Grade 9 Drama Diagnostic Test

The _____ enjoyed watching the play.

• characters

• actor

• audience

• comedy

_____ is another word that means the same as greeting.

• characters

• actor

• salutation

• meditation

What are props?

• Actors in play

• The action in a play

• Objects used by actors in a play

• Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

A ____ is the physical objects that make up the setting of the play.

• Set

• Scene

• Stage

• Actor

The area where the actors perform is called the....

• scene

• stage

• set

• setting

Two famous Jamaican storytellers are

• Louise Bennett and Amina Blackwood Meeks

• Amina Blackwood Meeks and Shebada

• Louise Bennett and Harry Potter

• Harry potter and Superman

What is the major difference between tragedy and comedy?

• Comedies are very realistic; tragedies are not

• Comedies contain elaborate plots and costumes; tragedies involve simple plots and staging

• Comedies were developed in Ancient Greece; tragedies were developed during the Renaissance

• Comedies have happy endings; tragedies don't

A person who writes plays is

• Poet
• Author
• Illustrator
• Playwright

If the actors on stage are CLOSER to the audience they are what?

• downstage

• upstage

• center stage

• Left stage