This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespearean Drama – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespearean Drama Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a foil? 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: C) A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character. 2. What is a character foil? A) A type of character who is a sidekick to the main character. B) A character who is similar to the character, almost a twin of the main character's personality traits. C) A character that contrasts with another character, calling attention to certain traits of the main character. D) A type of paper used in printing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A character that contrasts with another character, calling attention to certain traits of the main character. 3. What is a synopsis? A) A short summary of the scene found at the beginning of each one. B) Indications of where a scene takes place as well as who's on stage and what they're doing. C) Notes in the margin of the play to help clarify meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short summary of the scene found at the beginning of each one. 4. A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work. A) Antagonist. B) Groundling. C) Tragic hero. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. 5. An occurrence in which the audience knows more about what is happening than the important character A) Situational irony. B) Irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 6. What act does the climax occur? A) Act I. B) Act II. C) Act III. D) Act IV. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Act III. 7. Serious plays presenting the downfall of heroes, often ending in catastrophe A) Comedies. B) Tragedies. C) Drama. D) Script. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedies. 8. Someone who paid a penny to stand on the ground to watch a play A) Antagonist. B) Groundling. C) Protagonist. D) Tragic hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundling. 9. What is an archetype? A) A drama that ends in catastrophe-most often in death-for the main character(s). B) Familiar character types that appear over and over in literature. C) The process of releasing, and thereby providing release from strong, repressed emotions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Familiar character types that appear over and over in literature. 10. Character that has one/two personality traits A) Flat. B) Round. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. 11. Comic relief A) A light, mildly humorous scene following a serious one. B) Cleansing of emotions in the audience; the reason audiences enjoy tragedies. C) A work in which the main character, or tragic hero, came to an unhappy ending. D) A character who acts as a contrast to another character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A light, mildly humorous scene following a serious one. 12. A weakness within the main character which causes his downfall A) Tragic flaw. B) Tragic hero. C) Tragedies. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic flaw. 13. Antony speaks to the crowd ..... "Friends, Romans, countrymen, give me your attention. I have come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do is remembered after their deaths, but the good is often buried with them ..... " A) Dialogue. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monologue. 14. A force against the protagonist that can be another character, a group of characters, or something nonhuman, such as nature or society. A) Antagonist. B) Foil. C) Tragic hero. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 15. The speech of the characters in a play often in conversation A) Aside. B) Dialogue. C) Soliloquy. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 16. Is the protagonist, or central character, and usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or cruel twist of fate. A) Antagonist. B) Foil. C) Tragic hero. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragic hero. 17. Shakespearean drama genre that is characterized by:Comedic languagePlot twistsMistaken identityWeddings or ReunionsLove obstacles A) History. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 18. Prologue A) The introduction to a play or an act. B) A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group. C) A speech that a character makes while alone on stage, to reveal his or her thoughts to the audience. D) A way of organizing a play, similar to a chapter in a book; all Shakespeare plays have five acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The introduction to a play or an act. 19. What is ambition? A) A strong. B) A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. C) A musical instrument. D) A type of animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. 20. A single character gives a speech meant for the audience (characters on stage cannot "hear" this speech, as it provides inner thoughts and motivations to the audience) A) Dialogue. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 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