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Shakespeare's Dramatic Techniques

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors
a)
Stage Directions
b)
Aside
c)
dialogue
d)
monologue
2.
A conversation between two (or more) characters
a)
Aside
b)
Monologue
c)
Dialogue
d)
Imagery
3.
A solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself
a)
Monologue
b)
Soliloquy
c)
Aside
d)
Stage Directions
4.
A character breaks the fourth wall to interact with the audience
a)
Dialogue
b)
Imagery
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Aside
5.
A solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Monologue
c)
Dialogue
d)
Imagery
6.
Characters that do not change throughout the course of a work
a)
Dynamic Character
b)
Static Character
c)
Flat Character
d)
Round Character
7.
Characters that are complex and undergo a change
a)
dynamic character
b)
Flat character
c)
round character
d)
static character
8.
Characters that are underdeveloped in a text
a)
Flat Character
b)
Round Character
c)
Static Character
d)
Dynamic Character
9.
Characters that are well developed in a text
a)
Flat Character
b)
Round Character
c)
Static Character
d)
Dynamic Character
10.
A story with a double meaning
a)
Dialogue
b)
Allegory
c)
Imagery
d)
Soliloquy
11.
A literary device the author uses to create an experience for the reader using sensory description
a)
Monologue
b)
Aside
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Imagery
12.
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
a)
Antagonist
b)
Protagonist
c)
Flat Character
d)
Static Character
13.
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. 
a)
Antagonist
b)
Protagonist
c)
Round Character
d)
Dynamic Character
14.

This is the exposition introducing material before the first scene begins.

a)

Prologue

b)

Epilogue

c)

Montag

d)

Analog

15.

The sorting out of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story is called the ________________

a)

Resolution

b)

Expansion

c)

Decision

d)

Rising Action

16.

What is a pun?

a)

A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.

b)

A poetic meter that contains four feet, each made up of stressed/unstressed pattern.

c)

Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

d)

Straightforward, ordinary speech that does not contain rhythm or meter.

17.

The audience feelings being purged and released at the end of a tragedy is called

a)

anagnorisis

b)

catharsis

c)

pathos

d)

bathos

18.

Choose the correct dramatic device.

The audience knows something that one or more of the characters in a play does not know.

a)

theatrical secret

b)

red herring

c)

situational irony

d)

dramatic irony

19.

hubris means

a)

hamartia

b)

feelings of pity and fear

c)

jealousy

d)

excessive pride or self-confidence

20.

what is the term for tragic flaw?

a)

hubris

b)

hamartia

c)

pride

d)

pathos

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