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- 1. Multiple Choice
How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?
Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.
Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction do not have a plot.
Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.
Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following elements are unique to drama?
characters, stage directions, scenes
conflict, setting, characters
stage directions, scenes, acts
dialogue, plot, setting
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why does a playwright include stage directions in a script?
to provide information about the time period in which a play is set
to provide information about how the dialogue in a play should be spoken
to provide information about how the play should look to the audience
to provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play
- 4. Multiple Choice
Types of Drama include:
stage plays
radio plays
movies
television programs
all of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
----- are a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave. They also explain how the stage should look and where props (items used in the play) are located.
Scenes
Stage directions
Directions
Dialogue
- 6. Multiple Choice
------- is the words characters speak. Although any kind of story can have this, it is central to drama because the audience follows the events by watching what characters say and do.
Plot
Conflict
Setting
Character
Dialogue
- 7. Multiple Choice
The ------ is the time and place in which a story occurs. It can be in the past, present, or future. Examples include a classroom, the inside of a car during a traffic jam, or Mars.
plot
conflict
setting
character
dialogue
- 8. Multiple Choice
A -------- is the series of related events that make up a story.
Generally, a description of the ------ is what you provide when someone asks: "What's the story about?"
plot
conflict
setting
character
dialogue
- 9. Multiple Choice
-------is a struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces. It can also occur within a character. For example, a character might struggle internally to make a difficult decision or choice.
Plot
Conflict
Setting
Character
Dialogue
- 10. Multiple Choice
A ------------ is a person (or an animal) in a literary work. A story or play can have many or just a few.
plot
conflict
setting
character
dialogue
- 11. Multiple Choice
The following question comes from the play, "Dragon Wings".
[Uncle Bright Star, Wind Rider, and Moon Shadow are pulling a homemade airplane up the hill.]
Wind Rider: "Take the ropes." [pantomimes taking a rope over his shoulder as he faces the audience] [They strain. Moon Shadow stumbles but gets up. Stamping his feet to get a better footing , he keeps tugging.]
The playwright uses stage directions mainly to--?
show how relatively easy it was to pull the airplane up the hill.
show how difficult it was to pull the airplane up the hill, despite the additional help.
show how clumsy Moon Shadow is.
show how Wind Rider and Moon Shadow do not work well together.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Stage directions are important to the play because--
they help show the characters' movements.
they help show the characters' facial expressions and emotions.
they help show the characters' actions.
All of the above
- 13. Multiple Choice
The entire text of the drama is called--
the script.
the dialogue.
the stage directions.
the act.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The person who writes a play is called a...
narrator.
playwright.
play writer.
author.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Read the following line from Scene I of "The Necklace".
["Ugh! I hate this life. Living in a poor house with its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains! What I really want is to live in an elegant house, with chambers, heavily oriented tapestries...and exquisite pieces of furniture..."]
What can both the reader and audience infer about this character?
She is dissatisfied with her life and wants more.
She is grateful for everything that she has.
She is upset because she can't have nice things like other people.
Both A and C are correct
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why are stage directions part of a script? Pick ALL the correct answers.
to let the reader imagine what should happen on stage
to communicate what would be acted, not spoken
to tell actors and directors how the playwright wants this part to be acted out
to let the audience of a play know what is happening in case they can't see the stage.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a type of drama?
Live theater (plays and musicals)
Television
Film/Movies
Novels
- 18. Multiple Choice
Stage directions are always spoken.
true
false
- 19. Multiple Choice
Dialogue in a drama is...
the directions given by the director.
the silent pieces of the play.
the lines spoken by the actors.
the stage directions.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a stage direction?
[pulling off her shoe as she speaks]
[He is the nicest person I know, said Andrew.]
[The sky is blue]
[The setting takes place in 1950]
- 21. Multiple Choice
In Scene 2, Lady Igraine "paces in front of a window." This detail tells you that Lady Igraine is-
Tired
Worried
Angry
Calm
- 22. Multiple Choice
In Scene 2, Igraine asks Merlin, "is our secret safe?"
What secret is she talking about?
that Merlin has magical powers
that she is going to escape to France
that Merlin is going to use magic to create a test to identify the next king of Britain
that Arthur is King Uther's son and heir to the throne
- 23. Multiple Choice
In Scene 3, Ector says, "Do not yearn for battle, Arthur. Yearn for peace."
Based on the context clues, to yearn for something means to -
desire it
think about it
worry about it
forget about it
- 24. Multiple Choice
Scene 6 is important to the play because it reveals...
that Kay has just become a knight
that Kay bosses Arthur around
that Arthur is supposed to be king
that Kay is good at jousting
- 25. Multiple Choice
What kind of person does the author portray Arthur in the play?
Compassionate
Forgiving
Courageous
All of the above
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which detail would be LEAST important to include in a summary of the play?
Arthur can play the lute.
Growing up, Arthur didn't know that he was the son of King Uther Pendragon.
The nobles of Britain quarrel over who should rule.
Arthur pulls the sword from the stone.
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