This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is plot? A) The sequence of main events. B) The place where the story takes place. C) The instructions in the play. D) The problem in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sequence of main events. 2. Rhythm gives poetry a ..... quality. A) Musical. B) Old-fashioned. C) Important. D) Difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musical. 3. Complete the sentence. Music can accomplish all of the following in a play except ..... A) Convey emotion. B) Soothe all individuals. C) Clarify character intentions. D) Increase intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soothe all individuals. 4. An extended speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience. A) Aside. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 5. What is an object used on stage by actors during a performance called? A) Setting. B) Dialogue. C) Prop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prop. 6. A long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud. A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 7. A monologue is ..... A) A conversation between characters. B) Small movable objects. C) Private thoughts said out loud by one character. D) The hero's goal or job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private thoughts said out loud by one character. 8. Acts are often divided into parts called ..... A) Props. B) Dialogue. C) Scenes. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scenes. 9. This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as themes, chapters, characters and settings, and point of view. A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 10. Longer plays are divided into smaller sections called- A) Stage directions. B) Scenes. C) Acts. D) Chapters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acts. 11. Printed copy of a play A) Director. B) Playwright. C) Script. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Script. 12. Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter A) Blank Verse. B) Free Verse. C) Pros. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blank Verse. 13. ..... is the playwright's technique for creating believable characters. A) Scenery. B) Characterization. C) Stage Direction. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 14. A line of verse with ten syllables ..... five pairs of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity. A) Iambic pentameter. B) Sonnet. C) Rhyming couplet. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 15. Small section or portion of a play A) Theatre. B) Drama. C) Scene. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scene. 16. What is an Apostrophe? A) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. B) Rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter. C) A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion. D) 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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. 17. This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as themes, chapters, characters and settings. A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 18. Which of the following would be an example of stage directions in "The Wizard of Oz?" A) The scarecrow talking. B) Dorothy singing. C) [the scarecrow falls down while he dances]. D) The city of Oz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) [the scarecrow falls down while he dances]. 19. A playwright is ..... A) Someone that directs a film. B) An audience member. C) A writer of plays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A writer of plays. 20. A character whose personality and attitude contrasts sharply with those of another character; used to highlight both characters' traits A) Aside. B) Tragic hero. C) Soliloquy. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. ← 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