This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Drama – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is employed by an author or a playwright through the use if a past event that will help the readers understand the present. A) Deus ex machina. B) Flashback. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 2. Dialogue A) Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. B) Theme-an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. C) A serious disagreement or argument. D) Perform a fictional role in a play, movie, or television production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. 3. What is a genre? A) Type of literature. B) Type of drama. C) A play for TV. D) Type of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of literature. 4. Is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character who are alone on stage (or THINK they are alone). A) Monologue. B) Prologue. C) Soliloquy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 5. A set is made of ..... that are on-stage. A) Lights. B) Dialogues. C) Costumes. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Props. 6. Themes are related to ..... A) Characters. B) Settings. C) Plot. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. When a character breaks the 4th wall and interacts directly with the audience. A) Stage. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allegory. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aside. 8. Is a short speech delivered by an actor in a play, usually directed to the audience and inaudible to the other characters. A) Monologue. B) Aside. C) Soliloquy. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 9. What is the difference between dialogue and monologue? A) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. B) Monologue is conversation between two characters. Dialogue is conversation between three or more characters. C) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. Monologues appear only in novels. D) Dialogue is conversation between only two characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone. 10. What is a humorous work of drama? A) Scene. B) Comedy. C) Drama. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 11. What is the definition of drama? A) A kind of literature that is written to be spoken outloud. B) A kind of literature that is written to be performed by actors. C) A kind of literature that is written to be sung. D) A kind of literature that is written to show fights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A kind of literature that is written to be spoken outloud. 12. ..... is what we call the words characters speak in a drama. A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 13. Italicized portion of the play that give directions for setting, character action or line delivery. A) Dialogue. B) Stage directions. C) Aside. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 14. A large section of a play. includes several scences A) Acts. B) Scenes. C) Props. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts. 15. What begins with a cast of characters? A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drama. 16. The term 'drama' comes from ..... A) Russia. B) Greek origin. C) India. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek origin. 17. Some types of poems are ..... A) Shape poem. B) Cinquain poem. C) Autobiographical poem. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. What is antithesis? A) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. B) A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts out loud to himself or herself. C) A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications. D) A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. 19. A long speech that reveals a character's true thoughts or feelings, unheard by other characters, usually while alone on stage. A) Aside. B) Dialogue. C) Soliloquy. D) Character foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 20. Complete the sentence. The protagonist of the tragedy is typically a person of ..... A) Noble birth. B) Impoverished social status. C) Weak morals. D) Strong religious faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noble birth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesDrama Quiz 1Drama Quiz 2Drama Quiz 3Drama Quiz 4Drama Quiz 5Drama Quiz 6Drama Quiz 7Drama Quiz 8Drama Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books