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.