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Drama Pretest

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.
a)
performance
b)
comedy
c)
tragedy
d)
fun
2.
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
3.
A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.
a)
group
b)
crowd
c)
cast
d)
people
4.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
5.
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
6.
These are used to introduce new characters and foreshadow future events.
a)
actors
b)
script
c)
dramas
d)
scenes and acts
7.
In a Drama the actors use ___________________ expressions.
a)
facial
b)
props
c)
dialogue
d)
actors
8.
A dialogue is the lines that characters say to each other.  They must include _____________ and _______________.
a)
talking and singing
b)
listening and speaking
c)
dancing and singing
d)
reading and writing
9.
There are four ingredients in a good Drama.  They include:
a)
actors, script, acts and scenes
b)
stage directions, plays, singing and dancing
c)
characters, cast, setting and drama
d)
dialogue, setting, conflict and plot
10.
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
11.
Drama means...
a)
A story from Greece
b)
A kind of play
c)
Too many emotions
d)
To act, to do
12.
Small, movable objects used to show the actor's actions are...
a)
Sets
b)
Acts
c)
Scenes
d)
Props
13.
Conversation between two characters is called...
a)
A monologue
b)
A discussion
c)
A diologue
d)
A quotation
14.
The actor needed a fake sword in scene three as his_________.
a)
Action
b)
Conflict
c)
Prop
d)
Act
15.
One person speaking
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Dialect
d)
Language
16.
Drama is written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.
a)
True
b)
False