This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It introduces the characters and dramatic situation of the story or play. A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Rising action. D) Denouement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 2. This is how the conflict is or not resolved.. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 3. 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? A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 4. We should be able to distinguish the characters of a play from one another based on all of the following characteristics, except for ..... A) Use of the same tone by each character. B) Physical appearance. C) Age, ethnicity, subculture. D) Political and religious beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of the same tone by each character. 5. Term for a serious play that usually ends with the death of the main character(s). A) Tragedy. B) Drama. C) Comedy. D) Passion play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 6. People, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature. A) Character. B) Character motivation. C) Dynamic Character. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 7. What is the correct term for "words that the characters say in a drama" ? A) Acts. B) Dialogue. C) Title. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 8. Mystery play exists in ..... period. A) Greek. B) Elizabethan. C) Middle Ages. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle Ages. 9. The struggle between the protagonist and an opposing force- A) Complication. B) Conflict. C) Argument. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 10. A group of viewers or listeners present at a performance (drama, concert, or lecture). A) Audience. B) Stage Directions. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 11. Which of these are divided by Acts and Scenes? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) Poetry, Drama, and Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 12. The protagonist of a play is ..... A) The leading character and is always good. B) The leading character and is not necessarily good. C) Actively opposes the leading character. D) Actively hostile towards the leading character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The leading character and is not necessarily good. 13. A smaller unit of a play in which there is no shift of location or time A) Act. B) Scene. C) Inversion. D) Low humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scene. 14. A/An ..... is a major division of a play. The play may be divided into several of these. A) Scene. B) Stage directions. C) Act. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act. 15. A ..... is a place where plays are usually presented. A) Drama. B) Comedy. C) Playwright. D) Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theater. 16. According to Aristotle, a tragedy should provoke which TWO emotions? A) Fear / pity. B) Fear / happiness. C) Empathy / sympathy. D) Pity / empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear / pity. 17. What is an allusion? A) A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion. B) A brief speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. C) The dramatic device wherein a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, present, and able to reply. D) Rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion. 18. The written conversation between two or more characters in a play is called A) Dialogue. B) Playwright. C) Theme. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 19. A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a state of mind or process or perception, feeling, emotion, or thought A) Lyric. B) Sonnet. C) Narrative. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 20. A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience. A) Soliloquy. B) Monologue. C) Dialogue. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aside. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDrama Quiz 1Drama Quiz 2Drama Quiz 3Drama Quiz 4Drama Quiz 5Drama Quiz 6Drama Quiz 7Drama Quiz 8Drama Quiz 9Drama Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books