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WorksheetsExtract from Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard' annotation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What device can be seen in the stage directions: "The noise behind the stage gets louder and louder"?
Off-stage Entrance build-up
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Setting
What is the impact of the following stage directions: "Lopakhin and Dunyasha quickly go out. The stage is empty."?
It creates an eerie mood.
It gives the audience time to admire the set.
It reveals the bond between Lopakhin and Dunyahsa
It builds anticipation.
What is the purpose of the following stage direction: "[Joyfully, through her tears]"?
Direct the performance of body movement
Direct the performance of expression
Direct the performance of characterisation
Direct the performance of tone
What kind of dramatic device could this be: "ANYA: Always the same... [puts her hair straight] I've lost all my hairpins"?
Characterisation - Anya's distractedness.
Symbolism - the ignorance of the aristocracy of the changes happening.
Dramatic Irony - the audience know that everything is not the same.
Lighting.
What is the impact of this Exit: "All go out except Anya and Dunyasha"?
To change the setting.
To focus the audience on the subsequent dialogue.
To show how Anya and Dunyasha are abandoned.
To change the Pace at this point.
What is the purpose of this stage direction: "He is saying something to himself, but not a word of it can be made out."?
characterisation
staging
foreshadowing
lighting
Anya's description of their time in Paris includes which of the following dramatic devices?
Pace
Tone
Symbolism
Cliffhanger
What is the impact of the following change in tone: "everybody talks about our marriage, everybody congratulates me, and there is nothing in it at all, it's like a dream. [in another tone] you've got a brooch like a bee."?
Develops characterisation
Foreshadows an exit
Dramatic irony
Creates an atmosphere of dread
What dramatic device is in the following dialogue: "And mother won't understand.."
Dramatic irony
Setting
Pace
Foreshadowing
What does the following stage direction establish? "Dunyasha .. Takes off Anya's cloak and hat."
Dunyasha's enthusiasm
Dunyasha's subservient status
Dunyasha's disregard
Anya's chill
