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Review of basic drama terms, elements etc.
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1
An actor at The Globe who gave a bad performance might have been hit with ______.
Rotten vegetables
A fist
A rock
A baseball
2
What does a playwright usually introduce in the exposition?
Conflict
Setting
Resolution
Climax
3
A short play for one person, OR a part of a larger play in which only one person is speaking.
Monolgue
Aside
Diaglogue
Solo
4
Which is NOT a type of element of drama?
Hubris
Technical
Performance
Literary
5
What word means "too much pride?"
Humor
Humid
Hubris
Husky
6
What were the poor people called who attended plays at The Globe Theater?
Groundlings
Stinklings
Peasants
Bums
7
What are the names of the drama masks?
Sock and Boot
Tragedy and Comedy
Sock and Buskin
Happy and Sad
8
When were the first dramas performed?
1943
500 BC
2000
1899
9
Which of the following is NOT a famous Broadway musical?
Star Wars
The Music Man
The King and I
The Sound of Music
10
Why did ancient Greek actors wear masks?
The look funny
To identify the characters to the audience
To hide their true identity
To confuse the audience
11
The point of highest tension in a drama (C) is called the:
Rising action
Resolution
Climax
Exposition
12
Two types of dramas developed in ancient Greece were
Action and Suspense
Tragedy and Comedy
Horror and Romance
Musical comedy and Operetta
13
The written words and directions of a play are called a:
Story
Script
Map
InstructionsS
14
The Globe Theater was similar to what modern-day building?
Church
Mall
Arena
Movie theater
15
A tragic hero always has a _________.
Tragic flaw
lot of lines to memorize
Successful life
Hubris
16
Where does the name "Broadway" come from?
A neighborhood in London
A park in France
A town in Greece
A street in New York
17
Who was Dionysus?
The first Greek actor
A character in a play by Shakespeare
A famous playwright
The god of wine and revelry
18
Who was Oscar Hammerstein's partner?
Richard Rodgers
William Shakespeare
Roy Rodgers
Roger Moore
19
The tragic hero is always ______________.
Mean
Dishonest
Noble
Smart
20
Oklahoma! was the first _______________.
musical comedy in the new style.
play about cowboys.
play to have music.
play performed on Broadway.
21
Objects in a play that characters use are called _____.
Scenery
Props
Backdrop
Equipment
22
Feeling an emotional connection to a character is known as _____________.
Catharsis
Coronary
Carhardt
Catheter
23
What was the name of the theater where many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed?
The World
The Thames
The London Theater
The Globe
24
The main character is a tragedy is called the _______.
Protagonist
Tragic hero
Villian
King
25
Who was one of the earliest Greek actors?
Thalia
Thespos
Theater
Thespis
