Arts Toolkit: Drama Handout

Multiple-Choice Questions

Comparing Literary Elements of Drama

1. All of the following are literary elements of drama EXCEPT
   1. rising action.
   2. theme.
   3. character.
   4. audience.


2. The turning point of a play is the point at which
   1. the characters leave the stage.
   2. the story takes an important turn.
   3. the play begins.
   4. the problem is solved.


3. Characters help move the story by
   1. what they say.
   2. what they do.
   3. what they hear and touch.
   4. what they say and do.


4. The theme of Basics and The Great Gilly Hopkins is best described as
   1. confusion and needing someone.
   2. coping with change.
   3. love and happiness.
   4. hate and anger at others.


5. The characters in Basics solve their problem by
   1. calling each other and talking.
   2. talking to their best friends.
   3. not solving their problem at all.
   4. revealing their love for each other.


6. In the first scene from Gilly Hopkins, Gilly feels
   1. content and happy.
   2. scared and uncertain.
   3. angry and unhappy.
   4. tired and hungry.


7. In the second scene, Gilly shows that she has changed when
   1. she admits that she wants to come back.
   2. she snaps at her foster mother.
   3. she changes her clothes.
   4. she runs away.


8. A lesson that could be learned from Gilly Hopkins is that
   1. sometimes you are better off where you are.
   2. change is good.
   3. coming home is the best thing.
   4. you can’t change your life.

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