A Sad Vaudeville Quiz

In "Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville," the flagman’s primary purpose in the play is to

• answer the characters’ questions.

• entertain with moments of comic relief.

• provide commentary on the central problem.

• announce the arrival of the trains.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

In "Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville," _________ is the woman’s worst enemy.

• Love

• Loneliness

• Fear

• Time

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the part of speech underlined in the sentence.

Put your dirty sheets inside the hamper.

• preposition

• interjection

• conjunction

Identify the part of speech underlined in the sentence.

Gosh! I can’t believe I have to redo my entire essay.

• preposition

• interjection

• conjunction

Identify the part of speech underlined in the sentence.

I scooped up a large blob of ice cream and dropped it in my bowl.

• preposition

• conjunction

• interjection

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying

• when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you’d expect the result to be

• when the audience knows a key piece of information that a character in a play, movie or novel does not

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why is A Sad Vaudeville an example of dramatic irony?

• When the woman lifts her veil, she is old. This is the opposite of what the character expects.

• The audience knows that the woman is who he is waiting for, but he does not.

• Three trains arrive at the train station, but the woman does not arrive on a train.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4