Tragedy

Tragedy

11th Grade

25 Qs

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Tragedy

Tragedy

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.11-12.3, L.11-12.4C, L.11-12.6

+18

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When we gain wisdom and knowledge from the Chorus at the end of the play and get a release from our fear and pity, what is this?

denoument

catharsis

miasma

hamartia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Tragedy

unhappy ending

happy ending

lost a battle

powerful

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Tragedy should focus on a mostly good character who is

brought higher

brought low

loved by all

misunderstood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?

Hubris

Stichomythia

Hamartia

Ode

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A dramatic play that tells the story of a character who meets an untimely and unhappy death or downfall, often because of a specific character flaw or twist of fate.

tragedy

comedy

verse

prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a play of serious actions that ends unhappily

blank verse

dramatic irony

tragedy

comedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

____________________ is a piece of serious drama with an unhappy ending.

Script

Tragedy

Comedy

Play

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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