This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ..... They are also written at the beginning of the play. A) Group. B) Crowd. C) Cast. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cast. 2. How are drama and other forms of literature similar? A) They contain the same structure and point-of-view. B) They contain characters, plot, setting, themes, conflict and literary devices. C) They contain a cast of characters and dialogue. D) They are published in a newspaper format. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They contain characters, plot, setting, themes, conflict and literary devices. 3. It introduces the conflict of the story of play. A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Rising action. D) Denouement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 4. Events after the climax A) Falling Action. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Exposition/ Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling Action. 5. ..... are the actors or actresses performing the play. A) Dialouge. B) Props. C) Drama. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters. 6. Smaller parts of a play that make up an act A) Act. B) Scene. C) Stanza. D) Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scene. 7. Complete the sentence. The protagonist of the tragedy is, according to Aristotle, a(n) ..... individual. A) Naive, trusting. B) Lustful, passionate. C) Perfect, superior. D) Flawed, human. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flawed, human. 8. What is opening night A) The first time a play is shown. B) The last time a play was shown. C) The start of a play. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first time a play is shown. 9. ..... is a type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines. A) Haiku. B) Riddle. C) Limerick. D) Diamonte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 10. A lyric poem of 14 lines, almost always written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme A) Soliloquy. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Structure. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 11. An introduction associated with drama which explains facts an audience should know to understand the play A) Chorus. B) Allusion. C) Structure. D) Prologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prologue. 12. The central idea or life lesson the writer intends to share with the reader. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Act. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. The person who wrote the play A) Drama. B) Dialogue. C) Playwright. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwright. 14. When one character is speaking for an extended amount of time to other characters on stage this is called a A) Monologue. B) Soliloquy. C) Aside. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monologue. 15. Which of these is an example of a stage direction? A) GEORGE:I don't understand what's happening!. B) [Both face front, shy throughout]. C) AnnabelleGeorgeMarion. D) A Raisin in the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) [Both face front, shy throughout]. 16. The conversations between characters in a drama or literary work. A) Dialogue. B) Conflict. C) Cast. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 17. What does music provide during a play? A) Mood. B) Emotional Response. C) Builds suspense. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. KABUKI- A) Decorative wall as the only scenery. B) Concerned with life after death. C) Actor enters from flowerway. D) Euripides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actor enters from flowerway. 19. Exposes human folly and aims to correct it; ridicules human weaknesses A) Tragedy. B) Revenge Tragedy. C) Satiric Comedy. D) Medium Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satiric Comedy. 20. Which is the correct term for "the characters in a drama" ? A) Directors. B) Actors. C) Props. D) Scenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actors. ← 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