Drama Skills Quiz

What is drama?

• Stories written long ago & passed down from generation to generation.

• Stories that have magical elements in it.

• Stories that can be acted out in front of an audience.

• Nonfiction text that a reader can learn something from.

What do you call when and where the play takes place?

• script

• stage directions

• plot

• setting

These are the actors who act out in the play.

• characters

• act

• narrator

• dialogue

What are the lines of parts that are spoken by the actors called?

• dialogue

• act

• drama

• scene

What do you call the written instructions that tell an actor what to do while on stage?

• setting

• dialogue

• stage directions

• plot

What do you call the written text of a play, including the dialogue and the stage directions?

• plot

• script

• stage directions

• drama

What is a "dream deferred"?

• a) a dream that is postponed or delayed

• b) a dream that one has to pursue on his own

• c) a dream that is fulfilled

• d) a dream that can only happen with the support of family

Which of the following lines is an example of imagery focusing the sense of smell?

• a) "And then run?"

• b) "Does it stink like rotten meat?"

• c) "Or crust and sugar over"

• d) "Or does it explode?"

What is the meaning of the word "fester" in the the following line from "Harlem": "Or fester like a sore--" ?

• a) to get larger

• b) to rot

• c) to become infected

• d) to heal

What is the author's tone throughout the poem "Harlem"?

• a) excitement

• b) gratitude

• c) loneliness

• d) frustration