This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Shakespearean Drama – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespearean Drama Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What conflict does Claudius suggest he feels in lines 1-14 of the excerpt from Hamlet? Write the letter of one statement below the emotion it aligns to. Each emotion has one correct answer. A) His grief over the death of the late king. B) His guilt over the means he used to become king. C) His suspicion of Hamlet as his heir. D) His desire to successfully rule Denmark. E) His joy at his marriage to Queen Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His guilt over the means he used to become king. 2. A comment or line spoken softly under his breath (the stage may be full of actors) A) Script. B) Dialogue. C) Soliloquy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aside. 3. The directions for movements which include descriptions, setting, and actions A) Script. B) Stage directions. C) Modern English. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage directions. 4. Hurricane Katrina reached land on the Gulf Coast, and houses in Louisiana and Mississippi were flooded and destroyed. A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External conflict. 5. Which of the following is NOT a TECHNICAL ELEMENT of drama? A) Scenery. B) Props. C) Make-up/costumes. D) Lighting & sound. E) Acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Acting. 6. What is comic relief? A) A humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension. B) When the audience knows more than the characters. C) A character's remark that others on stage do not hear. D) A speech given by a character alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension. 7. Which of the following PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS best helps the audience to see the character's reviving of hope? A) Acting-emotion, tone of voice, etc. B) Body language-gestures, facial expressions, etc. C) Lights & sound. D) Costumes/makeup. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acting-emotion, tone of voice, etc. 8. Shakespearean drama genre that is characterized by:Propaganda for current events (in Shakespeare's time)Real figure from English or ancient (Greek & Roman) historyEmbellishment (adding extra detail) of plot and characters A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) History. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History. 9. Character created to help the qualities/personality of another character shine A) Flat. B) Foil. C) Stock. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foil. 10. Conflict with an outside force-can be another character, nature, technology, supernatural, etc. A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 11. Psychological or mental conflict ; man vs. self A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 12. A play where the main character comes to an unhappy end. A) Drama. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 13. Definition:A figure of speech that combines conflicting (opposite) terms to create something new. A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 14. Recurring character in drama (like archetypes)hero, villian, damsel in distress, devil figure, etc. A) Stock. B) Flat. C) Dynamic. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stock. 15. What is unique about Act V of a Shakespearean drama? A) It contains the climax. B) It is a reversal of fortune. C) Is documents the consequences of the resolution. D) It creates doubt of the final outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is documents the consequences of the resolution. 16. Which of the following is NOT a PERFORMANCE ELEMENT of a drama? A) Acting-emotion, tone of voice, etc. B) Body language-gestures, facial expressions, etc. C) Lights & sound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lights & sound. 17. Brutus ..... What a stupid man he's become! He was so sharp when he was in school.Cassius ..... He's still sharp when it comes to carrying out a bold or noble enterprise ..... A) Dialogue. B) Monologue. C) Soliloquy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 18. Chorus A) A group of performers who stand outside the action and comment on the events and characters in the play. B) The poor people who paid a penny to stand and watch a play. C) Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. D) A division of an act into smaller parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of performers who stand outside the action and comment on the events and characters in the play. 19. A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character, highlighting both characters' traits. A) Antagonist. B) Foil. C) Tragic hero. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foil. 20. A disastrous event that ruins the hero's life and often leads to the hero's death A) Catastrophe. B) Tragic flaw. C) Tragedies. D) Comic relief. 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