Unit Assessment



1.	What is the purpose of a foil?
	A.	to resemble another character
	B.	to contrast another character
	C.	to draw attention away from another character
	D.	to provide a moral lesson

2.	A __________ is a humorous play on words that sound alike but have different meanings.
	A.	sonnet
	B.	simile
	C.	farce
	D.	pun

3.	What is a tragedy?


4.	Which of the following is NOT true of stage directions?
	A.	They are written by a playwright to describe the way the characters look, think, and act.
	B.	They describe the constumes, sets, and lighting of a play.
	C.	They express important pieces of information to a reader.
	D.	They are read aloud during a performance of a play.

5.	Explain the difference between farce and satire.


6.	The conversation between characters in a literary work is called __________.
	A.	dialect
	B.	dialogue
	C.	oratory
	D.	debate

7.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. Even though he had set a world record in speed skating, he remained nonchalant about his accomplishments.
	A.	threatening
	B.	ecstatic
	C.	concerned
	D.	indifferent

8.	The sequence of events in a literary work is its __________.
	A.	plot
	B.	resolution
	C.	theme
	D.	thesis

9.	Which type of character tends to display fewer personality traits?
	A.	minor character
	B.	foil
	C.	main character
	D.	narrator

10.	Explain what the cultural context of a work is.

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