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Dialogue And Stage Directions In Drama
Test Description: Correct punctuation of dialogue and stage directions in drama.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In a drama, stage directions should be surrounded by what character/s?
A
parenthesis
B
periods
C
stage directions do not need to be surrounded by any special characters
D
commas
2) What a character says should be followed by what character?
A
period
B
semicolon
C
exclamation mark
D
colon
3) What a character does or how a character says his or her lines is called:
A
comedy
B
dialogue
C
stage directions
D
setting
4) What a character says is called:
A
drama
B
setting
C
stage directions
D
dialogue
5) (flaps arms wildly) is an example of
A
dialogue
B
drama
C
comedy
D
stage directions
6) Every line of dialogue must have stage directions to accompany it
A
Mars is bright tonight
B
False
C
True
D
My pencil tastes like chicken
7) Every scene in a drama contains these two things:
A
dialogue and stage directions
B
popcorn and butter
C
peanut butter and jelly
D
comedy and tragedy
8) The word *said* is needed to indicate dialogue.
A
No; only the colon is needed after a character's name.
B
Flip a coin to determine whether it is needed
C
Include the word said if you are fond of it
D
Yes, include the word said
9) What goes before the colon in dialogue?
A
Setting
B
Stage directions
C
The character's name who is saying the lines
D
Anything you like
10) Which item is indicated by parenthesis?
A
setting
B
dialogue
C
comedy and tragedy
D
stage directions
11) Stage directions plus what make up a scene
A
dialogue
B
hair and makeup
C
costumes
D
comedy
12) JOHN: Stop that? JOAN: Stop what? -- is an example of this:
A
comedy
B
dialogue
C
setting
D
stage directions
13) Character names before the colon in dialogue should be rendered this way:
A
Title Case
B
However you feel like writing them
C
Sentence case
D
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
14) The parenthesis characters that surround stage directions look like this:
A
( )
B
! !
C
: :
D
* *
15) If our character's name is Sally, her name will be written like this before the colon:
A
SaLlY
B
sally
C
Sally
D
SALLY
16) (frowns and throws book down) is an example of
A
stage directions
B
dialogue
C
comedy
D
drama
17) The colon that follows a name before what an actor says looks like this
A
(
B
:
C
!
D
?
18) In dialogue, characters always speak in complete sentences and never in fragments.
A
True
B
Definitely true
C
Only if they are robots.
D
Most possibly true
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