Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

1st year language of drama

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Same as audience right

a)

Scene

b)

Aside

c)

Stage right

d)

Stage left

2.

Conversation in a play

a)

Dialogue

b)

Monologue

c)

Narrator

d)

Soliloquy

3.

A funny or amusing play

a)

Tragedy

b)

Drama

c)

Comedy

d)

Chorus

4.

Major section of a play

a)

Scene

b)

Cast

c)

Stage left

d)

Act

5.

Actor who speaks only to the audience about the story

a)

Chorus

b)

Aside

c)

Prologue

d)

Narrator

6.

A play with a sad or unhappy ending

a)

Act

b)

Scene

c)

Tragedy

d)

Comedy

7.

Section of an act

a)

Act

b)

Cast

c)

Narrator

d)

Scene

8.

All of the actors in a play

a)

Cast

b)

Crew

c)

Narrator

d)

Wings

9.

" The four exit GINNY stops Harry"... this is an example of

a)

lines

b)

a cast of characters

c)

dialogue

d)

stage directions

10.

a story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience.

a)

play or drama

b)

cast of characters

c)

actors

d)

stage directions

11.

The person who wrote the play

a)

dialogue

b)

playwright

c)

props

d)

dialogue

12.

The time or place

a)

plot

b)

drama

c)

setting

d)

set

13.

What actors wear in a play

a)

props

b)

costumes

c)

setting

d)

scence

14.

The visual background of the stage including the walls

a)

Cast

b)

Props

c)

Scence

d)

Set

15.

The person that tells the story

a)

character

b)

author

c)

narrator

d)

protagonist

16.

Actors read their lines from a (a)  

17.

The good guy in a play

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

18.

The bad guy in a play

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

19.

A long, uninterrupted speech by a character in a play?

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

blank verse

20.

Words spoken by a character in a

play, usually in an undertone and not

intended for other characters to hear.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

aside

21.

The development and portrayal of a personality through thought, actions, and dialogue

a)

aside

b)

characterization

c)

allusion

d)

flashback

22.

character or force working against the protagonist

a)

characterization

b)

antagonist

c)

characters/setting

d)

satire

23.

the actual spoken words

a)

satire

b)

dialogue

c)

script

d)

characters/actors

24.

Central idea of the play

a)

central theme

b)

characters/actors

c)

setting/sets

d)

script

25.

Telling actors where to go how to move when to say lines an emotion

a)

dialogue

b)

stage direction

c)

soliloquy

d)

narrator

26.

The platform where dramas, musicals, operas, and ballets are performed is called the _______________.

a)

stage

b)

scenery

c)

props

d)

lights

27.

A type of literature that is intended to be performed on a stage in front of an audience is a _____________________.

a)

drama

b)

short story

c)

novel

d)

article