Character Types Drama Quiz

How do you know which character is the protagonist? Check ALL that apply.

• It's the good person

• It's the main character

• It's the character that faces the conflict

• It's the character that never gets in any trouble

How do you know which character is the antagonist?

• It is the character that is mean

• It's the character that is the villain/bad guy

• It's the character that the main character has a conflict with

• It's the character you know the most about

An antagonist...

• helps advance the plot.

• helps the main character.

• isn't necessary to the plot.

• causes conflict(s).

A character who serves to highlight the main character by having opposite traits; often called a sidekick.

• indirect characterization

• foil

• flat character

• protagonist

A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character.

• soliloquy

• aside

• monologue

• foil

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

When the leading lady in the play got sick, her _____ performed well in her place.

• understudy

• studio

• studiousness

• particular

A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

• Epilogue

• Prologue

• Caricature

• Denouement

A separate introductory section of a literary work.

• Epilogue

• Euphemism

• Catharsis

• Prologue

The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved; the resolution.

• Denouement

• Prologue

• Anaphora

• Paradox