WorksheetsExploring Drama 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
An aside is
when one character is alone on stage sharing his/her thoughts
when one character addresses the audience without anyone knowing
when one character is in a dialogue with another but does all of the talking
a character trait that leads to the downfall of the character
A soliloquy is
when one character is alone on stage sharing his/her thoughts
when one character addresses the audience without anyone knowing
when one character is talking with another but does all of the talking
a character trait that leads to the downfall of the character
A monologue is
when one character is alone on stage sharing his/her thoughts
when one character addresses the audience without anyone knowing
when one character is talking with another but does all of the talking
a character trait that leads to the downfall of the character
True or False: A comedy is a play that ends unhappy.
(a)
Props
Items the characters use on stage
A story preformed for a live audience
items on stage that create a setting
A conversation between two or more characters
A drama contains an exposition, rising action, climax, falling actions and a resolution.
True
False
A drama is not written for an audience
True
False
A drama and a play are two different genres
True
False
Much theory of drama goes back to ideas of
Plato
Aristotle
Dionysian
Plato and Aristotle
All Greek tragedies end with death
True
False
A great mistake or error, made by a mostly virtuous hero, that entails great suffering is
hybris
hamartia
peripeteia
anagnorisis
A flaw in a hero's character, notably his conceited pride is called
hybris
hamartia
peripeteia
anagnorisis
These are the traits of a tragic hero, except
They are isolated from the society because of their different natures or partly because of their tragic acts
They are special people who often succumb to their inner fears
They are great people because they anguish painfully for the consequence of their acts
They are special people who do not admit to their mistakes explicitly or implicitly
Comic plots rely on
fortune
fate
necessity
folly
Comedy often have one or more of these typical characters
jealous spouses
misers
stern fathers
all of them
Before the 20th century, .... was considered cheap drama
tragedy
comedy
tragicomedy
all of them
One of the characteristics of Theater of the Absurd is
presenting theme of human folly with the structure of comedy
using heroic characters who say funny things
presenting theme of human anguish with the structure of comedy
presenting theme of rationalism in modern age
Ancient Greek Theater symbolizes
the connection between human and divinity
a society operated under divine and human law
a humility of men before gods
a joy of humanity
