Drama Test Literature Class Study Guide
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Q: Who wrote Trifles?
A: Susan Glaspell
Q: Who wrote Death of a Salesman?
A: Arthur Miller
Q: Who wrote Doctor Faustus?
A: Christopher Marlowe
Q: Who wrote The Glass Menagerie?
A: Tennessee Williams
Q: Who wrote Fences?
A: August Wilson
Q: Who wrote Hamlet?
A: William Shakespeare
Q: Who wrote Beauty?
A: Jane Martin
Q: What is the plot of Trifles?
A: A murder investigation reveals gender inequality as the women uncover Minnie Wright’s suffering.
Q: What is the dramatic question in Trifles?
A: Are they going to reveal the evidence?
Q: What is the symbol of the bird in Trifles?
A: Minnie’s lost joy and voice
Q: What is the crisis moment in Trifles?
A: When the women find the dead bird.
Q: What is the climax of Trifles?
A: When the women hide the box containing the bird.
Q: Who says “I know what stillness is…the law has got to punish crime”?
A: Mrs. Peters
Q: Who says “I wish you’d seen Minnie Foster…That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?”
A: Mrs. Hale
Q: What is the plot of Death of a Salesman?
A: Willy Loman’s pursuit of the American Dream destroys him and strains his family.
Q: Who says “We’re free…We’re free…”?
A: Linda
Q: Who says “We’ve never told the truth for 10 minutes in this house”?
A: Biff
Q: What is the plot of Beauty?
A: Two women debate identity and beauty when given the chance to switch appearances.
Q: Who says “I barely exist outside of a mirror”?
A: Carla
Q: Who says “I want to be beautiful”?
A: Bethany
Q: What is the plot of Doctor Faustus?
A: Faustus sells his soul for knowledge and power but realizes too late the cost of his ambition.
Q: Who says “I think Hell’s a fable”?
A: Faustus
Q: Who says “What will not I do to obtain his soul?”
A: Mephostophilis
Q: Who says “Now will I make an end immediately”?
A: Faustus
Q: What is the plot of The Glass Menagerie?
A: Tom recalls life with Laura and Amanda as a brief hope collapses.
Q: Who says “Now it’s just like all the other horses”?
A: Laura
Q: Who says “I bet you won’t forgive me. I bet that was your favorite piece of glass”?
A: Jim
Q: Who says “All pretty girls are a trap”?
A: Amanda
Q: What is the plot of Fences?
A: Troy battles racism and personal demons
Q: Who says “Some people build fences to keep people in
some to keep people out”?
Q: Who says “You should have grabbed me and held on”?
A: Rose
Q: Who says “You’re born with two strikes against you…”?
A: Troy
Q: Who says “Sometimes when he touched he bruised…”?
A: Rose
Q: Who says “I’ve been chasing hellhounds…”?
A: Gabriel
Q: Who says “I’ve got to find a way to get rid of that shadow mama”?
A: Cory
Q: What is the central struggle in Fences?
A: Troy’s pressure to provide vs. his ego and father‑son conflict.
Q: What is the dramatic question in Fences?
A: Will Cory escape Troy’s shadow?
Q: What is the plot of Hamlet?
A: Hamlet seeks revenge for his father’s murder while struggling with doubt and madness.
Q: Who says “This above all: to thine own self be true”?
A: Polonius
Q: Who says “Though this be madness yet there is method in it”?
A: Polonius
Q: Who says “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”?
A: Marcellus
Q: Who says “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder”?
A: Ghost
Q: Who says “I perchance hereafter put on an antic disposition”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “The time is out of joint. O cursed spite…”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “To die to sleep; to sleep to dream”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go”?
A: King Claudius
Q: Who says “O my offense is rank! It smells to heaven”?
A: King Claudius
Q: Who says “My words fly up my thoughts remain below”?
A: King Claudius
Q: Who says “I am not in madness but mad in craft”?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “Good night sweet prince and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”?
A: Horatio
Q: Who forces Claudius to drink poison?
A: Hamlet
Q: Who says “Here thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, drink of this poison”?
A: Halmet [forcing the king to drink]
Q: Who intentionally drinks the poisoned cup?
A: Queen Gertrude
Q: Who is stabbed with the poisoned sword?
A: Laertes and Hamlet
Q: Who says “I am justly killed with mine own treachery”?
A: Laertes
Q: Who praises Hamlet and says he would’ve been a good king?
A: Fortinbras
Q: Who does Hamlet give the kingdom to?
A: Fortinbras
Q: Who is Hamlet’s only true friend?
A: Horatio
Q: Did Hamlet love Ophelia?
A: Yes
Q: Did the Queen want Hamlet and Ophelia to marry?
A: Yes
Q: What are the Hamlet dramatic questions?
A: Is he mad, will he avenge his father, is hamlet a coward, does he really love Ophelia?
Q: What is the Hamlet problem?
A: Indecision, his treatment of Ophelia, his madness (real or fake?)
Q: What does Act V Scene I of Hamlet contain?
A: all 3 shifts in word play.
Q: What happens in Act V Scene II with Horatio?
A: He attempts suicide out of honor.
Q: What is the meaning of the prose shift in Hamlet?
A: Commoners, questions, comedic interlude (word play)
Q: What is Realism?
A: Faithful reproduction of everyday life.
Q: What is Annunciation?
A: Announcement of something important.
Q: What is a Soliloquy?
A: A character alone speaking thoughts aloud.
Q: What is an Aside?
A: A brief remark to the audience unheard by others.
Q: What is Stage Business?
A: Nonverbal action that draws attention.
Q: What is Tragedy?
A: Serious actions leading to a disastrous end.
Q: What is Comedy?
A: A work aimed at amusing the audience.
Q: What is High Comedy?
A: Intellectual humor.
Q: What is Low Comedy?
A: Slapstick and physical humor.
Q: What is a Tragic Flaw?
A: A fatal weakness causing downfall.
Q: What is Hubris?
A: Excessive pride.
Q: What is Comic Relief?
A: Humor interrupting serious action.
Q: What is an Iamb?
A: Unstressed + stressed syllable.
Q: What is Iambic Pentameter?
A: Five iambs per line.
Q: What is Blank Verse?
A: Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Q: What is the Globe Theatre “box office”?
A: A penny placed in a box to enter.
Q: Who played women’s roles in Elizabethan theatre?
A: Boys
Q: What was under the stage in Elizabethan theatre?
A: “Hell” (trapdoor)
Q: What was above the stage?
A: “Heavens”
Q: What character becomes a recluse after marriage?
A: Minnie Foster (Mrs. Wright)
Q: Who says “I wanna be beautiful!”?
A: Bethany
Q: Who says “I don’t live outside of a mirror”?
A: Carla
Q: What are the 7 plays on the test?
A: Hamlet
Q: What type of questions are on the test?
A: Matching and True/False only
Q: What played between scenes in Elizabethan theatre?
A: Music
