Charlie Brown & Elem of Drama Study Guide
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6 pts. / What is the difference between drama and other forms of literature? SPI 0601.8.3
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6 pts. / What elements do you usually find in both a drama and a short story? SPI 0601.8.3
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6 pts. / Read this passage from a drama. Then, answer the question(s).
Act I, Scene i. [A family room with a computer on a desk in one corner. Mrs. Jacobs enters, walks to the chair by the desk, sits down, and turns on the computer. A door slams.]
MR. JACOBS [From offstage]: Honey, I'm home. [Walks on stage, smiling] MRS. JACOBS: I'm just checking—Oh! There's an e-mail from my old friend Deborah. I have not heard from her in years. She says she sent something important to me in the regular mail. I wonder...
MR. JACOBS: I just saw the mailman down the street. [Glances out window] There he is. I'll go check the mailbox. [Leaves but soon returns with a small brown shipping envelope] There was a package there, return address Chicago.
MRS. JACOBS: Yes, Deborah's in Chicago. [Reaches for package] I wonder what it is. [Hastily rips open package and looks inside] Oh, no! [More fearfully] Oh, no!
What is the main idea of this passage? SPI 0606.6.6
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6 pts. / Which details in a play's stage directions are usually most useful for comparing and contrasting characters? SPI 0601.8.3
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6 pts. / Which answer choice is the best definition of the term author's purpose?
SPI 0601.8.10
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6 pts. / What is most often the author's purpose in writing a review of a drama? SPI 0601.8.10
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6 pts. / [GINA enters dressed in a nightgown. She walks stiffly across the stage with arms extended.]
GINA[In a dull voice]: Where’s the bus stop? I need a bus. Maybe the bus is late. [Stops abruptly]
MOTHER [Alarmed]: What are you talking about, Gina? It’s the middle of the night! [Rises]
Which stage direction tells the actress playing Gina how to move?
SPI0601.6.1
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6 pts. / What is the writer’s purpose of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown? SPI 0601.8.10
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6 pts. / At the beginning of the excerpt from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, why is Lucy taking a survey?
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4 pts. / What word best describes Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown? SPI 0601.5.7
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6 pts. / In You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Lucy asks if her personality is objectionable. What does objectionable mean? SPI 0601.1.19
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6 pts. / In “Happiness Is a Charming Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep,” the writer says that the director’s decisions in casting have abundantly affected the success of his production. What does abundantly mean? SPI 0601.1.19
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6 pts. / Why might someone read “Happiness Is a Charming Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep”? SPI 0601.8.10
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6 pts. / What does the word tentatively mean in this passage from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown? LUCY.Well? CHARLIE BROWN.(Tentatively) Fifty-one? SPI 0601.1.19
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6 pts. / In You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Lucy cries when Linus says that he loves her ______. SPI 0601.8.3
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6 pts. / What lesson does the writer of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown teach in the scene where Lucy cries when Linus says that he loves her? SPI 0601.8.6
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6 pts. / According to “Happiness Is a Charming Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep,” how do the technical aspects of the play compare with the performers? SPI 0601.6.1