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LITERATUREName: __________________________________________________________________ Grade/Year: __________________ Score: ________________

Teacher: ________________________________Parents Signature______________________ Date: _______________________________________

General Directions: A.Read all the directions very carefully.

B.Stricly avoid erasures

C.Write only in cursiveI.TRUE OR FALSE. Read the following statements given below. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if

it is not.

______1)Drama has a relevant theme that is social in nature.______2)The goal of drama is to reach a community or a group of people.______3)Dialogue is the conversation between characters. It is what makes up most of the script.______4)Characters include the actors and the narrator who set the scene for drama and might comment on

what happens.

______5)Plot is the series of events in which a conflict develops, reaches a climax and then resolved.______6)Stage directions as you have learned, are instructions for actors, directors and stage crew. They tell

actors to move upstage or downstage, enter or exit.

______7)In a drama, the story is presented through the dialogue and the actions of the characters.______8)The playwright or the writer of a drama writes a story in the form of a script.______9)Drama can incorporate non-literary elements such as music, dance and song.______10)The playwright gives his own interpretation of what he has observed in the world around him, or

even within him.II.IDENTIFICATION(15points)

A. Identify the elements, types and history of Drama. Write your answer on the blanks before eachnumber. (10points)

__________________1.The word drama comes from the Greek verb dran, which means__________________2.The earliest known plays were written around__________________3.It is produced for festivals to honor ______ the god of wine and fertility__________________4.It is a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces.__________________5. It is a play that ends unhappily. It deals with serious, universal themes such as right and

wrong, justice and injustice, life and death.

__________________6.It shows events that follow each other rapidly, but seems to be governed always by chance.The characters are victims in the hands of merciless fate.

__________________7.It is a type of drama intended to interest and amuse the audience rather than make themdeeply concerned about events that happen. The plot usually centers on a romantic conflict.

It is a play that ends happily.

__________________8.It is a sub-category of comedy, characterized by greatly exaggerated characters andsituations.

__________________9. It is a spoken conversation between two characters.__________________10.A feeling of uncertainty as to the outcome, used to build interest and excitement on the

part of the audience

B. Identify the distinctive feature of Drama. Choose your answer from the set of words and write it on theblanks provided before each number.

_____________________1.It is the written words and directions of a play._____________________2.It is the characteristic emotion or an attitude of the author toward the character, subject, oraudience.

_____________________3.It is the dominant emotion or atmosphere in a literary work._____________________4.It is a literary work refers to the authors use of words peculiar to a particular place or

locality.

_____________________5.It is use to connect the work with the real world and thus make the work moreunderstandable.

_____________________6.It tells a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through dialogue_____________________7.It is the quality that makes something funny.


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local color radio play humor script tone mood

C. Identify each Literary form and Elements of Drama. Choose your answer from the box below._____________________1.the "lines" (words, facial expressions, body language) "spoken" by characters in a drama or

fiction intended to convey intent, feeling, action or thought

_____________________2.It is a form of literature in which actors impersonate the actions and speech of the charactersfor entertainment of an audience, either on stage or by means of broadcast.

_____________________3.the "people" in a novel, play, movie, TV show, etc. that exhibit characteristics (attributes andexperiences that determine or influence moral, ethical, intellectual and emotional actions,

reactions and thought processes)

_____________________4.a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance_____________________5.the art and craft of establishing the physical environment of a play or drama_____________________6.These are clues to the directors as to how the setting should look like and what music and

other sounds should be used.

_____________________7.the unifying idea that is reflected through recurrent elements within a literary or artisticwork

III.MULTIPLE CHOICERead each of the following statements. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer on the space

provided before each number. (10points)

______1.The writer heightens the feeling of interest and excitement in the story throughA.suspense B.setting C. props D.costume

______2.A play in which the main character is overcome by his or her obstacles is called a____.A.comedy B.tragedy C.religious play D.chamber theater

______3.The writer gives an important observation about life in the play through theA.narrator B.theme C.stage props D.stage directions

______4.A play in which the storyline is mixed or developed by songs, dances, and the like is called aA.one act play B.cultural show C.religious play D.musical comedy

______5.A form of drama that relies heavily on sound effects to help the listeners imagine the setting and actions isknown as

A.chamber theater B.musical comedy C.radio play D. religious play

______6.A play in which the main character overcomes his or her obstacles is known as____.A.comedy B.tragedy C.religious play D.chamber theater

______7.The term props in drama is a short form a stage.A.personnel B.production C.performance D.properties

______8.The instructions that tell the actors how to act or move on the stage are known asA.dialogue B.script C.stage directions D.stage properties

______9.A form of modern drama that adapts literary works such as short stories and other genre for the stage isknown asA.musical comedy B.chamber theater C.religious play D.radio play

______10.The obstacle or struggle faced by the main character in drama is calledA.conflict B.plot C.climax D.theme

IV.SEQUENCING. Arrange the following events in order. Write numbers 1-10 to show the first up until the lastorder. (10points)

____1. Virgil gives in to his mothers wishes and obeys her, as they went off to Celys house.____2. The mother introduced her son to the girl; moreover she accompanied him to her house often.____3. Virgil and Cely were shy at first but they became comfortable with each other in no time at all.____4. Informed of the wedding plans Virgil and cely protested____5. The mothers quarreled Virgil and Cely were caught between the fight.

theme dialogue character audience

stage productions drama stage directions


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____6. The planned wedding was called off.____7. Virgil is seventeen and Cely is sixteen.____8. The two are two young to marry but their mothers have made plans for their wedding____9. Cely has to obey her mother, otherwise, she might get mad at her____10. Every afternoon for two weeks Virgil and his mother called at the girls home. Then beginning the third

week Virgil went alone.

V.LABELING. Identify the character that delivers the dialogue. Write the name of the characters on the blankspaces provided below. (10points)

__________________1.Your Majesty promised me a house__________________2.We believe in our schoolteacher__________________3.I will hear no more of this promise__________________4.Wait let me show you England . See! It is even smaller than Siam.__________________5.I would say your mother has bad manners.__________________6.Three times I bow to the tablets of my ancestors and pray the gods may attend me and

prosper my work.

__________________7.Most August Emperor, he was no beggar but a soothsayer with a warning. The stars areoffended with Kwan Yu, my father, that he should dare to make this bell whose voice will

speak so loud that even the stars must listen.

__________________8.No! the bell is my life dream. When I ascended the dragon Throne, young and full of hope, Ihad a vision of what the world might be if wars should cease.

__________________9.Wait a while! The case of the thrice promised bride is not yet finished. Among the three onlythe beggar, is a true claimant.

__________________10.I choose to die!I am denied that which I value most. I wish to end it all.I.MATCHING TYPE.

A. Match the words with its appropriate meaning from the next column. Write only the letter of youranswer. (15points)

COLUMN A COLUMN B

______1.shudder______2.

prior______3.nonplused

______4.augment______5.awry______6.Uncouth apparel______7.sagacity______8.cosmogony______9.alchemist______10.palanquin______11.soothsayer______12.skepticism______13.

credulity______14.scurry

______15.outraged

A. a person who attempts to change base metals to goldB. turned or twistedC. a theory of the origin of the universeD. ungraceful attireE. puzzled completelyF. earlierG.a vehicle suspended from poles and carried on the shoulders by menH.a person who foretells eventsI. very angryJ. willingness to believeK. doubt or unbeliefL. to hurry or proceed hurriedlyM.keen practical senseN.

trembleO. increase or enlarge


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II.FILL IN THE CHART. Complete the plot of each play. Write the details of the play or drama in the table chartbelow.

TITLE CHARACTERS CONFLICT CLIMAX/ SUSPENSE RESOLUTION THEME

Whose

Bride Is

She

The

Singing

Soul

The King

and I

The Love

of Virgil

and Cely


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Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways

acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

GOODLUCK AND GODBLESS!


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