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Elements of Drama

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When a character has a long speech to another character or group of characters is called a ______.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Monologue
2.
When somebody talking to him/herself to reveal their thoughts or feelings is a _______.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Monologue
3.
When we have a humorous or funny scene that occurs after a serious scene is a form of __________.
a)
Pun
b)
Comic Relief
c)
Ironic Relief
d)
None of the above
4.
What is a play on words?
a)
Aside
b)
Pun
c)
Irony
d)
Soliloquy
5.
When you expect one thing, but something else happens instead.
a)
Irony
b)
Dramatic Irony 
c)
Verbal Irony
d)
Irony of a situation
6.
A short comment made to the audience that the other actors pretend not to hear is call an _____.
a)
Comic Relief
b)
Pun
c)
Irony
d)
Aside
7.
When you know more than the characters?
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Irony of a situation
8.
This happens during a play, when an actor walks to the "side" of the stage and speaks to the audience.
a)
Pun
b)
Irony
c)
Aside
d)
Comic Relief
9.
In Romeo and Juliet, we, the reader, knew that Romeo and Juliet were married. Whereas their parents did not know they had ever met. 
This is an example of what?
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Comic Relief
c)
Aside
d)
Irony
10.
In Juliets bed chamber, she gives a long speech which lets the reader know what she is thinking. 
This speech is an example of?
a)
Monologue
b)
Soliloquy
11.
After Lord Capulet tells Juliet she must marry Count Paris, Juliet turns to the Nurse for comfort. Instead of comfort, which Juliet was expecting, the Nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris.
Which term is this an example of?
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Irony
c)
Pun
d)
Aside
12.
"If you ask for me tomorrow, you shall find me a grave man."
The term that best describes this quote is?
a)
Irony
b)
Comic Relief
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Pun
13.
The following scene is an example of which term?
Friar Laurence is talking to Juliet in his cell, after she found out she was expected to wed Paris.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
Monologue
d)
Aside
14.
When the boy mocks the Nurse, "A sail, A sail", this is an example of?
a)
Comic Relief
b)
Monologue
c)
Soliloquy
d)
Pun