WorksheetsThinking About Drama
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an element of drama that deals about what people reveal about themselves
a)
Setting
b)
Style
c)
Dialogue
d)
Character
2.
It refers to the underlying truth or moral that the play reveals
a)
Dialogue
b)
Theme
c)
Style
d)
Plot
3.
Greatly characterized by exaggerated characters and situations. It usually involves mistaken identities, physical humor and the like
a)
Melodrama
b)
Tragedy
c)
Farce
d)
Comedy
4.
It refers to a play that uses minimal but effective use of characters and dialogues. It is usually staged in a fixed setting
a)
One-act play
b)
Musical
c)
Full-act play
d)
Opera
5.
This refers to the exchange of lines between characters
a)
Style
b)
Dialogue
c)
Theme
d)
Plot
6.
In Drama, the two most important elements which set them apart from other genres of literature are...
a)
Plot and Character
b)
Style and Setting
c)
Dialog and Action
d)
Theme and Style
7.
This is a type of drama that involves a villain making the life of a heroine miserable and a hero who rescues the heroine from the clutches of the villain
a)
One-act play
b)
Musical
c)
Melodrama
d)
Tragedy
8.
The two functions of drama are...
a)
To imitate and to explain
b)
To communicate and to ridicule
c)
To give and to take
d)
To instruct and to entertain
9.
Drama can be considered as a ritual because...
a)
It teaches the audience the reality of life
b)
It is performed over and over again
c)
It shows a profound range of human emotions
d)
It creates a sense of community between the audience and the actors
10.
The dramatic illusion is the illusion of action because...
a)
Viewers suspend their disbelief while watching drama
b)
Drama creates a bridge between the people and their gods
c)
Drama is a representation of man's reality
d)
There are profound range of human emotions in drama
11.
What does this type of theater establish to its audience?
a)
A contained world where the outside doesn't matter
b)
A break from distance or from the illusion of separation
c)
A sense of formality and place in society
d)
A high degree of realism
12.
Identify this type of theater that occurred as a result of traveling carnival performers from one place to another
a)
Greek Arena
b)
Medieval Mansions
c)
Proscenium Theater
d)
Theater of the Round
13.
Antonin Artaud developed a theater where audiences have a heightened interaction with the theater characters. He called it ...
a)
Greek Theater
b)
Medieval Mansions
c)
Proscenium theater
d)
Theater of cruelty
14.
What effect does this type of theater create to its audience?
a)
Order in society
b)
Contained World
c)
Fourth Wall
d)
Uneasiness
15.
The Elizabethan Playhouse has stratified levels for groundlings and for theater patrons. What type of behavior is usually seen at the ground part of the playhouse?
a)
Dignified
b)
Rowdy
c)
Silent
d)
Distant
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