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- 1. Multiple Choice
a drama that ends with everyone dying
History
Comedy
Tragedy
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Shakespeare's theater company?
Old King's Men
Royal
Lord Chamberlain's men
Chester & theater
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where did Shakespeare's plays performed?
The Rose Theater
Theater of Wales
Globe Theater
Theater of Ireland
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow were outdoor performances lit?candlestorcheselectricitythe sun
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich flag color would be used to represent a tragedy?WhiteRedBlackBlue
- 6. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare wrote his plays in un-rhymed ____.
iambic pentameter
iambic quadrameter
tetrambic hexameter
tetrambic pentameter
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a soliloquy?a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannota lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stagea lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stagespeech in which a word has a double meaning
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an aside?a brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannota lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stagespeech in which a word has a double meaninga lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a monologue?a lengthy speech in which one character is alone on stagea brief remark that the audience can hear but characters cannotspeech in which a word has a double meaninga lengthy speech addressed to the other characters on stage
- 10. Multiple Choice
two opposite characters that shed light on the other charachter's personality (Scar and Mufasa from The Lion King)
round character
flat character
foil characters
static character
- 11. Multiple Choice
Dramatic irony is when the audience is in on a secret that the __________.
Characters have missed
Author is uncertain about
Characters don't want them to know
Audience, characters, and author are uncertain about
- 12. Multiple Choice
A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood
comic relief
dramatic irony
tragedy
character flaw
- 13. Multiple Choice
The central character of a drama
protagonist
antagonist
soliloquy
character flaw
- 14. Multiple Choice
a reference within a work to something that the audience is expected to know.
dramatic irony
allusion
soliloquy
antagonist
- 15. Multiple Choice
The force working against the protagonist
antagonist
soliloquy
protagonist
character flaw
- 16. Multiple Choice
A "soliloquy" and an "aside" are different from a "monologue" because they are...
quietly spoken off-stage.
both discussions between two characters.
spoken directly to the audience.
part of the prologue.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA play that ends in the death of the main characterComedyActSceneTragedy
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDramatic irony is when the audience is in on a secret that the __________.Characters have missedAuthor is uncertain aboutCharacters don't want them to knowAudience, characters, and author are uncertain about
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