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Character Types Drama Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

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Class
Date
1.

How do you know which character is the protagonist? Check ALL that apply.

a)

It's the good person

b)

It's the main character

c)

It's the character that faces the conflict

d)

It's the character that never gets in any trouble

2.

How do you know which character is the antagonist?

a)

It is the character that is mean

b)

It's the character that is the villain/bad guy

c)

It's the character that the main character has a conflict with

d)

It's the character you know the most about

3.

An antagonist...

a)

helps advance the plot.

b)

helps the main character.

c)

isn't necessary to the plot.

d)

causes conflict(s).

4.

A character who serves to highlight the main character by having opposite traits; often called a sidekick.

a)

indirect characterization

b)

foil

c)

flat character

d)

protagonist

5.

A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character.

a)

soliloquy

b)

aside

c)

monologue

d)

foil

6.

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

foil

7.

When the leading lady in the play got sick, her _____ performed well in her place.

a)

understudy

b)

studio

c)

studiousness

d)

particular

8.

A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

a)

Epilogue

b)

Prologue

c)

Caricature

d)

Denouement

9.

A separate introductory section of a literary work.

a)

Epilogue

b)

Euphemism

c)

Catharsis

d)

Prologue

10.

The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved; the resolution.

a)

Denouement

b)

Prologue

c)

Anaphora

d)

Paradox

11.

Reorder the following from beginning, middle to end

a)

Prologue

b)

Monologue

c)

Epilogue

1)
2)
3)
12.

A story acted out live and onstage

a)

play

b)

script

c)

dialogue

d)

monologue

13.

The conversation between characters in a play

a)

dialogue

b)

monologue

c)

script

d)

plot

14.

The opening segment of a play that introduces the rest of the play.

a)

Prologue

b)

Epilogue

c)

Dialogue

d)

Script

15.

A main fictional character, who in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage and strength.

a)

Leading character

b)

Supporting Character

c)

Understudy

d)

Hero

16.

Traffic Flaw is..

a)

someone who contrasts another character

b)

A person who actively opposes the main character

c)

a problem in a character that brings about the downfall of the hero

d)

the main protagonist in a work.

17.

In theater, a person who learns another's role in order to be able to act a as a replacement at short notice.

a)

Understudy

b)

Hero

c)

Leading Character

d)

Protagonist

18.

Supporting Character is...

a)

a person who plays a role in the life of a story's protagonist

b)

A contrasting character

c)

the main protagonist

d)

None of the above.

19.

A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together. (There are two answers)

a)

Ensemble

b)

Tragic Flaw

c)

Chorus

d)

Foil

20.

A protagonist is also know as...

a)

An ensemble

b)

A leading character in a work

c)

an understudy

d)

a supporting character.