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3,2,1,ACTION !!! WELCOME TO DRAMA CLASSCLASS THESPIAN!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Drama?

a)

A lot of shouting and yelling on a stage.

b)

Reading a play in silence.

c)

A story which is acted out on a stage for an audience.

d)

When someone is creating a lot of fuss over nothing.

2.

A play is divided in...

a)

verses and stanzas.

b)

chapters.

c)

acts and scenes.

d)

modules.

3.

What technical word is used to describe two people who are talking to each other on a stage?

a)

A conversation

b)

A dialogue

c)

A monologue

d)

A speaker

4.

Drama is written by __________.

a)

authors

b)

playwrights

5.

A cast refers to the group of actors and actresses performing drama.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

_______________ refers to the good character while the _____________ refers to the evil, bad character.

a)

Protagonist / antagonist

b)

Antagonist / protagonist

7.

Characters performing drama wear ________________ and use ____________ to tell the audience more about themselves.

a)

Costumes / props

b)

Props / costumes

8.

Characters speech in drama is called a ________________

a)

quotation

b)

dialogue

9.

which of the following is the correct spelling?

a)

caracter

b)

character

c)

chacter

d)

carachter

10.

The writing that tells the actors what to say and do is called the _______.

a)

script

b)

novel

c)

book

d)

sheet

11.

The actor puts on a ____________ when they act in a play. Which of the following is the correct spelling?

a)

preformance

b)

preformence

c)

perrformance

d)

performance

12.

which is the correct spelling of the way acts are divided in a play?

a)

scen

b)

scene

c)

sene

d)

seen

13.

Which of the following had a light mood?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

Melodrama

d)

History

14.

Which of the following elements of drama refer to the words written by the playwright to be spoken by the actors?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Spectacle

c)

Audience

d)

Character

15.

Which type of drama has elements of humor and usually ends happily?

a)

History

b)

Comedy

c)

Tragicomedy

d)

Tragedy

16.

What is an introduction to a piece of literature?

a)

prologue

b)

epilogue

17.

Which one is spoken to oneself?

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

18.

Which type of play typically ends in death and destruction?

a)

tragedy

b)

comedy

19.

Theatre etiquette: what should you not do when watching a play at the theatre?

a)

no eating

b)

no drinking

c)

no getting up to go to the bathroom

d)

no whistling

e)

all of the above

20.

A still image is when we...?

a)

Speak in unison

b)

Repeat a movement

c)

Use our body to create a frozen picture