The Endless Tale

Which TWO features would you find in the script of a play but not in a story or prose?

• Descriptions provided by the narrator

• events that tell what happens

• Stage directions

• Dialogue between characters

• Cast of characters

Read this sentence from line 14 of the play:

King: I bid you to make it longer sir.

What does the word bid mean as used in this sentence?

• offer

• provide

• request

• answer

Which detail from the story provides the best clue for the meaning of the word bid?

• "There is nothing more to tell."

• "I cannot bear so short of a story."

• "That is all your Majesty."

• "I cannot sire."

Which of the following statements line 7 describes why the author included this detail in the play?

(The STORYTELLER hangs his head.)

• To let the audience know the storyteller is tired.

• To let the audience know the storyteller's neck is sore.

• To let the audience know the storyteller is finished with his story.

• o let the audience know the storyteller is ashamed.

What does the author do by adding the stage direction to line 35?

KING: (Interrupting) Yes, yes! Now go on with the story.

• She shows that the King is not interested in the story.

• She shows that the Second Storyteller is speaking quietly.

• She shows that the King is impatient to hear what happens next.

• She shows that the Second Storyteller is about to have his head cut off.

Choose TWO sentences to support the fact hat the kind is impatient to hear the what happens next in the story.

• STORYTELLER - "This is the story O' King."

• STORYTELLER - "Then another locust went in and carried away another grain of corn. Then - "

• KING - "I cannot stand it!"

• KING - "How long will it take the locusts to carry away all the grain?"

• STORYTELLER - "One thousand years old king! And then another locust went in and..."

What reasons BEST describes why the author included line 3 in the drama?

• The describe the setting

• The list the cast of characters

• To introduce the audience to the the actions of the characters as the play begins

• To give stage directions

Which character trait BEST describes the king?

• royal

• impatient

• greedy

• kind

What is this drama mostly about?

• A greedy king

• Storytellers who are not very good at telling stories.

• A king with unreasonable demands

• A princess who wants to marry a storyteller.

The Endless Tale is an example of a....

• poem

• prose

• nonfiction

• drama