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Introduction to Drama

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is part of drama?

a)

A Speaker

b)

A Narrator

c)

A dialogue

d)

A Poet

2.

The small section of a drama is called ..

a)

An act

b)

A scene

3.

Which of the following is not an example of speeches?

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

monologue

4.

Which of the following uses a light mood?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

Melodrama

d)

History

5.

What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

a)

A comedy

b)

A tragicomedy

c)

A history play

d)

A tragedy

6.

The stage directions are ................ and placed in ................

a)

italicized / square brackets

b)

underlined / parentheses

c)

italicized / parentheses

d)

underlined / square brackets

7.

blank verse uses ..

a)

iambic tetrameter

b)

iambic pentameter

c)

iambic hexameter

d)

trochaic tetrameter

8.

More than one answer: A soliloquy ...

a)

shows the intentions of the character

b)

happens when the character is alone on stage

c)

is whispered to another characters while the others can't hear

d)

is a monologue

9.

Which of the following is an incorrect form of an old pronoun?

a)

thou

b)

thee

c)

thy

d)

thin

10.

Which constitutes a dramatic irony?

a)

a sentence said to mean the opposite

b)

information known by the audience but not by a character

c)

a situation opposite to what's expected

d)

a sarcastic comment on someone's actions

11.

A tragic hero ..

a)

is highborn

b)

has a tragic flaw

c)

has a noble personality

d)

has a great influence on his people

12.

A sublplot is as important as the plot ..

a)

True

b)

False

13.

When the narrator of Beowulf refers to Grendel as a part of "Cain's clan", he is using

a)

a mythological allusion

b)

a Biblical allusion

c)

a historical allusion

d)

a cultural allusion

14.

Which of the following is not a paradox?

a)

I must be cruel to be kind

b)

Save money by spending it

c)

This is the beginning of the end

d)

life and death are equal