Unit Assessment



1.	The reader is generally meant to sympathize with the __________.
	A.	antagonist
	B.	protagonist
	C.	flat character
	D.	stock character

2.	In blank verse, each foot, or unit of rhythm, is made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
	A.	TRUE
	B.	FALSE

3.	Explain the difference between a monologue and a soliloquy.


4.	A foil character is used to
	A.	predict the future.
	B.	narrate a story.
	C.	help readers understand the strengths and weaknesses of another character.
	D.	help readers analyze a dramatic crisis.

Read Mrs. Hale's lines from Susan Glaspell's playTrifles. Then answer question 5.
Well, my first thought was to get that rope off. It looked…(Stops. His face twitches.)…but Harry, he went up to him, and he said, "No, he's dead all right, and we'd better not touch anything." So we went back downstairs.



5.	The text inside the parentheses is called a(n) __________.
	A.	stage direction
	B.	soliloquy
	C.	oratory
	D.	narrative

6.	Through __________, a writer reveals a character's personality to the reader.
	A.	footnotes
	B.	role playing
	C.	characterization
	D.	dramatic irony

7.	Explain the purpose of using farce.


8.	Which of the following is the correct order of plot elements?
	A.	exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
	B.	exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
	C.	rising action, exposition, climax, falling action, resolution
	D.	climax, rising action, falling action, exposition, resolution

9.	In an aside, a character makes a comment that his or her fellow characters and the audience can hear.
	A.	TRUE
	B.	FALSE

10.	Which of the following is NOT a figure of speech?
	A.	hyperbole
	B.	simile
	C.	personification
	D.	assonance

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