Drama Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which is a text feature of prose?

Correct Answer: A) Paragraphs.

2. The repetition of sounds, usually consonant sounds, at the beginning of words

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

3. A group of lines is?

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.

4. A division of an act in a play is called?

Correct Answer: A) Scene.

5. Repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words such as: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood."

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

6. The setting of a play has to do with the

Correct Answer: D) Time and place.

7. Why is it important for the director, set designer, costume designer, and lighting designer to plan their design ideas together?

Correct Answer: B) To avoid design aspects that will conflict with each other.

8. This is similar to "theme" in literature.

Correct Answer: D) Thought.

9. Scenes in a drama show .....

Correct Answer: D) The setting changing over time.

10. Comments that delivers directly to the audience while other actors on the stage appear not to hear is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Aside.

11. A story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience

Correct Answer: A) Play or drama.

12. A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, art, or history

Correct Answer: D) Allusion.

13. Term for the shortcoming, weakness, or vice of the main character that causes his downfall.

Correct Answer: A) Tragic flaw.

14. Complete the sentence. A melodrama differs from a tragedy in that the important events of the plot are caused by random forces, rather than .....

Correct Answer: C) The responsibility of the protagonist.

15. A person who writes plays is

Correct Answer: D) Playwright.

16. What part of a play is similar to a chapter in a book?

Correct Answer: C) Act.

17. These stories teach a moral or lesson.

Correct Answer: D) Fables.

18. Acts are often divided into smaller sections called .....

Correct Answer: B) Scenes.

19. The problem, or struggle that the characters face is .....

Correct Answer: C) The conflict.

20. Suspense and tension starts to build during the .....

Correct Answer: B) Rising action.