Do You Know About The Elements Of Drama? Quiz
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Quiz on the basic elements of drama. Separate all multiple fill-in-the-blank answers with spaces, not commas.
- 1.In general, tragedy involves what?
- A.
Hilarious but ridiculous comedy
- B.
The ruin of the leading characters
- C.
Critisisms of social, economic, or political problems
- D.
A happy ending where justice is served
- 2.
- 3.Which is lighter drama in which the leading characters overcome the difficulties which temporarily beset them?
- A.
Farce
- B.
Comedy of Manners
- C.
Comedy
- D.
Melodrama
- 4.Which is a drama of social criticism that discusses social, economic, or political problems by means of a play?
- A.
Problem Play
- B.
Tragedy
- C.
Melodrama
- D.
Farce
- 5.Which is a comedy that involves ridiculous or hilarious complications without regard for human values?
- A.
Comedy of Manners
- B.
Problem Play
- C.
Farce
- D.
Fantasy
- 6.Which is a comedy that wittily portrays fashionable life?
- A.
Melodrama
- B.
Farce
- C.
Fantasy
- D.
Comedy of Manners
- 7.Which is a play sometimes, but not always, in comic spirit in which the author gives free reign to his imagination, allowing things to happen without regard to reality?
- A.
Fantasy
- B.
Melodrama
- C.
Comedy
- D.
Farce
- 8.Which pays almost no attention to human values, but its object is to give a thrill instead of a laugh? It is often good entertainment with no literary value.
- A.
Farce
- B.
Tragedy
- C.
Melodrama
- D.
Fantasy
- 9.A(n) ________ is an indirect reference by casually mentioning something that is generally familiar.
- 10._____________: Lines whispered to the audience or to another character on stage (not meant to be heard by all the characters onstage)
- 11.
- 12.__________: a light play with a happy ending
- 13.___________: A bit of humor injected into a serious play to relieve the heavy tension of tragic events
- 14.____________: the turning point in the plot (This occurs when events develop either for or against the main character and a crucial decision must be made.)
- 15._______ _______: occurs when the audience knows something that the character onstage is not aware of
- 16.____________ing: Lines that give a hint or clue to future events. (It doesn't tell the future, but hints at it.)
- 17._________: A single character onstage thinking out loud (a way of letting the audience know what is in the character's mind)
- 18._____________: A serious play having an unhappy ending
- 19.________ ________: A character trait that leads one to his or her own downfall or destruction
- 20._______: lines that are written out for the characters to speak rather then being written with quotation marks and tag lines.
- 21.____________: Sequence of related events
- 22.___________: a section presenting events that occur in one place at one time
- 23._______: A major section of a play made of more than one scene
- 24.____ ___ ________: major and minor characters listed at the beginning of the script
- 25.____________: sets the scene and comments on what happens
- 26.
- A.
Are the stage crew that move props and scenery
- B.
Are instructions for the director, actors, and stage crew
- C.
Are usually printed in italic type and are enclosed in parentheses
- D.
Describe scenery and tell actors how to speak & move
- E.
Are the main characters in a play
- F.
Describe props, lighting & sound, and special areas of the stage
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