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Dramatic Elements and Shakespeare

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a soliloquy?

a)

A speech, usually fairly long in length, that is given by a character to an intended audience

b)

A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion.

c)

Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

d)

A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud to himself or herself.

2.

What is a monologue?

a)

A dramatic device wherein a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, present, and able to reply.

b)

A speech, usually fairly long in length, that is given by a character to an intended audience.

c)

A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud to himself or herself.

d)

A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.

3.

What is iambic pentameter?

a)

A speech, usually lengthy, that is given by a character to an intended audience.

b)

A poetic meter that contains five feet. Each foot is made of an unstressed / stressed pattern.

c)

A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.

d)

A poetic meter that contains four feet. Each foot is made up of stressed / unstressed pattern

4.

What is a couplet?

a)

A dramatic device wherein a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, present and able to reply.

b)

Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

c)

A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.

d)

A unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. This device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought.

5.

What is an aside?

a)

A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.

b)

A brief speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage.

c)

A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud to himself or herself.

d)

A unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. This device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought.

6.

A person of high status that suffers a downfall as a result of a personality flaw.

a)

harmartia

b)

antagonist

c)

protagonist

d)

tragic hero

7.

The character in a tragedy or other work that serves to offend the main character

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

tragic hero

d)

dramatic irony

8.

A story chronicling the downfall of a person of hgh status as a result of a flaw in his personality

a)

History

b)

Comedy

c)

Tragedy

d)

Opera

9.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

Stratlord in Ayden

b)

Center/ Scotland

c)

Stratford on Avon

d)

Scottish Highlands

10.

Which number is the correct number of children born to Shakespeare?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

11.

Shakespeare's plays fall into 3 categories which are:

a)

Mysteries/ Tragedies/ Parodies

b)

Comedies/ Mysteries/ Eurypides

c)

Histories/Comedies/Mysteries

d)

Comedies/Histories/ Tragedies

12.

Shakespeare is considered by many to be the

a)

Greatest writer in the world

b)

Greatest English Language writer of all time

c)

A poet first then a parent

d)

Baddest man alive

13.
What was his theatre called?
a)
the Globe
b)
the Earth
c)
the circle
14.
Name of the river that was near the Globe
a)
Loft
b)
Urchins
c)
Thames
d)
Holy Trinity Church
15.
Instructions in the text of a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
a)
Playbill
b)
Italics
c)
Prose
d)
Stage Directions
16.
Who was the ruler of England during Shakespeare's popularity?
a)
Queen Victoria
b)
Queen Sheeba
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
Queen Margaret
17.

What country led the Renaissance?

a)

England

b)

Wales

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

18.

Shakespeare was ____ when he wrote Romeo and Juliet

a)

Young

b)

Old

c)

Middle aged

d)

Ancient

19.

Romeo and Juliet is based on an old legend

a)

True

b)

False