--- title: The school play: auditions, lines, stage fright — how Mova does on the tests · Arts description: Lesson 28 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/) / 28 # The school play: auditions, lines, stage fright **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 28 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} Your mate goes, "Stage fright means you're rubbish at acting, simple." What is the right answer? - **1.** He is right, good actors never feel nervous before they go on stage — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Many great performers feel it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It lasts for ever — no support - **4.** Only very shy people ever feel it, confident people never do — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} What would happen if every actor turned their back to the audience? - **1.** The lights would work better — no support - **2.** The audience would see more — score 0 - **3.** Nobody could see their faces or hear them well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** The play would look more real — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 2: «Then come weeks of rehearsals: learning lines out loud, learning where to stand, turning a little towards the audience so they can see your face, and practisin…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «face» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t2/) ### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3} A Geordie kid says his part is "canny small, like" ("canny" means quite). What is the best reply? - **1.** Every part is needed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Small parts are only given to people who cannot act very well — score 4 - **3.** Small parts do not need any rehearsing, so he can skip practice — no support - **4.** He should quit the play and sit in the audience to watch instead — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 6: «In an audition people try out, and the director chooses who fits each part; small parts matter, and many famous actors started with tiny roles.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «part» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t3/) ### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4} Your cousin says actors just "have perfect memories, innit". Which is true? - **1.** They are born able to remember everything they ever read or hear — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** They make lines up — no support - **3.** They repeat lines until they stick — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They secretly read their lines from cards hidden around the stage — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 4: «Museums also raise big questions: some objects were taken from other countries in colonial times and people argue about sending them back, and in wars museums…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} In a cartoon, a kid's costume rips and the whole show stops for an hour. What usually happens in real life? - **1.** The team fixes it fast with pins or tape — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** The actor has to perform in pyjamas — no support - **3.** The audience goes home — no support - **4.** The show is cancelled — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 10: «Live shows often have small disasters, so teams keep safety pins, tape and spare costumes ready.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «teams» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} Your friend from Texas says she's "fixin' to hurl" ("fixin' to" means about to) before going on. What could help? - **1.** Eating a big meal just before she goes on stage to calm her tummy — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **2.** Telling herself over and over again that she will mess up — score 8 - **3.** Slow, deep breaths — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Running away from the school before anyone can find her — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 5: «Bands talk in their own slang: in Liverpool "our kid" is your brother or sister, "la" is mate and "boss" is great; in Australia a "galah" is a fool (from a noi…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «fixin» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t6/) ### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7} The director gives Oscar notes after praising the show. Oscar says, "Make your mind up, miss." What is the misunderstanding? - **1.** Praise and notes can both be true — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Praise means there is nothing at all left to fix for tomorrow — no support - **3.** Notes mean it was bad — no support - **4.** Notes mean that the praise before them was just a polite lie — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 2: «Notes sit both on the lines and in the spaces between them; a clef at the start tells you which line is which note, and silly sayings like FACE for the spaces…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «notes» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} Two kids keep giggling in rehearsal and the teacher says "you're corpsing". What does she mean? - **1.** They are standing in the wrong place, too far from the audience — no support - **2.** They are laughing on stage — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They are pretending to be dead bodies, which is not in the script — no support - **4.** They forgot their lines — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 7: «Actors learn lines by saying them aloud again and again, often while moving, and by learning the cue, the line just before theirs.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «lines» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} Which is true about the bows at the end of a play? - **1.** They happen at random whenever each actor feels like bowing — no support - **2.** Only the lead actor is allowed to bow, the rest stand still — no support - **3.** Bows are not part of the show, so nobody ever practises them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** They are rehearsed — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 2: «Then come weeks of rehearsals: learning lines out loud, learning where to stand, turning a little towards the audience so they can see your face, and practisin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «practise» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} Mei-Lin is gutted her parents cannot come. What is a kind fix? - **1.** Make her do the play another day alone — no support - **2.** Film the show for them or tell them all about it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Cancel the play for everyone — no support - **4.** Tell her they do not care — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 13: «Many parents work shifts and sometimes miss shows; it does not mean they do not care, and filming the show can help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «care» (+4); the same doer «parents» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} Why should you learn your cue as well as your lines? - **1.** So you can say other people's lines — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** So you can skip rehearsals — no support - **3.** So you know exactly when to speak — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** So you can leave the stage early — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 7: «Actors learn lines by saying them aloud again and again, often while moving, and by learning the cue, the line just before theirs.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which a performer is instructed to "cheat out" upon the stage. - **1.** So that the performer may exit from the stage with greater speed when required — no support - **2.** So that the audience may see the face and hear the voice — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** To face the stage crew — no support - **4.** So that the performer may read lines concealed in the wings of the stage — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 9: «Cheating out means standing a little open to the audience so they can see your face, even while talking to another actor.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «face» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following most accurately characterises the condition designated "stage fright"? - **1.** A common nervous response experienced even by accomplished performers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A condition requiring the cancellation of the performance — no support - **3.** A reliable indication of inadequate ability — no support - **4.** An ailment restricted to inexperienced children — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "corpsing". - **1.** It denotes the portrayal of a deceased character by a member of the cast — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The final bow of the cast — no support - **3.** Involuntary laughter on stage — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It denotes the forgetting of a line during a performance before an audience — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Ascertain the response most appropriate where a performer loses their place during a school performance. - **1.** The maintenance of composure and continuation of the performance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The abandonment of the stage for the remainder of the evening — no support - **3.** The reproach of the audience for any laughter — no support - **4.** The demand that the performance recommence from its beginning — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/e4/) - ← previous: [27. Theatre: stage, actors, backstage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/) - next →: [29. Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/) - ↑ back to [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/)