CREATIVE WRITING

UNIT EXAM

NAME: ___________________________________________________
Section: _______________________

Directions: Encircle the correct answer

1. What is drama?
a. trouble caused by "friends"
b. the written words and directions for actors to follow
c. the characters that perform in a play
d. a story that is written to be performed or acted out
2. Person who tells the story, often spoken in third person.
a. actor c. narrator
b. speaker d. dialogue
3. ________________________ are the people acting in play.
a. director c. narrator
b. cast of characters d. protagonist
4. Speech between characters in a play:
a. dialogue c. script
b. lines d. directions
5. The person who writes the play is called_______________.
a. author c. speaker
b. director d. playwright
6. The play or drama is organized in ____________________.
a. Chapters c. episodes
b. acts and scenes d. pages and numbers
7. The setting of a play is called the ____________.
a. Set c. setting
b. Stage d. location
8. Instructions that tell the actors what they are supposed to do during acting:
a. Scene c. stage directions
b. teleprompter d. director
9. A set is made of __________ that are on-stage.
a. lights c. costumes
b. dialogues d. props
10. There are __________ types of main characters in a drama.
a. two c. multiple
b. three d. several
11. The _____________________ is the main character in a drama.
a. protagonist c. extra
b. antagonist d. poor girl or hero
12. The character against the protagonist in a drama is called _____________.
a. villain c. extra
b. bad guy d. antagonist
13. Which of the following best describes a "script"?
a. the written words that characters speak and directions in a play/drama
b. the "chapters" of a play/drama
c. the problem or struggle in a story
d. the place where a drama is performed
14. Which of the following best describes "theater"?
a. the words spoken by characters c. a story that is written to be acted out
b. the place where the play is performed d. objects used in a play to bring it to life
15. "Acts" in a play/drama can be compared to...
a. a character's actions and performance c. the "chapters" in a book
b. attitudes in different characters d. the place where the drama begins
16. Acts divided into smaller sections...
a. Scene c. Script
b. Act d. Excerpt
17. a message or insight about life
a. act c. set
b. theme d. stage directions
18. Sets of bracketed information that tell what the stage looks like and how the characters should move and speak
a. Script c. Set
b. Dialogue d. stage directions
19. a problem between two characters or forces
a. conflict b. character
 c. set d. dialogue
20. Acts are often divided into smaller sections called...
a. sets c. stories
b. scenes d. scripts
21. a form of drama in which the events lead to the downfall of the main character
a. Comedy c. Romance
b. Tragedy d. Fantasy
22. This is the correct order for plot in drama.

1. Exposition
2. Climax
3. Rising Action
4. Falling action and resolution

a. True
b. False
23. How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?
a. Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.
b. Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.
c. Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.
d. Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.
24. What is the difference between dialogue and monologue?
a. Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone.
b. Monologue is conversation between two characters. Dialogue is conversation between three or more
characters.
c. Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. Monologues appear in only novels.
d. Dialogue is conversation btween only two characters. In monologue, one character speaks alone.
25. the character must struggle with themselves and chooses to avoid the threat
a. internal conflict c. rising action
b. external conflict d. irony
26. the character must struggle with someone else and cannot avoid the situation and must stay and face the threat
a. exposition c. external conflict
b. climax d. internal conflict
27. the background information; it introduces the characters, setting, and the basic situation
a. conflict c. scene
b. climax d. exposition
28. how the play ends / the final act
a. resolution c. scene
b. situational irony d. climax
29. complications; disagreements, additional problems
a. rising action c. scene
b. exposition d. act
30. moment of greatest interest or suspense; the turning point
a. flashback c. climax
b. dramatic irony d. stage directions