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WorksheetsElements of Drama
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Choose the best example of how literary and technical elements work together in a drama.
Actors use lines (literary) and lighting/sound (technical) to perform the story
The audience buys snacks
A director counts chairs
A writer looks up drama
Which statement best describes a tragedy in drama?
A story with jokes and a happy ending
A story about a hero's downfall due to a tragic flaw
A documentary with no characters
A dance performance without speaking
Which list contains only comedies?
Hamlet; King Lear; Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cyrano de Bergerac; My Fair Lady
Hamlet; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; My Fair Lady
King Lear; Cyrano de Bergerac; Romeo and Juliet
What does a playwright do?
Builds the stage and sets
Directs the actors during the performance
Writes everything that happens on the stage
Sells tickets to the audience
Which option correctly matches the larger and smaller parts of a play?
Acts are smaller parts divided into scenes.
Scenes are larger parts divided into acts.
Acts are larger parts that contain scenes.
Scenes and acts are the same size and interchangeable.
Which form lets the audience hear a character’s thoughts when alone on stage?
Aside
Monologue
Soliloquy
Chorus
What is the main purpose of set design and scenery in a play?
To tell actors what lines to say
To show the time, place, and environment of the action
To decide the ticket price
To choose the music
Which is part of scenery?
Backdrops
Microphones
Face paint
Dance choreography
Lighting in theater is mainly used to:
Teach actors their lines
Achieve a particular mood or tone
Build the stage floor
Make costumes fit better
Which lighting would most likely create a spooky mood?
Bright, warm yellow lights
Blue and dim lights
No lights at all
Flashing rainbow lights
Which option includes only items that are part of scenery?
Curtains, platforms, furniture
Hats, gloves, face paint
Handheld books, baskets, umbrellas
Speakers, microphones, recorded music
Which example shows a scene rather than an act?
The whole first part of the play with several events.
A single conversation between two characters in the park.
All events before intermission.
The ending part with many locations.
Which option shows you understand the TV analogy for drama structure?
Acts are episodes; scenes are seasons.
Acts are seasons; scenes are episodes.
Acts and scenes are both commercials.
Scenes are seasons; acts are trailers.
Why does a playwright divide a drama into scenes?
To show single events at one place or time.
To add more characters.
To make the play longer.
To avoid using settings.
During rehearsal, the stage manager marks a change when the setting moves from the kitchen to the backyard at noon. What is this change most likely called?
A new act because the time stayed the same
A new scene because the location changed
No change because it is the same day
A season break
