Drama Terms & Citing Shakespeare

Multiple Choice

What are the five acts of a Shakespearean play?

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Introduction, Development, Climax, Conclusion, Resolution

• Beginning, Middle, Climax, Denouement, Conclusion

• Setup, Conflict, Climax, Resolution, Denouement

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of scenes in a play?

• To confuse the audience

• To help actors, directors, and stage crew

• To make the play longer

• To eliminate dialogue

Multiple Choice

Why are stage directions important in a play?

• They describe the background music.

• They tell actors how to speak their lines.

• They provide the names of the characters.

• They list the props needed for the play.

Multiple Choice

What do stage directions indicate about an actor's position on stage?

• They tell the actor where to stand

• They provide dialogue for the actor

• They describe the set design

• They indicate the lighting cues

Multiple Choice

What is a line or verse in a play?

• A row of dialogue said by an actor or multiple actors

• A description of the setting

• A character's monologue

• A stage direction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is TRUE about a soliloquy?

• It's meant to reveal what a character is feeling or thinking.

• It happens when no other actors are on stage -- other than the character delivering the soliloquy.

• "Soliloquy" is hard to pronounce. ; )

• All of these are true.

Multiple Choice

In a play, how does a monologue help assist the reader or audience understand what is happening in the drama?

• It conveys ALL of the characters' thoughts.

• It doesn't help the reader or audience at all.

• All of the Above

• It conveys a SINGLE character's thoughts and reveals the internal conflict.

Multiple Choice

A speech by a character alone onstage, who is speaking to himself/herself or to the audience.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• Soliloquy

Multiple Choice

like an inner conversation that the audience overhears

• soliloquy

• aside

• dialogue

• monologue

Multiple Choice

When an actor is alone, on the stage, and the audience hears his/her thoughts.

• Aside
• Soliloquy

Multiple Choice

In which literary form does a character express their thoughts and feelings aloud while being alone on stage?

• prologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• monologue

Multiple Choice

How does an aside differ from a soliloquy and a monologue?

• An aside is a form of dramatic irony where the audience knows something that the characters do not.

• An aside is a type of dialogue between two characters.

• An aside differs from a soliloquy and a monologue in that it is a brief remark or comment made by a character directly to the audience.

• An aside is a longer speech given by a character to express their inner thoughts and feelings.

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