Drama Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a list of humans or animals that are important to the plot and also speak and perform actions?
2. A subdivision of an act.
3. A drama and a prose could both have the following
4. Term for a speech in which a character expresses his thoughts while alone on stage.
5. What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
6. One character, alone on stage, speaking his or her mind and heart to the audience
7. The conversation between two or more characters in a literary work.
8. A monologue that states the inner feelings and thoughts of a character.
9. Which of the following best describes a "script" ?
10. What is inversion?
11. Complete the sentence:The meaning of the play is known as .....
12. Where is description found in?
13. The ..... between opposing forces in a play can be external (between characters) or internal (within a character) and is usually resolved by the end of the play.
14. Which is not an element of fiction in drama?
15. What is another word for "drama?"
16. Choose correct conjunction
17. A minor division in a drama.
18. It introduces the characters and dramatic situation of the story or play.
19. This is how the conflict is or not resolved..
20. Well, in that hit you miss:she'll not be hitWith Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd, From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.Which literary device is used in the above lines?
21. We should be able to distinguish the characters of a play from one another based on all of the following characteristics, except for .....
22. Term for a serious play that usually ends with the death of the main character(s).
23. People, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature.
24. What is the correct term for "words that the characters say in a drama" ?
25. Mystery play exists in ..... period.
26. The struggle between the protagonist and an opposing force-
27. A group of viewers or listeners present at a performance (drama, concert, or lecture).
28. Which of these are divided by Acts and Scenes?
29. The protagonist of a play is .....
30. A smaller unit of a play in which there is no shift of location or time
31. A/An ..... is a major division of a play. The play may be divided into several of these.
32. A ..... is a place where plays are usually presented.
33. According to Aristotle, a tragedy should provoke which TWO emotions?
34. What is an allusion?
35. The written conversation between two or more characters in a play is called
36. A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a state of mind or process or perception, feeling, emotion, or thought
37. A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience.
38. The events in the story following the climax but before the resolution.
39. ..... :the parts a play is divided into.
40. This is where the drama, or play, is set
41. A play that ends with the death of a main character.
42. Lines that are spoke by a character directly to the audience are called a/an
43. Which of these is an example of situational irony?
44. A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.
45. What role does the playwright play?
46. The "good guy" the audience is rooting for in the play.
47. They take their orders from the stage manager to move the scenery and properties or "props" around the stage.
48. What the actors wear
49. It is a comic drama piece that uses highly improbable situations.
50. When someone writes about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a play or story it is called a .....
51. A brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters
52. ROMEO With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls;For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do that dares love attempt.Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.JULIET If they do see thee, they will murder thee.Which character traits best fit Romeo based on the lines above?
53. It provides and showcases the opposing objectives of the protagonist and the antagonist, or inside the protagonist.
54. Construction on the stage that shows time/place. Could be called Scenery.
55. What type of writing is written in lines?
56. Lines of dialogue-the format of a play
57. It introduces the aftermath of conflict, whether it is resolved or not.
58. Acts divided into smaller sections .....
59. Stage directions tell us:
60. The struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposite forces.