Drama Quiz

When reading drama, how do you know which character is speaking?

• The words the each character speaks are set off by quotation marks.

• The dialogue follows the name of the character who is speaking.

Theater artists include

• Actors, directors, stage crew, and lighting technicians

• Audience members, actors, actresses, and cooks

Which of the following best describes a tragedy?

• The people on Maple Street accuse one another of being monsters. Out of fear, Charlie reacts to the stranger by shooting the figure only to discover he killed Pete Van Horn.

• Belle and the beast care for each other. Belle leaves the castle to help her father. She returns to the castle to announce her love for the beast, and he turns into a handsome prince. They live happily ever after.

Which of the following best describes a comedy?

• The people on Maple Street accuse one another of being monsters. Out of fear, Charlie reacts to the stranger by shooting the figure only to discover he killed Pete Van Horn.

• Belle and the beast care for each other. Belle leaves the castle to help her father. She returns to the castle to announce her love for the beast, and he turns into a handsome prince. They live happily ever after.

Dialouge is ___________

• Items the characters use on stage

• Speech by one character in front of the audience

• A story performed for a live audience

• A conversation between two or more characters on stage

Drama is ___________

• Item the characters use on stage

• A story preformed for a live audience

• Describes a setting, moos, characters' actions, and more

• Speech by one character in front of the audience

Stage Directions are ___________

• Speech by one character in front of the audience

• Describes the setting, mood, characters' actions, and more

• A long speech by one character to other characters

• A story preformed for a live audiences.

Monologue is ___________

• Describes the setting, mood, characters' actions, and more

• A story preformed for a live audience

• Speech given by one character in front of the audience

• A long speech by one character to other characters

Soliloquy is ___________

• Describes the setting, mood, characters' actions, and more

• A story preformed for a live audience

• Speech given by one character in front of the audience

• A long speech by one character to other characters

Props

• Items the characters use on stage

• A story preformed for a live audience

• items on stage that create a setting

• A conversation between two or more characters