the reader is emotionally or touched. ______________________
6. Can be realized when the literary work affirms the dignity and worth of all people. ____________________
7. The placement, intensity, and color of lights to help communicate environment, mood, or feeling. ____________
8. This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play. ________________
9. Clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray character and period. _______________________
10. A long work of prose fiction dealing with characters, situations, and scenes that represent real life. _________
11. A story told in front of an audience. ________________
12. Used to describe plays that address a serious subject._________________________
13. A form of drama that has a happy ending. Humor comes from the dialogue and situations. _________________
14. A form of drama in which events lead to the downfall of the main character, often a person of great significance,
like a king or hero. ______________________
15. Both show the relationship of script, actor, audience, author producer, society, genre, stage, and other elements
of the drama. _________________________
16. The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a narrative. Typically comes at the
turning point in a story or drama. _______________________
17. The internal or external struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that creates dramatic tension.
_________________
18. Is a contrast among what seems and what is and could be. ____________________
19. Used in literature when one thing is meant to represent something else. ____________________
20. The main idea or lesson to be learned from the play. __________________
21. The soul of drama. It tells what the story is all about. __________________
22. Clarifies and relaxes the tension. ______________
23. The incidents following the turning point happen without decrease in intensity. _________________
24. Choices and decisions lead to the inevitable. _______________________
25. Part of the complication. __________________
26. Introduces the character, provides information about earlier events and present situation. __________________
27. The variation of length and accentuation of a series of sound. It is a larger concept that includes the beat and
everything that happens to sound in relation to time. __________________
28. Refers to the speed of a certain musical piece. It may be slow, quick or moderate. __________________
29. Associated mental motion sometimes called the memory element because it is always remembered by listeners.
__________________________
30. Refers to the speed of a certain musical piece. It may be slow, quick or moderate. ________________
31. The most basic element of a dance. It conveys the message of a dance. __________________
32. The pattern of movement in time and space. Pattern in time refers to the unaccented beats of movements into
measures. _____________________
33. Refers the background or setting where the dance is performed to make it more realistic and enriching.
___________________
34. Refers to the figures and steps in dancing that enable the dancers to perform in an organized manner.
_____________
35. Refers to the bodily actions of the dancer that include his steps, gestures of the arms, hands, and body and facial
expression. __________________________
36. Allegreto - _________________________
37. Andante - ___________________
38. Ritardando - ________________________
39. Accelerando - ____________________________
40. Adagio - _______________________
Total Score: ________________________________
“I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me”
God Bless
Prepared by Ms. Ma. Marthy Fat
Parent’s Signature over printed name: ____________________________________
Date : ____________________________________
