This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Drama – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Drama Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. This refers to the time and place of the drama. A) Setting. B) Cast. C) Act. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Characters, conflict, and setting are ..... A) Themes. B) Plots. C) Story elements. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Story elements. 9. ..... are the units of action in a drama. A) Acts. B) Actors. C) Playwright. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts. 10. Topics are usually summed up in.. A) A word or two. B) A page. C) A paragraph. D) A story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word or two. 11. Where would you look to find the names of the characters? A) Stage directions. B) Cast of characters. C) Tragic hero. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage directions. 12. Gods and goddesses are part of these stories. A) Folktales. B) Fables. C) Myths. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 13. What are drama stories? A) Stories that can be acted out in front of people or an audience. B) Stories that are only read out loud. C) Stories that are not interesting. D) Stories that are nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stories that can be acted out in front of people or an audience. 14. Why does a playwright include stage directions in a script? A) To provide information about the time period in which a play is set. B) To provide information about how the dialogue in a play should be spoken. C) To provide information about how the play should look to the audience. D) To provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play. 15. Why study these terms? A) To learn about different characters and how actors perform them. B) Analyze how an author's writing can change the outcome and the performance of a live action play, tv show, movie, or script. C) Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning. D) To learn about an author's choices and how they can impact the reading of a script. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning. 16. What option would be considered a form of props? A) Costume. B) Scenery. C) Actor. D) A Telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Telephone. 17. What is it called in a drama where there is written directions that tell actors what to do and how to feel? A) Script. B) Dialogue. C) Stage directions. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage directions. 18. This is the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. It represents the point of the greatest tension in the play. A) Character. B) Climax. C) Conflict. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 19. Italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, gives further information about a character, or provide background information A) Staging. B) Act. C) Aside. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage directions. 20. ..... is a form of drama that has a happy ending, and often features normal characters in funny situations. A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) Drama. D) Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. ← 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