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 ________________.

a) PLAYWRIGHT b) DRAMA c) MOOD d) EPILOGUE

2) The author of a play is known as ________________.

a) PLAYWRIGHT b) POET c) DEBAUCHER d) LECTURIST

3) The written text from which a drama is produced is called _________________.

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

5) A major part of a play is called __________________.

a) SCRIPT b) SCENE c) ACT d) PLAYWRIGHT

6) A collection of objects that create a scene

a) SET b) STAGE DIRECTIONS c) PLAY d) SOUND EFFECTS

7) A short selection of a literary work, one that happens in a single place and time is called___________

a) FOYER b) SCRIPT c) ACT d) SCENE

8) Items that can be carried on and off the stage are known as _______________.

a) STAGE PROPS b) COSTUMES c) STAGE DIRECTIONS d) LIGHTING

9) Where and when the 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

12) Audio or visual elements used in a play are called ____________________.

a) SETTING b) SPECIAL EFFECTS c) ACT d) SCENE

13) When a play touches something that is human in all of us and has lasting value through time, it is
called_______________________.

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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________________________.

a) TRAGICOMEDY b) ROMANTIC COMEDY c) BURLESQUE d) FARCE

17) A central element of all comedy is__________________________.

a) SLAPSTICK b) INCONGRUITY c) CATHARSIS d) ROMANCE

18) The form of drama in which good and evil are most clearly defined 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______________________.

a) DEATH DANCE b) LIFE SONG c) GOAT SONG d) SAD SONG

21) A dithyramb 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 word ‘KOMOS” 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) SCENES c) ACTS d) CHAPTERS

Your Score: ______________ Category: _____________________

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