This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Drama – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Stage directions: A) Tell the actors where to go and what to do. B) Are what the actors wear. C) Are the things on the stage. D) Are the hats the actors wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell the actors where to go and what to do. 2. A major unit of action in a play, similar to a chapter in a book-depending on length, plays can have as many as five A) Scene. B) Sonnet. C) Monologue. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act. 3. What is the definition of a monologue? A) An extended speech about a character's inner thoughts. B) A long speech given by a character. C) Descriptions in the script. D) An introduction to the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A long speech given by a character. 4. There are four ingredients in a good Drama. They include: A) Actors, script, acts and scenes. B) Stage directions, plays, singing and dancing. C) Characters, cast, setting and drama. D) Dialogue, setting, conflict and plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue, setting, conflict and plot. 5. A major division within a play, similar to a chapter in a book, is called a(n) ..... . A) Verse. B) Act. C) Stanza. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act. 6. What does the PLAYWRIGHT do? A) Directs the drama. B) Acts in the drama. C) Writes the drama. D) Watches the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writes the drama. 7. The area where the actors perform is called the ..... A) Set. B) Scene. C) Stage. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage. 8. Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of what? A) Figurative language. B) Elements of poetry. C) Neither A or B. D) Both A or B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A or B. 9. ..... are small, movable items that actors use to make actions look real. A) Characters. B) Props. C) Dialogue. D) Scripts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Props. 10. Mood and tone are established through A) Dialogue. B) Stage directions. C) Plot. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Which piece of literature is this structural element found in:STANZA A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Prose. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 12. What type of text is Invasion From Mars? A) Non fiction. B) Drama. C) Poetry. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 13. An extended speech given by a character that expresses their inner thoughts to the audience A) Line. B) Prologue. C) Solilquy. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solilquy. 14. Complete the sentence. Since comedies are about rejuvenation and revival, a typical ending is ..... A) A funeral. B) A promotion. C) A wedding. D) A graduation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A wedding. 15. A speech given by one character to everyone on stage. A) Dialogue. B) Soliloquy. C) Aside. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 16. Conversation between or among characters. A) Aside. B) Dialogue. C) Soliloquy. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 17. Read the following scene from the play, "Dragon Wings" and answer the question.["September twenty-second ..... Dear Mother, I have bad news. We are going to lose Dragon Wings before father can fly it. Black Dog stole all we have, and the landlord will not give us an extension on our rent. So we'll have to move and leave Dragon Wings behind."]The playwright uses the boy, Moon Shadow's letter as a monologue at the beginning of the play to highlight ..... A) The Exposition. B) The Conflict and Problem the character's face. C) The Setting of the play. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Conflict and Problem the character's face. 18. The ..... is the author of a play. A) Actors. B) Playwright. C) Acts. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playwright. 19. The person who writes a drama is called a ..... A) Author. B) Playright. C) Playwright. D) Playwrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwright. 20. The sequence of actions and events. A) Character. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 21. A major division of a play. A) A drama. B) An act. C) A scene. D) The setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An act. 22. Which piece of literature can you find dialogue in? A) Poetry. B) Drama and Poetry. C) Prose and Drama. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose and Drama. 23. What is the message or lessons you can learn from the story called? A) Theme. B) Story. C) Dialogue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 24. What is the definition of the term screenwriter? A) The author of a play. B) The author of a poem. C) The author of a tv or movie script. D) The author of a feature article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author of a tv or movie script. 25. The major divisions in a play A) Acts. B) Chapters. C) Scenes. D) Foils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts. 26. A type of drama that deals with light and amusing subjects or with serious and profound subjects in a light, familiar, or satirical way A) Sonnet. B) Drama. C) Epic. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedy. 27. Series of events in a drama A) Plot. B) Scene. C) Set. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 28. What is the role of a narrator? A) To act. B) To write a play. C) To tell the audience information. D) To be in charge of the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell the audience information. 29. This is an example of:(BELLE has left the castle, BEAST is alone)BEAST:I'm just fooling myself. She'll never see me as anything ..... but a monster. (Another petal falls off the rose.) It's hopeless. A) Stage directions. B) Monologue. C) Aside. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soliloquy. 30. What are the major categories of literature? A) Sci-fi, literacy, and drama. B) Poetry, articles, and drama. C) Prose, poetry, and drama. D) Prose, English, and drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose, poetry, and drama. 31. What is one element in a plot structure? A) Rising Action. B) Audio. C) Voice. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising Action. 32. It is a literary element. Whatever takes place BEFORE the action of the play is directly related to the play. A) Rising Action. B) Preliminary Event. C) Falling action. D) Denouement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preliminary Event. 33. A character who provides a strong contrast to another character A) Foil. B) Tragic hero. C) Allusion. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 34. Which of the following elements are unique to drama? A) Stage directions, scenes, monologue. B) Dialogue, plot, setting. C) Characters, stage directions, scenes. D) Conflict, setting, characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage directions, scenes, monologue. 35. The style of speaking that can reveal character. A) Dialogue. B) Accent. C) Suspense. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 36. When the struggle is within a character and is not known by others unless it is shared by the character- A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) Indirect. D) Not important to the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 37. A long speech given by a character onstage, alone, to let the audience know what he/she is privately thinking or feeling. A) Soliloquy. B) Blank verse. C) Oxymoron. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 38. What is an article or object that appears on stage during a play? A) Playwright. B) Stage Direction. C) Scene. D) Prop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prop. 39. Conversation between two characters in a literary work; reveals thoughts and personalities; advances the plot A) Dialogue. B) Comic relief. C) Comedy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 40. Stage Directions are ..... A) Directions on how to get to the play. B) The direction the actor faces. C) The direction the audience faces. D) Where things happen on stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where things happen on stage. 41. S/He accompanies the artists as they rehearse the opera. A) Musical Director. B) Sound Manager. C) Conductor. D) Pianist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pianist. 42. Where a play takes place. A) Set. B) Theatre. C) Props. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theatre. 43. A long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the private thoughts and emotions of the character A) Chorus. B) Analogy. C) Soliloquy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 44. Describes the characters and help you understand what the characters are thinking or feeling. A) Rules. B) Stage Directions. C) Movement. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage Directions. 45. It is everything that the audience sees as they watch the play. A) Dialogue. B) Spectacle. C) Characters. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spectacle. 46. The elements of drama, by which dramatic works can be analyzed and evaluated, can be categorized into three major areas: A) Literature, Performance, and Conceptual. B) Literary, Technical, and Performance. C) Technical, Literary, and Stage Presentations. D) Performance, Literary and Conceptual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary, Technical, and Performance. 47. It is employed by an author or a playwright through the use if a past event that will help the readers understand the present. A) Deus ex machina. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 48. What is a genre? A) Type of literature. B) A play for TV. C) Type of writing. D) Type of drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of literature. 49. Is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character who are alone on stage (or THINK they are alone). A) Soliloquy. B) Prologue. C) Aside. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 50. A set is made of ..... that are on-stage. A) Props. B) Dialogues. C) Costumes. D) Lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Props. 51. Themes are related to ..... A) Characters. B) Settings. C) Plot. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 52. When a character breaks the 4th wall and interacts directly with the audience. A) Stage. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allegory. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aside. 53. Is a short speech delivered by an actor in a play, usually directed to the audience and inaudible to the other characters. A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Chorus. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 54. What is the difference between dialogue and monologue? A) Dialogue is conversation between only two characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. B) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. C) Monologue is conversation between two characters. Dialogue is conversation between three or more characters. D) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. Monologues appear only in novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. 55. What is a humorous work of drama? A) Aside. B) Scene. C) Comedy. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comedy. 56. What is the definition of drama? A) A kind of literature that is written to be sung. B) A kind of literature that is written to be spoken outloud. C) A kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors. D) A kind of literature that is written to show fights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A kind of literature that is written to be spoken outloud. 57. ..... is what we call the words characters speak in a drama. A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 58. Italicized portion of the play that give directions for setting, character action or line delivery. A) Soliloquy. B) Dialogue. C) Aside. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 59. A large section of a play. includes several scences A) Acts. B) Scenes. C) Props. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts. 60. What begins with a cast of characters? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesDrama Quiz 1Drama Quiz 2Drama Quiz 3Drama Quiz 4Drama Quiz 5Drama Quiz 6Drama Quiz 8Drama Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books