Introduction to Literature:
Drama Quiz for MA English Previous
Name: _________________________________________
Class No. ______________________
Choose the best answer for each of the following: 1) A story told through characters played by actors is called c alled ________________. ________________. a)
PLAYWRIGHT
b)
DRAMA
c)
MOOD
d)
EPILOGUE
DEBAUCHER
d)
LECTURIST
2) The author of a play is known as ________________. ________________. a)
PLAYWRIGHT
b)
POET
c)
3) The written text from which a drama is produced is called c alled _________________. _________________. a)
SET
b)
SCRIPT
c)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
d)
PROPAGANDA
4) Notes included in a play to describe how something should look, sound or be performed are called___ a)
EFFECTS
b)
INNUENDO
c)
PROPERTIES
d)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
ACT
d)
PLAYWRIGHT
d)
SOUND EFFECTS
5) A major part of a play is called __________________. __________________. a)
SCRIPT
b)
SCENE
c)
6) A collection of objects that create a sc ene a)
SET
b)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
c)
PLAY
7) A short selection of a literary work, one that happens in a single place and time is called___________ called___________ a)
FOYER
b)
SCRIPT
c)
ACT
d)
SCENE
8) Items that c an be carried on and off the stage are known as _______________. _______________. a)
STAGE PROPS
b)
COSTUMES
c)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
d)
LIGHTING
9) Where and when t he play takes place is known as _________________. _________________. a)
SET
b)
SETTING
c)
SCRIPT
d)
SCENE
10) Feeling projected by a story or its elements-- happy, romantic, scary, sad, etc. a)
DRAMA
b)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
c)
SCRIPT
d)
MOOD
11) The clothing and accessories actors’ wears are known as _________________ __________________. _. a)
COSTUMES
b)
LIGHTING
c)
SPECIAL EFFECTS
d)
SOUND EFFECT
d)
SCENE
12) Audio or visual elements used in a play are called ___________________ ____________________. _. a)
SETTING
b)
SPECIAL EFFECTS
c)
ACT
13) When a play touches something that is human in all of us and has lasting value through time, it is
called_______________________. Rozi Khan
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a)
AWFUL
b)
UNIVERSAL
c)
TRAGIC
d)
DIDACTIC
14) The "proper purgation of pity and fear" that Aristotle mentions is referred to as______________. a)
HUBRIS
b)
HAMARTIA
c)
CATHARSIS
d)
DRAMEDY
15) The protagonist's "tragic flaw" or error in judgment is referred to as___________________.
a)
CATHARSIS
b)
HUBRIS
c)
HAMARTIA
d)
TRAGOS
16) The type of comedy that relies most on physical elements (such as slapstick, buffoonery, mistaken identities, and ludicrous situations) is called_________________ called________________________. _______. a)
TRAGICOMEDY b)
ROMANTIC COMEDY
c)
BURLESQUE
d)
FARCE
d)
ROMANCE
17) A central element of all comedy is_______________________ is__________________________. ___. a)
SLAPSTICK
b)
INCONGRUITY
c)
CATHARSIS CATHARSIS
18) The form of drama in which good and evil are most clearly defined is_____________________. is_____________________. a)
FARCE
b)
TRAGEDY
c)
COMEDY
d)
MELODRAMA
19) The form of drama that seems to send the most conflicting messages--through mood, tone, etc. is: a)
TRAGICOMEDY b)
OPERA
c)
COMEDY
d)
SATYRE PLAY
20) The word "tragedy" derives from the Greek words meaning___________________ meaning______________________. ___. a)
DEATH DANCE b)
LIFE SONG
c)
GOAT SONG
d)
SAD SONG
21) A dithyramb is_______________________ is__________________________. ___. a)
A HYMN SONG OR CHANTED
b)
A THEORY
c)
AN ODE
d)
AN ACTOR
22) __________________ __________________ refers to that part of a theater in which audience sits. a)
ARENA
b)
STAGE
c)
AUDITORIUM
d)
SKENE
23) The word comedy derives from the Greek Gr eek word ‘KOMOS” meaning____________________. meaning____________________ . a)
WEDDING SONG
b)
REVEL SONG
c)
JOCKING
d)
FARCE
24) One scene may be followed by another showing an earlier action. This kind of scene is called a_____ a)
PROLOGUE
b)
FLASHBACK
c)
BRAIN STORMING
d) DENOUEMENT
25) In a modern play the action is usually divided into __________________ ___________________. _. a)
EPISODES
b)
Your Score: ______________
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SCENES
c)
ACTS
d)
CHAPTERS
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