This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Shakespearean Drama – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespearean Drama Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do stage directions do? A) Reveals responses of characters to others. B) Provides a preview of "who's who" and their relationship with each other. C) Tell where and when events occur, describe how actions are performed, and note emotions or how a character says a line of dialogue. D) Provides definitions and explanations of unfamiliar terms and expressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell where and when events occur, describe how actions are performed, and note emotions or how a character says a line of dialogue. 2. Aside A) A remark that a character makes in an undertone to the audience or another character but that others on stage are not supposed to hear. B) A speech that a character makes while alone on stage, to reveal his or her thoughts to the audience. C) A remark that a character makes in an undertone to the audience or another character but that others on stage are not supposed to hear. D) A joke playing with the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A remark that a character makes in an undertone to the audience or another character but that others on stage are not supposed to hear. 3. Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the falling action? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. E) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 4. The main character of a story/drama A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Chorus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 5. Blank Verse A) Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. B) A type of novel with no characters. C) A type of song with no lyrics. D) Rhymed lines of iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. 6. Character that has multiple personality traits A) Flat. B) Round. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round. 7. Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the climax? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. E) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 8. Foil A) A character who acts as a contrast to another character. B) A joke playing with the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. C) The main character who comes to a miserable end. D) A group of performers who stand outside the action and comment on the events and characters in the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character who acts as a contrast to another character. 9. Which act of a Shakespearean drama would include the prologue/exposition? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. E) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 10. All the written words of a play A) Stage directions. B) Drama. C) Script. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Script. 11. Shakespearean drama genre that is characterized by:Serious themes & motifsImportance of DeathContains tragic hero with a fatal flaw A) Tragedy. B) History. C) Comedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 12. A character's remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear and reveals the character's private thoughts. A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dramatic irony. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 13. Character that does NOT go through inner change throughout the story/drama A) Flat. B) Round. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Static. 14. The main character of the story, play, or drama A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Foil. D) Groundling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 15. What is an antagonist? A) The adversary or hostile force opposing the protagonist. B) The protagonist, or central character. C) A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character. D) A speech given by a character alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The adversary or hostile force opposing the protagonist. 16. Acts & scenes a noted using ..... A) Roman numerals. B) Mayan numbers. C) English numbers. D) Hebrew numerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roman numerals. 17. What is contained in the 4th act of a Shakespearean drama? A) A confrontation. B) The climax. C) The introduction of the characters. D) The rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A confrontation. 18. Plays that make fun of human problems and are funny A) Comic relief. B) Allusion. C) Dramatic irony. D) Comedies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedies. 19. In a drama, an act (noun) can be compared to ..... in a novel. A) Chapters. B) Books. C) Characters. D) Genres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chapters. 20. What is allusion? A) A humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension. B) A reference to a literary or historical person or event that the audience is expected to know. C) Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter, a meter that contains five unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable. D) A drama that results in a catastrophe, most often death, for the main characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reference to a literary or historical person or event that the audience is expected to know. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespearean Drama Quiz 1Shakespearean Drama Quiz 2Shakespearean Drama Quiz 3Shakespearean Drama Quiz 4Shakespearean Drama Quiz 6American Drama QuizDr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe QuizDrama QuizHamlet QuizMacbeth QuizPlay By Sakespear QuizShakespearean Tragedy Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books