This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hamilton performing an extended speech alone on stage would be an example of a ..... A) Dance. B) Choreographer. C) Chorus. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 2. Often italicized or set off with parentheses, ..... are instructions about how to perform or act out the drama. A) Stage hands. B) Stage directions. C) Structure. D) Scenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage directions. 3. The conversation of characters in a literary work is called ..... A) Expectation. B) Epilogue. C) Dialogue. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 4. Thalia: A) Greek muse of tragedy. B) Greek muse of comedy. C) Greek muse of music and dance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek muse of comedy. 5. The directions, or words, in parenthesis that show the actions or feelings that the characters are supposed to show. These directions are called ..... A) Plot directions. B) Stage directions. C) Actor directions. D) Audience directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage directions. 6. A joke that results from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds, e.g., A horse is a very stable animal. A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Chorus. D) Oliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 7. What is an aside? A) An uninterrupted speech given by one character that may or may not be directed at another character. B) A comment or look made by a character directly to the audience where the other characters can't "hear" or "see" what is going on. C) A conversation between two or more characters. D) Directions written in parenthesis in a script to guide actors and directors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comment or look made by a character directly to the audience where the other characters can't "hear" or "see" what is going on. 8. Complete the sentence. To make an audience laugh, authors of comedies use all of the following except ..... A) Pity and fear. B) Exaggeration and sarcasm. C) Incongruity and surprise. D) Repetition and wisecracks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pity and fear. 9. In Scene 4, the Giver says, "We got rid of them when we embraced Sameness." As used in that sentence, embraced most closely means ..... A) Clasped arms around; hugged. B) Included; treated as part of a larger whole. C) Enclosed; formed a wall around. D) Received gladly; eagerly came to believe in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Included; treated as part of a larger whole. 10. Writing in paragraph form is known as ..... A) Poetry. B) Prose. C) Essay. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 11. The written text of a play is called a ..... A) Set. B) Rehearsal. C) Script. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Script. 12. Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the misfortune of the protagonist of a tragedy A) Tragic flaw. B) Dialogue. C) Hubris. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hubris. 13. A 14-line poem, typically about love or romance, that contains three quatrains (sets of four lines) and a rhyming couplet. Written in iambic pentameter, and follow the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. A) Iambic pentameter. B) Sonnet. C) Blank verse. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 14. According to Aristotle, what two feelings do successful tragedies arouse is the audience? A) Anger and fear. B) Pity and fear. C) Pity and anger. D) Pity and joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pity and fear. 15. This refers to the time and place of the drama. A) Setting. B) Cast. C) Act. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 16. Name two elements of a drama that you DO NOT FIND in poetry OR prose. A) Script and Stage Directions. B) Rhyme and Rhythm. C) Stage Directions and Dialogue. D) Rhyme and Script. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Script and Stage Directions. 17. In poetry, the organization of images, ideas, words, and lines A) Sonnet. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Structure. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure. 18. Which of the following statements CANNOT describe a theme in The Giver? A) People are afraid of change. But things always change. B) Beauty is only skin deep. C) Knowledge is power. D) The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty is only skin deep. 19. What is defined as a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave; explain how the stage should look and where props (items used in the play) are located. A) Aside. B) Stage directions. C) Soliloquy. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage directions. 20. Melpomene: A) Greek muse of music. B) Greek muse of comedy. C) Greek muse of tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek muse of tragedy. ← 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