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Bernadette College of Valenzuela Junior High School

6121 Gen T. de Leon Valenzuela City 2018-2019
English 10
Second Periodical Exam
Teacher: ___________________________________
Name: __________________________________________
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Score: ____________________
Grade & Section: __________________________________ Date: ____________________
General Direction: STRICTLY NO ERASURES. Any kind of erasures are considered wrong.
TEST I: MULTIPLE CHOICE (Dramatic Structures)
DIRECTION: Answer each of the following questions by choosing the letter of the best answer. Write your answer
on the space provided.
________1. Drama is assumed to require ___________ and ____________ between actors and audience.
a. Participation, collaboration
b. Action, reaction
c. Coding, Decoding
d. Process, product
________2. The difference between an opera and a musical play is that _____________.
a. An opera is read while a musical is listened to.
b. An opera is entirely sung while a musical involves dialogues.
c. The characters in an opera are professionals while a musical employs amateur actors.
d. The songs in opera are composed by the actors themselves while a musical includes songs from popular films.
________3. All the statements below are true EXCEPT ___________.
a. A play is exatcly a form of poetry.
b. The antagonist makes the life of the hero miserable.
c. In a comedy, the protagonist overcomes the spine.
d. When a play deals with middle or lower class, it is known as burgeois drama.
________4. What could be the best way to read and enjoy dramatic play?
a. Never pay attention to the stage direction; they could be altered.
b. Always think that actors will perform the same way every time.
c. Watch a film version then read the play for comparison.
d. Read the play as it is being performed.
________5. The _____________ is an element of drama that states the message of the play.
a. Plot
b. Character
c. Theme
d. Dialogue
________6. What could be the function of dialogue in a play.
a. The playwright creates the story out of the dialogue.
b. It determines the visual effects of the play.
c. It helps move the action of the play along.
d. It provides voices to the actors.
________7. Sets, costumes, and special effects are important elements of a play called __________.
a. Sepectacle
b. Spectacular
c. Spectacle
d. Spectackle
________8. Characters can either be ___________.
a. Dominant or submissive
b. Aggressive or passive
c. Dynamic or static
d. Strong or weak
________9. An element of plot when complications are slowly being solved is sometimes called ___________.
a. Exposition
b. Climax
c. Resolution
d. Denouement
________10. Choose the option that best illustrates the plot structure of a play.
a. Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution, Falling Action.
b. Rising Action, Exposition, Resolution, Climax, Falling Action.
c. Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
d. Climax, Falling Action, Exposition, Rising Action, Resolution.
TEST II: MATCHING TYPE (Greek Theater)
DIRECTION: Observe the following terms. Match each terms with its description by placing the letter of the
definition on the space provided after the number.
________1. City Dionysia a. Unexpected turn of events in a tragedy
________2. Dithyramb b. Greek for tent(where characters canged cloths)
________3. Ekkyklema c. divides the episodes of a tragedy (a choral passage)
________4. Thespis d. rapis conversation
________5. Aeschylus e. Popular name for satyrs means “goat”.
________6. Sophecles f. Choral song in honor of Dionysis
________7. Euripides g. Festival in honor of Dionysis (the party god)
________8. Tragoidia h. A device used to display theh interior scenes in tradgedy
________9. Hamartia i. Gave the chorus a speaking voice (thespian)
________10. Archon j. Added a second speaking character
________11.Choregos k. Producer of City Dionysia plays (funded a tetrology, 3 tragadies, 1 comedy)
________12. Exodus l. A chorus' exit from a play/tragedy
________13. Orchestra m. Dancing floor of greek thatre
________14. Messenger Speech n. The Chorus' entrance song in a tragedy
________15. Parados o. narration of a messenger of crucially important events that happened off stage
________16. Peripateia p. Added a third speaking character
________17. Skene q. wrote comodies
________18. Stasimon r. Greek for "goat song" ->Tradgedy
________19. Stichomythia s. a tragic flaw in a character, a mistake or error
________20. Tragos t. Oversaw preformances at City Dionysia

TEST III: FILL IN THE BLANKS

DIRECTION: Complete the following sentences. Choose your answer from the box below and write your answer
on the space provided. (2pts)
1. The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called ________.
2. The ‘________________’, is a festival of entertainment held in honor of the god Dionysus.
3&4. Theater requires a separate __________or __________which happened when the occasion became a performance.
5. Plays performed in ___________ from around 400 BC still exist today.
6. ________________ songs and dances were performed at the sacrificial site, the temple.
7&8. In Greek drama the young men called ___________ and their songs were called __________.
9. The most famous playwright of comedy was ________________.
10. ____________ cited in his work the third origin, which lies in the phallic songs sung during Dionysian festival.
11. In Greek comedy the third part of the play was the ____________ where the chorus spoke directly to the audince.
12. Greek tragedy and comedy formed the basis of ________________.
13. Greek tragedy was almost always inspired by episodes in ________________, which were part of Greek religion.
14. Tragedies made use of only one actor who would perform in ______________ and wear a mask.
costume bupokritai modern theater Greek mythology
parabasis Aristotle Aristophanes comedie komos
Greece Dithyrambic audience spectator City Dionysia dithyrambs

TEST IV: List down the name of each parts of The Greek Theater.
(2pts each)

15. (1)________________________
16. (2) ________________________
17. (3) ________________________
18. (4) ________________________
19. (5) ________________________
20. (6) ________________________

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when
they gave up.”
Prepared by:
Ms. Ronalyn M. Dio
 Terms in Greek Theater

City Dionysia -------Festival in honor of Dionysis (the party god)

Dithyramb---------Choral song in honor of Dionysis
Ekkyklema--------A device used to display theh interior scenes in tradgedy
Thespis----------Gave the chorus a speaking voice (thespian)
Aeschylus---------Added a second speaking character
Sophecles---------Added a third speaking character
Euripides---------wrote comodies
Tragoidia---------Greek for "goat song" ->Tradgedy
Hamartia----------a tragic flaw in a character, a mistake or error
Archon---------Oversaw preformances at City Dionysia
Choregos---------Producer of City Dionysia plays (funded a tetrology, 3 tragadies, 1 comedy)
Exodus-----------A chorus' exit from a play/tragedy
Orchestra-----------Dancing floor of greek thatre
Messenger Speech-------narration of a messenger of crucially important events that happened off stage
Parados---------The Chorus' entrance song in a tragedy
Peripateia-----------Unexpected turn of events in a tragedy
Skene--------Greek for tent(where characters canged cloths)
Stasimon--------divides the episodes of a tragedy (a choral passage)
Stichomythia--------rapis conversation
Tragos-------- Popular name for satyrs means “goat”