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Drama

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ​ (a)   . They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

Choose from the below words
cast
group
crowd
people
member
2.

Drama comes from what Greek word which means "to do" or "to act"?

a)

DRAMA

b)

DRAM

c)

DRAN

d)

DRA

3.

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

a)

Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

b)

Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

c)

Drama has more characters than other kinds of fictions.

d)

Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

4.
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Match the following types of drama

a)

describes plays that address a serious subject.

1.

Drama

b)

a form of drama that is humorous and has happy endings.

2.

Comedy

c)

a form of drama in which events lead to the downfall of the protagonist.

3.

Tragedy

5.

The ​ (a)   is the time and place in which a story occurs. It can be in the past, present, or future. Examples include a classroom, the inside of a car during a traffic jam, or Mars.

Choose from the below words
setting
location
character
period
6.

The playwright who wrote Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Arthur Miller

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Stephen Hawking

7.

Label the characters in the play

8.

The (a)   tells actors how to move or speak their lines.

9.

This picture is an example of?

(a)  

10.

Monologue in which a character speaks her private thoughts aloud and appears to be unaware of the audience.

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Monologue

c)

Dialogue

d)

Script

11.

A person who fills in the details to the audience throughout the play is called the _ .

(a)  

12.

Plays are broken up into ​_ and _ .

a)

acts, scenes

b)

books, chapters

c)

acts, chapters

d)

scenes, subscenes

13.

Type in TRUE or FALSE

A character has to say the stage directions out loud for the audience.

(a)  

14.

What is the purpose of the prologue?

a)

To describe the character.

b)

To give background information.

c)

To explain the plot.

d)

To talk about the director.

15.

In a play, how does a monologue help assist the reader or audience understand what is happening in the drama?

a)

It conveys ALL of the characters' thoughts.

b)

It doesn't help the reader or audience at all.

c)

All of the Above

d)

It conveys a SINGLE character's thoughts and reveals the internal conflict.