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The Vocabulary of Drama and A Christmas Carol

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a playwright?

a)

A person who plays outside at recess

b)

A person who writes novels

c)

A person who writes plays

d)

A person who is always correct

2.

In Language Arts, what is the definition of drama?

a)

When students don't like class assignments

b)

Literature written as a play

c)

When people cause others to be highly emotional

d)

Literature meant to be performed

3.

Characterization is creating believable characters through dialogue, costumes, gestures and actions

a)

True

b)

False

4.

In Language Arts, a set is:

a)

The past tense of the verb "sit"

b)

Where someone sits at lunch

c)

The scenery and props used to create a setting on stage

d)

Time and place

5.

Stage directions can include where an actor is to move

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Stage directions can include what to do when an actor is sick.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Actors are to read stage directions aloud when they are acting.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is the broad setting of A Christmas Carol?

a)

The mid 1800s in London, England

b)

Christmas Eve in London, England

c)

The mid 1800s in Marley and Scrooge, L.T.D.

d)

Christmas Eve in Marley and Scrooge, L.T.D.

9.

How are Jacob Marley and Ebeneezer Scrooge connected?

a)

They are brothers.

b)

They are both ghosts.

c)

They worked together and were friends.

d)

They are in a raggae band.

10.

Act I Scene 1 is mainly about:

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Ebenezer Scrooge

11.

How do we know that Marley was cheap and miserly, like Scrooge?

a)

He will only spend his money on the chains he wears.

b)

Scrooge worked with Marley and was the only one who attended Marley's funeral.

c)

He just seems cheap and miserly.

d)

Because he admires Scrooge's cheapness and miserliness.

12.

What does lament mean?

a)

To loudly laugh

b)

To stretch and lengthen

c)

To passionately express sorrow

d)

To apply an ointment or lotion.

13.

How do people tell time in Victorian England?

a)

By looking at their Apple watches

b)

By listening to town and church bells

c)

By looking at where the sun is in the sky.

d)

By looking at clocks on microwaves.

14.

Based on Marley's speech, which is not proof that Ebenezer Scrooge was a cold, rude miser.

a)

No one asks him for directions.

b)

No one asks him what time it is.

c)

No one invites him to dinner.

d)

He saved money by not removing Marley's name from their window.