The Playwrights Test

A long narrative poem is called a spectacle.

• true

• false

An archetype is an unusual, one-of-a kind character.

• false

• true

Playwrights may base their plays on subjects they want to explore.

• true

• false

It's cheating for a playwright to take ideas from real life.

• true

• false

Conflict results when playwright's objective meets with a character.

• true

• false

A play's exposition should make the three Ws irrelevant.

• false

• true

A play generally requires interesting and believable characters.

• false

• true

An effective playwright thinks up the scenario before the plot or characters.

• false

• true

The crisis is the climax of a play.

• true

• false

The resolution occurs at the end of the play.

• false

• true