Drama 9: Theatre Studies Scripts Test

Name: _______________________________ Date: _________________________________

Instructions: You will be given 40 minutes to complete the test. This will be worth a total of 30 points Read each question carefully and take your time.

Outcomes covered in this quiz: 1. I can define the elements of a script: dialogue, directions, characters and settings. 2. I can demonstrate understanding of directions used in a script 3. I can demonstrate an understanding of the concept of dramatic convention 4. I can analyze a script to identify character, setting and plot.

1.A scripted piece written to be presented by one person is a(n): (1 mark) a) Aside b) Script c) Soliloquy d) Monologue 2. A script is: (1 mark) a) b) c) d) Written manuscript containing the dialogue and directions Instructions given to the actor by the playwright The storyline A play

3. What is He grabs Max around the knees and sobs an example of? (1 mark) a) b) c) d) Plot Setting Dialogue Directions

4. Which of the following is NOT considered a Dramatic Convention: (1 mark)

a) b) c) d) Fourth Wall Directions Soliloquy Aside

5. What script elements does the example below contain? (1 mark)

Saunders (offstage; knocking) Open the door, Max! Max (calling) C-coming! One second! (MAX looks at TITO sadly. Hes lost a friend.) Tito. Im so sorry. a) b) c) d) Dialogue, Direction and Setting. Setting, Characters and Dialogue. Characters, Setting and Direction. Characters, Dialogue and Direction.

6. What is the storyline known as? ___________________________. (1 mark)

7. Match the correct dramatic convention to its definition and example. Answers may be used more than once. ( 7 marks)
__________ 7a. Communication by a character to the audience rather than to the other characters. __________ 7b. Hermias speech in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Help me, Lysander, help me! ___________ 7c. A monologue, usually revealing the actors inner feelings and thoughts. ___________ 7d. Hamlets To be or not to be is a famous example of this. ___________ 7e. An imaginary wall that separates actors and audience. __________ 7f. This is broken if a character addresses the audience. A. Monologue B. Fourth Wall C. Soliloquy D. Aside

8. Answer the following questions by circling T for true or F for false. IF FALSE correct the underlined word. (8 marks) A)

T T T T

or

F F

Authors written manuscript containing the dialogue and directions is the plot.

B)

or

The stage personality or role that the actor assumes is called the character.

C)

or

F F

The script is the instructions give to the actor by the playwright.

D)

or

The directions indicate the time and place of actions.

9. From the following passage from Lend Me a Tenor identify the characters, setting and two uses of direction. (5 marks)
MAX straightens up and stares at TITO, suddenly afraid. Something is definitely wrong. He then notices a folded note on the bedside table MARIAs note, which happens to be next to TITOs bottle of pills. He hesitates, then picks up the note and reads it. A)Characters: 1) __________________________________________________ 2) ___________________________________________________ B) Setting: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ C) Directions: 1) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) _______________________________________________________________________________________________

10. In this piece identify the elements of the script in the highlighted areas: (5 marks) Lights come up to reveal St. Dunstans Marketplace. A hand-drawn caravan painted like a Sicilian donkey cart, stands on the street. On its side is written in ornate script: Signor Adolfo Pirelli HaircutterBarber-Toothpuller to His Royal Majesty the King of Naples, and under this: Banish Baldness with Pirellis Miracle Elixir. TODD and MRS. LOVETT enter. TODD is carrying his razor case. MRS. LOVETT has a shopping basket. TODD (Pointing at the caravan): Thats him? Over there? MRS. LOVETT: Yes, dear. Hes always here Thursdays. TODD (Reading the sign): Haircutter, barber, toothpuller to His Royal Majesty the King of Naples. MRS. LOVETT: Eyetalian. All the rage, he is. TODD: Not for long. MRS. LOVETT: Oh Mr. T., you really think you can do it? TODD: By tomorrow theyll all be flocking after me like sheep to be shorn. MRS. LOVETT (sees BEADLE): Oh no! Look. The Beadle Beadle Bamford TODD: So much the better.