Elements of Drama TEST

Multiple Choice

The stage directions before line 1 help the reader-

• A. determine why Billy is upset

• B. where the story will take place

• C. understand why Amber's mom is upset

• D. identify the conflict of the story

Multiple Choice

Mother's lines throughout the play suggest that she-

• A. doesn't think Abby has done a good job on her project

• B. depends on Billy and Abby to get along

• C. does not approve of Billy's comments

• D. likes to take Abby's side

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from the play. What can the reader infer about Abby from this excerpt?

• A. Abby thinks her mother likes her best.

• B. Abby doesn't want Billy to get in trouble.

• C. Abby envies Billy for being able to make a better project.

• D. Abby is happy Billy will get in trouble for his remarks.

Multiple Choice

The text of the play

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• plot

Multiple Choice

The conversation between characters in a play

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• plot

Multiple Choice

A long speech by one character to one or more other characters onstage.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• Soliloquy

Multiple Choice

The opening segment of a play that introduces the rest of the play.

• Prologue

• Epilogue

• Dialogue

• Script

Multiple Choice

The major sections of a play.

• Scene

• Act

• Prologue

• Epilogue

Multiple Choice

A ___________ is a story told in front of a live audience.

• story

• movie

• script

• drama

Multiple Choice

The people or animals who are acting on the stage.

• script

• characters

• setting

• dialogue

Multiple Choice

Plays are broken up into _______________ and ______________.

• books, chapters

• acts, chapters

• acts, scenes

• scenes, subscenes

Multiple Choice

The ________ is the place where a drama is performed.

• stage directions

• acts

• theater

• gym

Multiple Choice

The playwright is the

• lead actor of the play

• set designer for the play

• owner of the theater

• author of the play

Multiple Choice

Stage directions are not _________.

• instructional

• italicized

• read aloud

Multiple Choice

What is the CAST OF CHARACTERS?

• large units of action in a drama

• a conversation between or among characters

• a list of characters in the beginning of the play

• the bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move

Multiple Choice

Who is the NARRATOR?

• the author of the play

• The person telling the story

• a written form of the play

• a conversation between or among characters

Multiple Choice

What is the DIALOGUE of the play?

• bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move

• a list of characters in the beginning of the play

• a conversation between or among characters

• large units of action in the play

Multiple Choice

What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?

• the action in a drama that happens in a single settng

• the written form of the play

• the bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move

• a story told in dialogue by performers in front of an audience.

Multiple Choice

The _____ is located inside the theater and is where the actors perform.

• dressing room

• back stage

• theatre

• stage

Multiple Choice

Setting in a drama tells the reader...

• time

• place

• time and place

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

You can locate stage directions in parentheses.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Dramas or plays are performed in front of _______________.

• an audience

• a television screen

• a mirror

• a line

Multiple Choice

Dramas follow a plot with a beginning, middle, and end.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

A person, thing, or animal portrayed by an actor

• dialogue

• character

• playwrite

• setting