12th Grade-Elements of Drama Quiz

What is a drama?

• a story meant to be watched on television

• a story meant to be told out loud

• a story written to be performed by actors

• none of the above

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Where did drama originate?

• Ancient Earth

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

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Greek Plays were performed to honor which Greek god?

• Zeus

• Hades

• Bart

• Dionysus

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Drama comes from the Greek work dran, which means...

• to do; to perform

• to do; to act

• to do; to sing

• to do; to dance

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What is the difference between a Greek Tragedy and Greek Comedy?

• a comedy ends in marriage; a tragedy ends in death

• a tragedy ends in death; a comedy ends when a rich person becomes poor.

• taco Tuesday

• A tragedy ends in death; a comedy ends in one character moving from adversity to prosperity

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What is plot?

• sequence of events in a story

• a plot map

• stuff in a book

• one or two events in a story

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What are thoughts in a play?

• expressed speeches and dialogues in a play

• expressed hunger

• expressed speech and thoughts in a play

• Nom! Nom! Nom!

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What is diction?

• written text of the play

• props, set, and costumes in a play

• Bacon and Cheese Fries

• language characters use to reveal thoughts in the play

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What is a spectacle?

• Hamburger

• costumes, props, set, and lighting

• setting props, and attitude

• somebody showing out in the hallway

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What is a script?

• lines spoken by actor

• written text of the play

• people or creatures in the script

• characters

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