THEATER 101 CHAPTER 11 QUIZ #10
QUIZ #10 - Dramatic Characters

 

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  1. Which of the following is responsible for creating dramatic characters?

    2. Your answer:
    director
    actor
    playwright
    audience

  2. Blanche DuBois is a famous dramatic character in which play?

    3. Your answer:
    Death of a Salesman
    A Streetcar Named Desire
    Angels in America
    King Lear

  3. Which type of character does Wilson describe as being 'larger than life'?

    4. Your answer:
    quintessential or representative
    stock
    characters with a dominant trait
    extraordinary

  4. Which type of character does Wilson describe as 'typical or ordinary'?

    5. Your answer:
    quintessential or representative
    stock
    characters with a dominant trait
    extraordinary

  5. Which type of character does Wilson describe as exemplifying 'one characteristic to the exclusion of virtually everything else'?

    6. Your answer:
    quintessential or representative
    stock
    characters with a dominant trait
    extraordinary

  6. Which type of character does Wilson describe as representing one 'humor'?

    7. Your answer:
    quintessential or representative
    stock
    characters with a dominant trait
    extraordinary

  7. The Italian commedia dell'arte was most famous for which type of characters?

    8. Your answer:
    quintessential or representative
    stock
    characters with a dominant trait
    extraordinary

  8. Which of the following best describes the role of minor characters?

    9. Your answer:
    the lead characters around whom most of the action takes place
    characters who talk directly to the audience
    characters who play a small part in the overall action
    none of the above

  9. Which of the following best describes the role of the narrator?

    10. Your answer:
    the lead characters around whom most of the action takes place
    characters who talk directly to the audience
    characters who play a small part in the overall action
    none of the above

  10. Which of the following playwrights was known for creating nonhuman characters in Ancient Greek drama?

    11. Your answer:
    Tennessee Williams
    Menander
    Aristophanes
    all of the above

  11. The main character in a play is known as the:

    12. Your answer:
    antagonist
    hero
    protagonist
    villain

  12. The main character's chief opponent in the play is known as the:

    13. Your answer:
    antagonist
    hero
    protagonist
    villain

  13. Which of the following best describes contrasting characters?

    14. Your answer:
    They are opponents of one another
    They serve as confidants for one another
    They serve as foils for one another and are not necessarily in opposition
    They are mirror images of one another

  14. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a major Shakespearean character?

    15. Your answer:
    Hamlet
    Rosencrantz
    King Lear
    Romeo

  15. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a minor Shakespearean character?

    16. Your answer:
    the gravedigger
    the ghost of Hamlet's father
    Guildenstern
    Ophelia

  16. The term used to describe the composition and arrangement of characters in a play is:

    17. Your answer:
    organization
    orchestration
    juxtaposition
    none of the above