Drama Quiz 34 (20 MCQs)

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1. The problem or issue the main character is having is the main .....

Correct Answer: B) Conflict.

2. Smaller divisions inside an Act.

Correct Answer: C) Scenes.

3. The writer of drama is called ..

Correct Answer: C) Playwright.

4. A protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his/her demise.

Correct Answer: B) Tragic hero.

5. The type of irony when the audience knows something the characters in the play do not.

Correct Answer: C) Dramatic.

6. Theater requires a(n) ..... to perform in front of and interact with the actors on stage.

Correct Answer: A) Audience.

7. The falling action takes place during which act

Correct Answer: C) Act iv.

8. A play where the hero or the main character ultimately dies is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Tragedy.

9. Why won't anyone tell the Emperor the truth about his new clothes?

Correct Answer: C) They do not want to look like a fool (if one can't see the clothes, that means they aren't smart).

10. ..... is the time and location in a drama. It can affect the characters and setting.

Correct Answer: C) Setting.

11. The audience knows something the characters don't

Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony.

12. The sorting out of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story is called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Resolution.

13. The lines the characters say

Correct Answer: B) Dialogue.

14. What is the purpose of stage directions?

Correct Answer: C) To tell actors how to act or move, or tells what feelings to show.

15. A form of literature meant to be performed by actors for an audience; a play

Correct Answer: A) Drama.

16. A humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound

Correct Answer: B) Pun.

17. Dramas are meant to be-

Correct Answer: B) Performed by actors.

18. The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Stage directions.

19. What is the item called in a drama that provides dialogue for characters and the narrator that they read and is organized by scenes?

Correct Answer: D) Script.

20. What is the meaning of the term monologue

Correct Answer: A) Long speech by one single character.