This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Drama – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The term 'drama' comes from ..... A) Greek origin. B) Russia. C) France. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek origin. 2. Some types of poems are ..... A) Shape poem. B) Cinquain poem. C) Autobiographical poem. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What is antithesis? A) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. B) A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts out loud to himself or herself. C) A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications. D) A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. 4. A long speech that reveals a character's true thoughts or feelings, unheard by other characters, usually while alone on stage. A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Character foil. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 5. Complete the sentence. The protagonist of the tragedy is typically a person of ..... A) Impoverished social status. B) Strong religious faith. C) Noble birth. D) Weak morals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noble birth. 6. A hint of what is to come in the action of a play ..... A) Guess. B) Act. C) Scene. D) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadow. 7. Choose a statement that best describes the Twentieth century A) Because of an improved economy and living condition in London, theaters increased enormously. B) The next 40 years, non-Western theatrical forms emerged as a result of the dismantling of empires. C) This development had caused theater to evolve into a diversified one with new artists utilizing their very own elements. D) It lost it appeals and was replaced by sentimental comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This development had caused theater to evolve into a diversified one with new artists utilizing their very own elements. 8. Drama is a reading genre with A) Poems. B) Science fiction. C) Stories. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plays. 9. This is an example of:(Lefou, Gaston's sidekick, brags about Gaston to everyone in the pub.)LEFOU:Who, you? Never. Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together. Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston Looking so down in the dumps Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston Even when taking your lumps There's no man in town as admired as you You're everyone's favorite guy Everyone's awed and inspired by you A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Stage directions. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 10. What type of writing is used for chapter books, text books, and newspaper articles? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 11. These are used to introduce new characters and foreshadow future events. A) Actors. B) Script. C) Dramas. D) Scenes and acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scenes and acts. 12. Also called complications, these are the events in a story that create obstacles for the protagonist as he/she tries to solve the main conflict A) Protagonist. B) Setting. C) Climax. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising action. 13. I am a story told in front of a live audience. What am I? A) A drama. B) A story. C) A fantasy. D) A poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A drama. 14. The script, narrator, characters, setting, dialogue, and stage directions are all ..... of drama. A) Elements. B) Words. C) Definitions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elements. 15. The author of a drama A) Playwright. B) Scene. C) Foil. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playwright. 16. Why is reading a play very different from seeing it performed onstage? A) Dramas include music to set the mood. B) During a performance, you will actually hear the sound effects. C) A staged play uses lighting and sound effects. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 17. Complete the following sentence. The action of the play must move in a logical fashion from the exposition to ..... A) The climax. B) The falling action. C) The rising action. D) The resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rising action. 18. What is the definition of a magic helper? A) Someone without powers who helps the main character. B) The main character who doesn't have special powers. C) A character with special powers who helps the main character. D) The main character who has special powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A character with special powers who helps the main character. 19. Words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us 1. what the character is doing 2. details about the setting A) Tragedy. B) Theme. C) Stage directions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage directions. 20. A subdivision of an act in a play, usually takes place in a specific setting and time A) Act. B) Soliloquy. C) Scene. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scene. 21. Items used on stage to help actors tell a story A) Sets. B) Props. C) Flats. D) Costumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Props. 22. This is the first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot, in which necessary background information is provided. A) Setting. B) Introduction. C) Rising action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 23. Term for any words spoken by the characters in a play. A) Conversation. B) Dialogue. C) Tragic flaw. D) Playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 24. This drama was originally entertaining with a happy ending. A) Action. B) Tragedy. C) Sonnet. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedy. 25. Writer's hints about future events in the play/story/writing A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Climax. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 26. A piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted. A) Play. B) Stage directions. C) Stage. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 27. An introduction to a play A) Monologue. B) Soliloquy. C) Act. D) Prologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prologue. 28. Written conversation between two or more characters A) Monologue. B) Soliloquy. C) Drama. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 29. A script/play/drama that has an unhappy ending A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 30. Movement options for actors, set changes, and the like; downstage refers to moving toward the audience while upstage refers to moving away from the audience; left and right are in accordance with the actors' left and right on stage A) Stage Directions. B) Symbols. C) Director. D) Staging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage Directions. 31. In a play, information about characters' motivations and character traits comes from the A) Stage directions. B) Audience's imagination. C) Dialogue. D) Set design and props. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 32. The main character or hero in a narrative or drama, usually the one with whom the audience identifies. A) Protagonist. B) Plot. C) Antagonist. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 33. Words that are usually italicized and in parenthesis or brackets on the script. A) Lines. B) Scene titles. C) Character names. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage directions. 34. What is the title of the story we read this week? A) Anansi and the Spider. B) Anansi and the Sky King. C) The Magic Marker Mystery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Magic Marker Mystery. 35. What does the setting tell you about in a play, prose, or poem? A) Where and when it takes place. B) Tells the actors how to act in the play. C) Is a list of characters in a play. D) Paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where and when it takes place. 36. A part in the play:they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting A) Narrator. B) Author. C) Playwright. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 37. The ..... enjoyed watching the play. A) Comedy. B) Actor. C) Audience. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 38. The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. A) Character. B) Theme. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 39. Based on the events in the drama, the reader can infer that ..... A) Ricky will ask Jeremiah for help with future assignments. B) Charlie will offer to tutor other students from the class. C) Jeremiah will continue to do well in class if he studies hard. D) Mr. Rodriguez will better prepare his students for tests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jeremiah will continue to do well in class if he studies hard. 40. It is used in a dramatic production to communicate the environment. A) Scenery. B) Makeup. C) Props. D) Lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scenery. 41. "Exit stage left" ..... this is an example of A) Stage directions. B) Lines. C) Cast of characters. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage directions. 42. It's not what is said, but how it's said. A) Script. B) Dialogue. C) Diction. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 43. Legends are based in what? A) Superhuman traights. B) Fact. C) Lessons. D) Traditon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fact. 44. The tone creates the ..... of the drama. A) Mood. B) Characters. C) Humor. D) Scenery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 45. Choose the correct word to match the definition:a speech in which a character speaks to a silent or absent listener in a moment of deep emotion A) Soliloquy. B) Plot. C) Character. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 46. When the audience knows about a situation or something that is happening in the plot but the characters in the story don't know. A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Nonsense irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 47. In what genre are lines (verses) and stanzas found? A) Poetry. B) Prose. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 48. Motivations are ..... A) Reasons for a character to do what he or she does. B) Conflicts that a character faces. C) A task that the hero must acomplish. D) Events that a character takes part in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasons for a character to do what he or she does. 49. The one who manipulates the lights to create effects which help set the mood and complement the action on the stage. A) Stage Manager. B) Stage Director. C) Set Designer. D) Lighting Designer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lighting Designer. 50. Read Line 4 from the dramaMr. Rodriguez:with enthusiasm, waving a small piece of paper in front of the class) I have a special incentive for you. The student with the highest score will receive this ticket, enabling him or her to skip the next unit test. So go and study hard, everybody!Based on these lines, what can the reader conclude about Mr. Rodriguez? A) He has lost patience with his students. B) He plays favorites in the classroom. C) HIs test are too easy. D) He wants to motivate his students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to motivate his students. 51. A single character in a play who speaks the prologue and comments on the course of events. A) Pun. B) Solioquy. C) Oxymoron. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chorus. 52. A comment made by a character that is heard by the audience or other character, but is not heard by the other characters on stage; provides information and reveals private thoughts A) Aside. B) Dialogue. C) Pun. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 53. The hero's task is ..... A) What the hero learns from events. B) What the hero is trying to accomplish. C) What the villain is trying to destroy. D) Save somebody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the hero is trying to accomplish. 54. Group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together in a musical theatre drama A) Ensemble. B) Antagonists. C) Musicians. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ensemble. 55. A smaller part or "subchapter" in a piece of drama is a(n) A) Act. B) Dialogue. C) Setting. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scene. 56. The group or person for whom a play is being performed is called ..... A) Scene. B) Summary. C) Dialogue. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 57. How many lines does a Shakespearian Sonnet contain? A) As many as possible. B) 14. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 58. Somebody talking to him/herself to reveal their thoughts or feelings is a ..... A) Speech. B) Soliloquy. C) Monologue. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. 59. A conversation between two or more characters where words are spoken and information is given. A) Dialogue. B) Soliloquy. C) Monologue. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 60. In drama, the plot and characters are developed primarily through A) Dialogue. B) Inferences. C) Description. D) Costumes. 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