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Borrowed Drama (second chance to complete the assignment)

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you know where to find the stage directions in a drama?

a)

They are in a different font.

b)

They are in a different color.

c)

They are in brackets, parenthesis, or italicized.

d)

They are larger than the rest of the words.

2.

Which of the following is an element of drama?

a)

Characters

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Theme

d)

Setting

3.

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

a)

stage direction

b)

actor

c)

performance

d)

playwright

4.

The _____ enjoyed watching the play.

a)

characters

b)

actor

c)

audience

d)

comedy

5.

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

a)

stage directions

b)

scene

c)

setting

d)

stage

6.

What are props?

a)

Actors in play

b)

The action in a play

c)

Objects used by actors in a play

d)

Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

7.

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

a)

Biography

b)

Drama

c)

Director

d)

Conflict

8.

The cast of characters is....

a)

a play intended to make an audience laugh

b)

the signal given to people working in or on a play

c)

lines spoken between characters in a play

d)

the people who perform in a play

9.

A ____ is the physical objects that make up the setting of the play.

a)

Set

b)

Scene

c)

Stage

d)

Actor

10.

During a ______ there is no change in time or place.

a)

set

b)

script

c)

stage

d)

scene

11.

The written text of a play is called a ....

a)

set

b)

rehearsal

c)

script

d)

scene

12.
A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.
a)
group
b)
crowd
c)
cast
d)
people
13.
A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.
a)
songs
b)
lines
c)
books
d)
jokes
14.
This is the written text of a play.
a)
script
b)
papers
c)
book
d)
text
15.
In a Drama the actors use ___________________ expressions.
a)
facial
b)
props
c)
dialogue
d)
actors
16.

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

a)

stage direction

b)

actor

c)

performance

d)

playwright

17.

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

a)

stage direction

b)

actor

c)

performance

d)

playwright

18.

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

a)

stage directions

b)

scene

c)

setting

d)

stage

19.

What are props?

a)

Actors in play

b)

The action in a play

c)

Objects used by actors in a play

d)

Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

20.

The area where the actors perform is called the....

a)

scene

b)

stage

c)

set

d)

setting

21.

What is the major difference between tragedy and comedy?

a)

Comedies are very realistic; tragedies are not

b)

Comedies contain elaborate plots and costumes; tragedies involve simple plots and staging

c)

Comedies were developed in Ancient Greece; tragedies were developed during the Renaissance

d)

Comedies have happy endings; tragedies don't

22.
What is the meaning of dialogue?
a)
Conversations between two or more characters
b)
The words in parentheses
c)
A struggle that takes place in a story
d)
The gestures an actor uses in a drama
23.
A person who writes plays is
a)
Poet
b)
Author
c)
Illustrator
d)
Playwright
24.
The directions, or words, in parenthesis that show the actions or feelings that the characters are supposed to show.  These directions are called______.
a)
Plot directions
b)
Stage directions
c)
Actor directions
d)
Audience directions
25.

Plays are divided into large sections called

a)

scenes

b)

acts

c)

stage directions

d)

asides

26.

A long, uninterrupted speech

a)

soliliquy

b)

dialogue

c)

aside

d)

monologue

27.

Acts are divided into smaller sections called

a)

monologue

b)

dialogue

c)

scenes

d)

stage directions

28.
If the actors on stage are CLOSER to the audience they are what?
a)
downstage
b)
upstage
c)
center stage
29.

Stage directions are ALWAYS given from the

a)

Director's point of view

b)

parents point of view

c)

Audience point of view

d)

Actor's point of view

30.

The story that is told in the play.

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Narrator

d)

Cast

31.

Actors are sometimes called "thespians." From what Tim says in the movie, what can you infer about this term?

a)

It's derived from the name "Thespis," the first Ancient Greek actor

b)

It's derived from the name "Thespia," the Ancient Greek goddess of drama

c)

It's derived from the Thespian Club, the theater where Shakespeare's plays were staged

d)

It's derived from the Greek island of Thespos, where dramas were first staged

32.

What is the most common example of a tragic flaw?

a)

Nearsightedness

b)

Having a bad temper

c)

a lack of trust in one's friends

d)

excessive pride

33.
The group of people that are playing certain roles in a play is called the 
a)
audience
b)
cast of characters
c)
writers
d)
speakers
34.

Where the actors stand-

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

stage

35.

A funny play is called a...

a)

tragedy

b)

antagonist

c)

comedy

36.

The building a play happens in...

a)

set

b)

antagonist

c)

theater

37.

A sad play is called a ...

a)

tragedy

b)

protagonist

c)

monologue

38.
A story told in front of a live audience is a? 
a)
playwright
b)
drama 
c)
act
d)
actors
39.
What is Drama?
a)
A story that makes you cry. 
b)
A story being acted out by an audience.
c)
A story that can only be told in one specific way. 
40.
"Exit stage left"...this is an example of
a)
lines
b)
stage directions
c)
cast of characters
d)
dialogue
41.
series of events in a drama
a)
plot
b)
set
c)
scene
d)
drama
42.
what the actors wear
a)
props
b)
costumes
c)
setting
d)
scene
43.
How are drama and other forms of literature similar?
a)
They contain the same structure and point-of-view.
b)
They contain characters, plot, setting, themes, conflict and literary devices.
c)
They contain a cast of characters and dialogue.
d)
They are published in a newspaper format.
44.

The good guy in a play

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

45.

The bad guy in a play

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

46.

When a play has a happy ending it is a

a)

Climax

b)

Tragedy

c)

Comedy

d)

Resolution

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