Understanding Drama and Plays

What is the primary way a drama or play is presented to its audience?

• Through detailed descriptions

• Through dialogue and performance

• Through narrative prose

• Through silent acting

How are plays primarily meant to be experienced by the audience?

• Through performance

• Through private readings

• Through listening to recordings

• Through reading

What does a script typically include besides dialogue?

• Detailed character backgrounds

• Author's biography

• Stage directions

• Illustrations of scenes

How do stage directions assist actors?

• By providing dialogue

• By describing the audience

• By outlining the plot

• By guiding movements and expressions

What is the main purpose of a play's setting as described in stage directions?

• To narrate the story

• To help visualize the scene

• To dictate the actors' costumes

• To provide background music

Why might a play's character need specific physical traits?

• To match historical accuracy

• To fit the costume designs

• To embody the character accurately

• To enhance audio effects

What role do minor characters typically play in a drama?

• They usually do not speak

• They serve as main protagonists

• They are there for decorative purposes

• They support the main characters

What is the climax of the play 'Fences'?

• Troy's affair is revealed

• Troy and Cory's physical fight

• Rose agrees to raise Alberta's child

• Cory decides to go to college

Which dramatic device is used to reveal a character's internal thoughts when alone on stage?

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Aside

What symbolizes both unity and conflict between Troy and Cory in 'Fences'?

• A tree

• A baseball bat

• A fence

• A football