This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > 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. 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. 2. 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]. 3. The conversations between characters in a drama or literary work. A) Dialogue. B) Conflict. C) Cast. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. The conversation of characters in a literary work is called ..... A) Expectation. B) Epilogue. C) Dialogue. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. Writing in paragraph form is known as ..... A) Poetry. B) Prose. C) Essay. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 18. The written text of a play is called a ..... A) Set. B) Rehearsal. C) Script. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Script. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← 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