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YR9B TASK1 3RDT

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The messaage of the play

a)

theme

b)

act

c)

drama

d)

audience

2.

Drama may also have a message or main idea. What is another word for message or...

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

scene

d)

theme or moral

3.

What is the protagonist?

a)

The nice person in the play.

b)

The character who the story is revolved around.

c)

The evil person in the play.

d)

No one.

4.

Drama comes from the greek word

a)

Drame

b)

Dran

c)

Rama

d)

Theat

5.

Drama is the presentation of action.... (pick all that apply)

a)

Through actors

b)

On a stage

c)

In a book

d)

Before an audience

6.

Which of these is not a characteristic of melodrama?

a)

Exaggeration

b)

Fight sequences

c)

mime

d)

happy ending

7.

What does the word Melodrama actually mean?

a)

Drama that is mellow

b)

A musical

c)

Music Drama

8.

In what country did Melodrama originate?

a)

Italy

b)

England

c)

America

d)

France

9.

What other style of theatre influenced Melodrama?

a)

Commedia D'ell Arte

b)

Elizabethan Theatre

c)

Pantomime

d)

Greek Theatre

10.

Why was music used in Melodrama?

a)

To encourage the audience to sing along

b)

To help the performers know what was coming next

c)

To make it funny

d)

To encourage emotional responses from the audience

11.

THE SIDEKICK....

a)

Is in everyone's business and eager to share it

b)

Helps the hero save the day

c)

Evil, dishonest & greedy

12.

To act in a Melodramatic style, you have to...

a)

Be overdramatic and exaggerated

b)

Use large facial expressions

c)

Be obvious in your character

d)

Use large gestures

13.

A speech in which a character alone on stage reveals private thoughts and feelings that the audience is allowed to overhear is called _____________.

a)

aside

b)

soliloquy

c)

monologue

14.

An insight into life revealed through a literary work is called _____________.

a)

foreshadowing

b)

summarizing

c)

theme

15.

The technical crew include ____________.

a)

A. Camera department

b)

B. All of the above

c)

C. Sound department

d)

Electrical department

16.

What is the basic conflict in melodrama?

a)

A. Person vs. Self

b)

B. Person vs. Nature

c)

C. Person vs. Person

d)

D. Person vs. Monsters

17.

In drama, when conflict has been taking care of, and all loose ends are tied up.

a)

A. Falling Action

b)

B. resolution

c)

C. Theme

d)

D. exposition

18.

Techniques to investigate and develop character include

a)

A. Role play and improvisation.

b)

B. improvisation and stage hands

c)

C. Tone and blocking.

d)

D. thought tracking and blocking

19.

To act in a Melodramatic style, which of these options is not necessary

a)

A. Be overdramatic and exaggerated

b)

B. Use large facial expressions

c)

C. Be obvious in your wigs

d)

D. Use large gestures

20.

In drama, “writing- in –role” simply means____________.

a)

A. Writing a diary or letter from perspective of character.

b)

B. Documenting a performance rehearsal.

c)

C. Creating a referral as a source of drama history

d)

D. Analyzing a performance