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Elements of a Drama
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What does the Greek word
dran mean?
to be
to live
to do
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When the playwright describes the setting and character actions in brackets, it is called:
stage directions
dialogue
monologue
3
Sets, lighting, props, and costumes are all part of:
Scene Design
Acting
Directing
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What is the Resolution of a Drama?
conflict resolved
play begins
play ends
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What is a tragedy?
a play that ends happily
a play that ends unhappily
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Comic complications occur ______ the conflict is resolved.
after
before
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Remarks made to the audience or to one character that the other characters do not hear.
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
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Tragedies pit human limitations against the larger forces of _____________
hurricanes
destiny
the Romans
9
A classic Greek comedy centers on a romantic conflict.
True
False
10
Put these in the correct order of the Plot Line:
Resolution, Complications, Exposition, Climax
Climax, Exposition, Resolution, Complications
Exposition, Complications, Climax, Resolution
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A "thrust" stage used by Shakespeare, ______ into the viewing area & is surrounded on __sides.
extends, 3
retreats, 3
extents, 1
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A play needs an audience to do the following:
respond
experience
understand
all three
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What is Drama?
when your bff gets mad at you
story enacted on stage for a live audience
a podcast
14
Besides actors and directors, these are a part of the theater artists:
stage crew and lighting techs
Donnie and Marie
coach and assistant coach
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What are the complications of a Drama?
highest point of tension-determines resolution
character and conflict introduced
tension builds
16
In a modern comedy, the genders in the romantic plot pattern are sometimes what:
unknown
roles are reversed
there are no modern comedies
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Which is NOT a universal theme of a Greek Tragedy?
wrong & right
butterflies & rainbows
life & death
justice & injustice
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A theater in the round is surrounded by the audience on _______ sides.
3
NONE
2
ALL
19
In most cases comedies end in a:
funeral
wedding
debate
20
The earliest known plays were written in which century?
2nd
5th
21st
11th
21
Which one is NOT a confict in a drama:
conflict between characters
between bacon and eggs
internally, within a character
between character and circumstance
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What is the Climax of a Drama?
tension builds
highest point of tension -determines resolution
character and conflict introduced
23
Examples of main characters in a Greek comedy could be:
servants
goats
nobility
townspeople
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What is the Exposition of a Drama?
Highest Point of tension determines resolution
Character and Conflict Introduced
Tension Builds
25
Unconventional polt structures are all of these EXCEPT:
visual projection of a character's private thoughts
always involve talking animals
long flashback
music
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What stage has an audience that sits on 1 side?
Proscenium
Thrust
In the round