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WorksheetsDrama Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.
a)
songs
b)
lines
c)
books
d)
jokes
2.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
3.
Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.
a)
do the play
b)
use dialogue
c)
act
d)
sing
4.
A plot structure includes... in this order: Exposition, rising action, _______________, falling action and _______________.
a)
resolution and climax
b)
climax and resolution
c)
more falling action
d)
dialogue and setting
5.
The scenery, backdrops, and furniture create the __________
a)
setting
b)
stage
c)
background
6.
Tells how the play is to be performed in the script. Usually in parenthesis.
a)
Stage Directions
b)
Dialogue
c)
Set
d)
Directions
7.
When characters have a conversation with each other in a play it is called ________.
a)
dialogue
b)
stage directions
c)
talking
d)
conversing
8.
A play in written form is called _______
a)
dialogue
b)
a script
c)
a book
d)
a narrative
9.
A playwright is _______.
a)
The author of the play
b)
When they play is right after editing
c)
A character in the play
d)
A type of stage direction
10.
Drama is written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Items that actors use onstage during the performance to support the action are called
a)
sets
b)
props
c)
thingamabobs
d)
scenes
12.
A play is divided in what? (usually has 1 to 5 of these)
a)
Scenes
b)
Sets
c)
Acts
d)
Props
13.
Acts are divided into smaller portions called what?
a)
Small acts
b)
scenes
c)
sets
d)
props
14.
The cast are
a)
The people who perform in the play.
b)
The people who work backstage
15.
In a play, the author's purpose is to:
a)
entertain
b)
teach
c)
give information
d)
help you learn
16.
When the setting changes, the ________ changes.
a)
act
b)
narrator
c)
scene
d)
author's purpose
17.
series of events in a drama
a)
plot
b)
set
c)
scene
d)
drama
18.
what the actors wear
a)
props
b)
costumes
c)
setting
d)
scene
19.
A form of literature meant to be performed by actors for an audience; a play
a)
drama
b)
poem
c)
movie
d)
prose
20.
A major division within a play, similar to a chapter in a book, is called a(n) _______ .
a)
scene
b)
verse
c)
stanza
d)
act
21.
Tells the actor how to move, speak, or act
a)
Script
b)
Actor
c)
Dialogue
d)
Stage Directions
22.
The problem or issue the main character is having is the main ...
a)
plot
b)
conflict
c)
setting
d)
theme
23.
Person, animal, or thing in the story
a)
Cast
b)
Character
c)
Director
d)
Actor
24.
Small section or portion of a play
a)
Theatre
b)
Drama
c)
Scene
d)
Act
25.
The main moral or hidden message of a story or drama. (Hint: remember Disney movies).
a)
dialogue
b)
theme
c)
plot
d)
setting
26.
A problem between the main characters or forces is called what?
a)
conflict
b)
plot
c)
rising action
d)
falling action
27.
After a conflict, there is always a what?
a)
plot
b)
resolution
c)
set
d)
prop
28.
A person who writes plays
a)
Cast
b)
Director
c)
Script
d)
Playwright
29.
Dialogue in a drama play is what?
a)
moveable props
b)
second language
c)
a conversation between two or more charcters
d)
a person who writes plays
30.
When and where a story or drama takes place.
a)
place
b)
theme
c)
props
d)
setting
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