Site MapHelpFeedbackMultiple Choice Quiz
Multiple Choice Quiz
(See related pages)

Read each question carefully and select the best answer.



1

Drama is a useful metaphor for Kenneth Burke for several reasons, including the fact that:
A)we are all players on the stage of life
B)analyzing drama is like analyzing life
C)drama is always addressed to an audience, making it rhetorical
D)drama is focused on conflict
2

When thinking about how literature speaks to people's lived experiences, Burke coined the term:
A)dramatic control
B)equipment for living
C)theatrical substance
D)identification
3

Thinking of humans as animals who use _____________ is a key assumption of Dramatism.
A)communication
B)tools
C)symbols
D)reason
4

Burke's theory is conceived of as a new rhetoric with an emphasis on _____________ in the process of persuasion.
A)ethos
B)pathos
C)agency
D)identification
5

Burke defines _____________ as the general nature of something.
A)drama
B)substance
C)division
D)guilt
6

_____________ refers to the areas of difference between two people.
A)Division
B)Substance
C)Guilt
D)Identification
7

What term did Burke use to describe when a speaker you believe to be quite different from you convinces you that you really do have something in common?
A)consubstantiation
B)identification
C)redemption
D)hierarchy
8

Burke defines _____________ broadly to include any type of tension, embarrassment, shame, disgust, or other unpleasant feeling.
A)order
B)drama reversal
C)guilt
D)victimage
9

_____________ is the way we attempt to purge the guilt that we feel as part of the human condition.
A)Victimage
B)The negative
C)Rotting with perfection
D)Redemption
10

One type of victimage is _____________, which involves blaming ourselves.
A)scapegoating
B)mortification
C)sacrificial vessels
D)dramatistic ratios







West Intro Comm TheoryOnline Learning Center

Home > Chapter 19 > Multiple Choice Quiz