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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
periods
B
parenthesis
C
commas
D
stage directions do not need to be surrounded by any special characters
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
stage directions
B
comedy
C
dialogue
D
setting
4) What a character says is called:
A
stage directions
B
drama
C
dialogue
D
setting
5) (flaps arms wildly) is an example of
A
drama
B
stage directions
C
comedy
D
dialogue
6) Every line of dialogue must have stage directions to accompany it
A
My pencil tastes like chicken
B
Mars is bright tonight
C
True
D
False
7) Every scene in a drama contains these two things:
A
popcorn and butter
B
comedy and tragedy
C
peanut butter and jelly
D
dialogue and stage directions
8) The word *said* is needed to indicate dialogue.
A
Flip a coin to determine whether it is needed
B
Include the word said if you are fond of it
C
No; only the colon is needed after a character's name.
D
Yes, include the word said
9) What goes before the colon in dialogue?
A
Anything you like
B
The character's name who is saying the lines
C
Setting
D
Stage directions
10) Which item is indicated by parenthesis?
A
stage directions
B
setting
C
dialogue
D
comedy and tragedy
11) Stage directions plus what make up a scene
A
costumes
B
dialogue
C
hair and makeup
D
comedy
12) JOHN: Stop that? JOAN: Stop what? -- is an example of this:
A
setting
B
stage directions
C
dialogue
D
comedy
13) Character names before the colon in dialogue should be rendered this way:
A
However you feel like writing them
B
Title Case
C
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
D
Sentence case
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
drama
B
stage directions
C
comedy
D
dialogue
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
Most possibly true
C
Only if they are robots.
D
Definitely true
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