engl 102 drama
Which of the following is not an example of a prop?
A costume
Which of the following would be a comedic element characteristic of low comedy?
A slap followed by a fart
What is the primary dramatic function of a soliloquy?
A soliloquy allows a character to share his or her thoughts, emotions, or intentions with the audience
What is the difference between a soliloquy and an aside?
In a soliloquy a speaker is alone onstage and speaks to the audience, while in an aside, the speaker is onstage with other characters but gives a speech that only the audience can hear
Which of the following passages best characterizes the important elements of an ending to an Elizabethan comedy?
Now until the break of day Through this house each fairy stray. To the best bridebed will we, Which by us shall blessed be, And the issue there create Ever shall be fortunate. (William Shakespeare)
During the production of a play, who makes most of the decisions about staging?
The director
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Greek ideal of tragedy?
The protagonist always commits suicide
Dramatic conflict occurs when
a central character, or protagonist, desires something that he or she cannot immediately have.
A tragedy may be defined as
a play or performance that ends in disaster for the protagonist.
A comedy is
a play or performance that is intended to entertain and amuse the audience; a comedy ends happily for the main characters
Dramatic irony may be defined as
a situation in a play in which the audience knows about present or future circumstances that some or all of the characters onstage do not
A dramatic aside is
a stage device in which a character delivers a short speech to the audience that is inaudible to the other characters onstage.
A soliloquy may be defined as
a stage device in which a character, alone onstage, speaks aloud to himself or herself
A prop is
an object used on stage by actors
A purging of emotions in tragedy is known as
catharsis.
Which of the following is not a part of a play's staging?
dialogue
Which of the following would not be an example of a tragic flaw?
disease
Which of the following represents the usual sequence of action in a dramatic work?
exposition -> rising action -> climax -> falling action -> denouement
The primary dramatic function of an aside is to
give the audience insight into a character's emotions or private thoughts.
In a printed version of a play, the stage direction is usually
italicized or bracketed
In a play, dialogue may be accompanied by
movement. gesture. props.
A comedy that focuses on a ridicule of politics, culture, or philosophy is called a
satiric comedy
In a moment of dramatic irony, a character's actions have a different meaning for
the audience than they do for the characters onstage
Stage direction may be defined as
the text within the play, as written by the playwright that describes the actions, movements, or emotions of the characters onstage
In a dramatic work, a protagonist may be in conflict with
the weather. another character. his or her own fate.
In drama, dialogue is
what characters say and how they say it.
Dramatic plot may be defined as
what happens in a play and the way in which the events and actions of the play are organized.