FOURTH SUMMATIVE TEST IN CREATIVE WRITING

QUARTER 4

Teacher: ANGELIE P. CANDELANSA

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Instructions: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter on
your paper.
1. Which of the following refers to someone who writes plays and also known as a dramatist?
a. actors b. author c. characters d. playwright
2. Which of the following refers to a piece of writing in the form of drama composed of dialogue,
stage directions and instructions to the actors and director?
a. comedy b. drama c. playwright d. script
3. Which of the following refers to the form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and
dialogue of a game, scene or a story are made up in the moment?
a. comedy b. drama c. improvisation d. theatre
4. Which of the following refers to the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work,
which may be stated directly or indirectly?
a. conflict b. drama c. theatre d. theme
5. Which of the following refers to the audience knows something the characters don’t?
a. drama b. dramatic irony c. improvisation d. tragic irony
6. Which of the following refers to a literary element that involves a struggle between two
opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist?
a. actors b. conflict c. problem d. theme
7. Which of the following refers to a device in which an object, person or situation is given
another meaningful beyond its literal one?
a. act b. audience c. improvisation d. symbolism
8. Which of the following refers to the range, pitch, and pronunciation of the actors which affect
performance?
a. space c. vocal dynamics
b. mannerism d. improvisational technique
9. Jenny is writing a play and she’s at the end of the play. What literary device should Jenny
incorporate in her script if she wants a continuation of her play?
a. dramatic irony b. foreshadowing c. metaphor d. symbolism
10. Study the conversation below lifted from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. What type
of dialogue is used in the conversation?
Act Five, Scene One: News from Verona
Romeo is walking along a street in Mantua. There are some shops in the street.
Romeo: Oh, I’m so lonely without Juliet I want to go back to Verona, but I can’t go back yet.
I
must wait until Father Lawrence sends a message. I’ll hear some news soon, I hope.
a. dialogue b. monologue c. soliloquy d. spectacle
11. “My life is a foe of debt.” What literary device is used in the statement?
a. dramatic irony b. foreshadowing c. metaphor d. symbolism
12. “And to ‘thy go like lightning.” What literary device is used in the statement?
a. foreshadowing b. metaphor c. simile d. symbolism
13. Evaluate the following statements. Which of the following statements makes drama unique?
a. Drama is unique because it allows the readers to go to the other world.
b. Drama is unique because it is written primarily to be read, not perform.
c. Drama is unique because it is written primarily to be performed, not read.
d. Drama is unique because it allows the reader to understand what he/she is reading.
14. Who was the proponent on the definition of intertextuality?
a. Gustav Freytag c. Karl Jung
b. Julia Kristeva d. Sigmund Freud
15. Which of the following happens when the writer has no intention of making an intertextual
reference and it is completely upon the reader’s own prior knowledge that these connections are
made?
 a. accidental b. latent c. obligatory d. optional
16. Which of the following refers to a general term that states that all texts: novels, works of
philosophy, newspaper, articles, films, songs, paintings, and others are intimately
interconnected?
a. allusion b. citation c. intertextuality d. plagiarism
17. What do you mean by parody?
a. a criticism
b. direct reference
c. intellectually humorous imitation
d. a rewritten, more serious version of an original
18. Anya is too lazy to research for her homework in the public library. Instead, she opts to use
the internet and copies everything without proper citation. Anya is ________________.
a. a very lazy student
b. violating her teacher’s rule
c. plagiarizing other people’s ideas
d. a very good student
19. Which of the following is TRUE about intertextuality?
a. Intertextuality can only be seen in drama.
b. It is okay to use someone’s work with credit.
c. Intertextuality shows how much a culture influence its authors, even as the authors in turn
influence the culture.
d. It doesn’t show how a similar cultural, religious, political, or moral ideology can be
expressed in very different ways through different cultural practices.
20. Evaluate the following reasons. Why authors use intertextuality of texts?
a. to retire c. to make money
b. to pass time d. to communicate
21. What element of drama is simply defined as the environment in which an event takes place?
a. character b. plot c. setting d. theme
22. What refers to a development and portrayal of a personality through thought, action, dialogue,
costuming, and make-up?
a. appropriation b. articulation c. characterization d. dialogue
23. What is the simple definition of a one-act play?
a. A short play. c. A play with various acts.
b. A full-length drama. d. A play with limited elements.
24. Characters move in the plot because they are driven by desires and needs which eventually
ties them to the conflict. Which of the following refers to this movement by the characters?
a. character backstory c. character personality
b. character motivation d. character assassination
25. A drama production is set in the town of Gapan, Nueva Ecija during the Japanese period. What
type of setting is used?
a. time period c. geographic location
b. physical location d. cultural environment
26. Which of the following is TRUE about one-act play?
a. A one-act play has a fewer speaking characters.
b. A one-act play has shorter span and limited location.
c. A one-act play is constrained by a necessity for a simpler plot.
d. All of the above
27. What is the purpose of a character backstory?
a. It aims to explain a detail of the past of a character
b. It aims to insert a flashback in the plot of the drama
c. It aims to explains a particular behavior the character shows at the present
d. All of the choices
28. What refers to a place where the action or performance of the drama takes place?
a. hall b. production c. stadium d. stage
29. What refers to the clothes and accessories that are worn by the characters of a play?
a. costume b. props c. scenes d. setting
30. Which of the following types of stage wherein the audience occupies the three sides to view
the performance?
a. arena theaters b. proscenium c. theaters-in-the-round d. thrust
31. Which of the following refers to portion of the stage where the performers enter and exit the
acting area in a proscenium stage?
a. center stage b. downstage c. downstage right d. upstage
32. If you want to show that the character is an important one-the main character, which part of
the stage he/ she will stand?
a. audience seats b. backstage c. downstage d. upstage
33. Which of the following statements BEST explains the word structure?
a. This is the foundation of the stage.
b. This shows the audience how good the performers are.
c. This tells the audience what the performers say in the play.
d. This is the order of actions or scenes in order to create a dramatic effect.
34. Evaluate the figure below. What type of stage is shown?

a. arena b. proscenium c. thrust d. traverse

35. What refers to the sequence of events in a story?
a. act b. plot c. scene d. script
36. What refers to the author’s attempt to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader and
appears to the senses?
a. imagery b. metaphor c. simile d. symbolism
37. What refers to the visual elements of a play?
a. costume b. props c. set d. spectacle
38. What refers to a device in which an object, person or situation is given another meaningful
beyond its literal one?
a. act b. audience c. improvisation d. symbolism
For items 39-40. Analyze the famous play from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Identify
what part of the plot in the story. Refer to the choices below.
a. climax 40 b. denouement 39c. introduction d. falling action
39. Romeo shows his love for Rosaline. However, his love falls apart as Rosaline declares that she
will never marry. Mercutio laughs at Romeo’s tragic love for Rosaline but helps Romeo to feel
better by crashing into the Capulet masquerade ball. Romeo consents.
40. News reach Romeo that Juliet is already dead though she was only asleep. Romeo secretly goes
to the Capulet burial vault and takes his life by drinking poison. Juliet wakes up from her
slumber.
She was so sorrowful of Romeo’s death and decided to commit suicide thus ending her life.
Father Laurence tells the whole story to both families who decided to end their feud once and
for all.