Drama Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. The rhyme scheme for this stanza is:It would be greatIf I could skateA figure eightBut my poor legs just won't keep straight
2. A solitary speech in which the character is speaking to himself or herself.
3. Question 4:What is the difference between dialogue and monologue?
4. Which of the following best describes a "theater" ?
5. Words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.
6. It is a device in which an object, person or situation is given another meaning beyond its literal one.
7. What kind of humour is shown through physical actions?
8. "The Tortoise and the Hare" is an example of what traditional literature category?
9. A play/script/drama that has a happy ending
10. This is a list of all the characters in a play, usually in the order of appearance. It is found at the beginning of a script
11. Instructions in the text of a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
12. It is the main idea or lesson to be learned from the play.
13. A weakness within a character
14. Tension between the protagonist and antagonist is called:
15. The stage directions can give us clues about ....., or how something is said. They can also tell us what is happening on the stage.
16. Which statement about stage directions is correct?
17. Small, movable objects used to show the actor's actions are .....
18. An aside is when .....
19. What is the meaning of conflict?
20. There are ..... types of main characters in a drama.
21. Themes appear in
22. The audience is .....
23. The lines the characters say narrator1:boy:girl:
24. Major division of a play
25. Objects needed to perform the play
26. The group of people that are playing certain roles in a play is called the
27. Osborne wrote Look Back in Anger in 1956, which was produced at the .....
28. ..... is conversation between or among character.
29. ..... are scrips written for television.
30. He list of all characters in the play or drama is called the
31. What is a story told through dialogue that is intended to be performed
32. What are two types of drama?
33. A section of a play, like a chapter in a book
34. The passage below is from The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. The play is about Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan. This scene takes place when Annie gets off the train and meets Kate, Helen's mother.Annie:I changed trains every time they stopped, the man who sold me that ticket ought to be tied to the tracks ..... you didn't bring Helen. I was hoping you would.Kate:No, she's home.Annie:You ..... live far from town, Mrs. Keller?Kate:Only a mile.Annie:Well. I suppose I can wait one more mile. But don't be surprised if I get out to push the horse!Based on the dialogue, which of the following is TRUE?
35. A group of lines or verses in a poem is called .....
36. Which type of drama contains humor, mocks people and situations and ends happily, often with a marriage or big problem solved?
37. Term for a drama in which the audience is amused by watching the characters go from a seemingly hopeless, confused situation to a happy ending.
38. Stage directions reveal key details, plot elements, and setting that are written in ..... or .....
39. ..... is the term used for the construction on stage that suggests the time and place of the action.
40. Is a speaker or several speakers who recite the prologue and explain to whom, what, when, or where the action occurs to the audience.
41. The three genres of Shakespeare's plays are
42. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play and the point of greatest tension in the work is called .....
43. Tragedy is a play dealing with tragic events and having an .....
44. A fairytale can have all of the following parts EXCEPT .....
45. The conversation between two characters is called-
46. Where something is set, or placed.
47. A long speech spoken by a character to himself or another character
48. The words that characters say are called .....
49. What is the definition of the term acts?
50. An example of a Fairy Tale is what?
51. Portrays characters more generously than satiric comedy; tone is not bitter, but humorous and pleasant; entertain more than instruct and usually end up in marriage.
52. What is defined as a special kind of monologue; a speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what he or she is thinking or feeling
53. I am the written "book" for the actors to follow. What am I?
54. What part of the play marks the change in the protagonist's journey
55. Choose the correct example of a similie.
56. Small movable items that the actors use to make actions look real.
57. Who is the main character of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" ?
58. A form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people
59. A speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion:
60. What is the meaning of the term suspense?