Reading Drama for O-Level Literature in English (SEAB 2065) quiz quiz

Explaining the dramatic effect on the audience in performance

Reporting accurately what each character says

Memorising the cast list

Summarising the plot of the whole play

The stage directions printed in italics

The meaning beneath the surface of what characters actually say

A summary of the scene

The list of characters at the start of a play

By paraphrasing each line literally

By counting the number of lines each character speaks

By asking what a character means but does not say, using signs like silences, evasions and interruptions

By ignoring anything not stated directly

When a character makes a joke

When two characters argue

When the stage directions contradict the dialogue

When the audience knows something a character on stage does not

It charges later lines with tension, dread or pity because the audience sees what the character cannot

It makes the plot easier to follow

It shortens the play

It removes the need for conflict

Naming the device

Explaining its effect on the audience

Quoting the longest possible passage

Identifying the playwright's birthplace

They are optional and can be skipped

They only tell actors where to stand and carry no meaning

They are part of the text and shape meaning through setting, movement, props, lighting and sound

They are written by the director, not the playwright

Write the conclusion first

Count the lines of dialogue

Decide which character you like most

Read for the dramatic situation: who is on stage, what has happened and what is at stake

A meaningful choice that can be analysed for dramatic effect

A gap to be ignored

A printing error

A signal to summarise the plot

It has no effect on meaning

The arrangement of exposition, rising action, climax and resolution shapes how tension and meaning build

It only determines the length of the play

It is the same as the cast list

To restate exactly what each character says

To count the questions each character asks

To explain how what is said, and how it is said, reveals character and relationships

To list the characters in order of appearance

By stating it once in the introduction

By summarising every scene in order

By choosing the theme with the shortest name

By following how it is developed through conflict, character, dialogue, key scenes and staging

Explain how the unforced offer, after a pause, reveals tenderness and helplessness and works on the audience

Add the actor's name who might play her

Replace it with a summary of the whole play

Note only that it is a line of dialogue