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DRAMA TERMS

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Communicating thoughts and feelings through body movements. Examples include: crossing arms, furrowing the brow, hunching the shoulders, etc.

a)

Clown White

b)

Slate

c)

Pancake Makeup

d)

Mimos

e)

Body Language

2.

True or False: Pantomimes can include props and costumes but often don’t; they have the performers mime the items.

a)

True

b)

False

3.
When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...
a)
Foreshadow
b)
Flashback
4.

In Greek, “catharsis” means…

a)

a.Tragedy

b)

b.Explosion

c)

c.Cleansing

d)

d.Open mind

5.

The main point of a farce is to make the audience…

a)

a.Feel confused

b)

b.Work to figure out the answer

c)

c.Laugh

d)

d.All of the above

6.

Farce exists mainly in…

a)

a.Novels and short stories

drama

b)

b.Visual storytelling media (TV, film, theater, etc.)

c)

c.Ancient Greek literature

d)

d.Shakespearean

7.

What can flashback do?

a)

a.Interrupt a chronological narrative

b)

b.Complicate a plot

c)

c.Further develop characters

d)

d.All of the above

8.

Which of the following is NOT one of the essential elements of satire:

a)

a.Making fun of an idea, person, or institution

b)

b.Use of irony

c)

c.Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.

d)

d.All of the above are essential elements of satire

9.

“Deus ex machina” literally means:

a)

c.Out of the past

b)

d.A god from the machine

c)

a.In former days

d)

b.An unexpected machine

10.

Hubris most nearly means…

a)

a.Destruction or defeat

b)

b.Enemy

c)

c.Poetic justice

d)

d.Overconfidence