This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hamartia A) A tragic hero's fatal flaw; an ingrained character trait that causes a hero to make decisions that ultimately lead to his or her death or downfall. B) The critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia. C) A sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation especially in a literary work. D) Universal symbol-image, character, motif, or pattern-that recurs in myths, art, and literature throughout the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tragic hero's fatal flaw; an ingrained character trait that causes a hero to make decisions that ultimately lead to his or her death or downfall. 2. The "rule of three" explains that A) There are three rulers in a fairy tale. B) Bad things happen three times. C) There can only be three characters in the story. D) Events or people should occur in groups of three because it is satisfying to the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Events or people should occur in groups of three because it is satisfying to the reader. 3. Two kinds of drama A) Tragedy and comedy. B) Tragedy and crime. C) Comedy and crime. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy and comedy. 4. A speech by a character alone on stage, whose words reveal what they are feeling or thinking A) Monologue. B) Dialogue. C) Speech. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soliloquy. 5. A major section of a play, usually made up of several scenes. A) Line. B) Act. C) Stage Directions. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act. 6. What are stage directions? A) Spoken dialogue from a character. B) A written text of the play. C) Descriptions or directions of how characters act. D) Made up of several scenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptions or directions of how characters act. 7. The action of the story from the opening to the resolution is the ..... . A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Complication. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 8. What is written in sentences? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 9. Thespis A) 1st written down play and 1st actor. B) Greek muse of tragedy. C) Greek muse of comedy. D) Political plays with common people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st written down play and 1st actor. 10. A character that contrasts with the protagonist (usually in a play). This character's traits highlight the traits of the main character because they are opposites. A) Aside. B) Foil Character. C) Soliloquy. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foil Character. 11. Is a technique used to interrupt a serious situation by introducing a humorous character or situation. A) Comic relief. B) Comedy. C) Drama. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comic relief. 12. Which of the following could be found in a prose? A) Verses and stanzas. B) B. cast of characters and stage directions. C) C. descriptions, stage directions, and verses. D) D. paragraphs, a narrator, and dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. paragraphs, a narrator, and dialogue. 13. People, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play. A) Dialogue. B) Stage directions. C) Characters. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 14. What the text is REALLY about is the.. A) Title. B) Topic. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 15. The people who are in the play are called ..... A) People. B) Director. C) Characters. D) Players. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 16. Is a work of literature, especially a play, that results in catastrophe for the main character. A) Drama. B) Play. C) Tragedy. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 17. The instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew. These instructions suggest scenery, lighting, sound effects, and ways for actors to move and speak. A) Dialogue. B) Details. C) Stage directions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage directions. 18. A group of lines in a poem is called ..... A) Prose. B) Couplet. C) Stanza. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 19. What is onomatopoeia? A) An exaggeration. B) The repetition of a sound in a sentence or a series of sentences (Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore). C) When the ending sound of two words sound alike. D) A word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing. (BANG). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing. (BANG). 20. A humorous play that has a light tone and a happy ending. A) Foil. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. ← 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