Extract from Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard' annotation

What device can be seen in the stage directions: "The noise behind the stage gets louder and louder"?

• Off-stage Entrance build-up

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Setting

What is the impact of the following stage directions: "Lopakhin and Dunyasha quickly go out. The stage is empty."?

• It creates an eerie mood.

• It gives the audience time to admire the set.

• It reveals the bond between Lopakhin and Dunyahsa

• It builds anticipation.

What is the purpose of the following stage direction: "[Joyfully, through her tears]"?

• Direct the performance of body movement

• Direct the performance of expression

• Direct the performance of characterisation

• Direct the performance of tone

What kind of dramatic device could this be: "ANYA: Always the same... [puts her hair straight] I've lost all my hairpins"?

• Characterisation - Anya's distractedness.

• Symbolism - the ignorance of the aristocracy of the changes happening.

• Dramatic Irony - the audience know that everything is not the same.

• Lighting.

What is the impact of this Exit: "All go out except Anya and Dunyasha"?

• To change the setting.

• To focus the audience on the subsequent dialogue.

• To show how Anya and Dunyasha are abandoned.

• To change the Pace at this point.

What is the purpose of this stage direction: "He is saying something to himself, but not a word of it can be made out."?

• characterisation

• staging

• foreshadowing

• lighting

Anya's description of their time in Paris includes which of the following dramatic devices?

• Pace

• Tone

• Symbolism

• Cliffhanger

What is the impact of the following change in tone: "everybody talks about our marriage, everybody congratulates me, and there is nothing in it at all, it's like a dream. [in another tone] you've got a brooch like a bee."?

• Develops characterisation

• Foreshadows an exit

• Dramatic irony

• Creates an atmosphere of dread

What dramatic device is in the following dialogue: "And mother won't understand.."

• Dramatic irony

• Setting

• Pace

• Foreshadowing

What does the following stage direction establish? "Dunyasha .. Takes off Anya's cloak and hat."

• Dunyasha's enthusiasm

• Dunyasha's subservient status

• Dunyasha's disregard

• Anya's chill