Final Examination in Creative Writing

Name: _________________________________ Section:_____________ Date:__________

True or False
Directions: Read and understand the sentence carefully. Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect.
Erasures means wrong.

______1. Drama comes from the Greek word dran meaning “to do” or “to act.”
______2. Drama is a literary work, which is meant to be performed on stage.
______3. It shows people going through some eventful period in their lives, seriously or humorously which is called
melodrama.
______4. One of the greatest things drama can do, at its best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love,
home, family, loyalty and envy. tragedy need not be a downer.
______5. In tragedy the incidents must be absolutely honest and without the element of coincidence or chance. What
should happen must happen.
______6. Usually melodrama story ends happily, with the protagonist defeating the antagonist at the last possible
moment.
______7. High comedy refers to verbal wit, such as puns, whereas low comedy is generally associated with physical
action and is less intellectual.
______8. Much ado about nothing is the most frequently performed Shakespearian comedy.
______9. Farce is more appealing to children as fairies, angels, superheroes, or other fantastic creatures are embedded in
the plot.
______10. Musical drama was became popular as opera, which is considered to be intensely sensuous.

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the following questions carefully and choose the correct answer on the box below.

Tragedy Melodrama plot Fantasy Musical drama

Much Ado about Nothing Comedy Farce Character Tragicomedy

________11. Is a drama in which a characters brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force
but also comes to understand the meaning of his or her deeds and to accept an appropriate punishment.
________12.Is a term applied to any literary work that relies on implausible events and sensational action for its effect.
________13. Is a work intended to interest, involve, and amuse the reader or audience, in which no terrible disaster occurs
and that ends happily for the main characters.
________14. The play is romantically funny in that love between Hero and Claudio is laughable, as they never even get a
chance to communicate on-stage until they get married.
________15. Is a play that is characterized by broad humor, wild antics, and often slapstick, pratfalls, or other physical
humor.
________16. Use of magic, pseudoscience, horror, and spooky themes through various kinds of technical devices create a
perfect world of fantasy.
________17. The dramatist not only tell their story through acting and dialogue, nevertheless through dance as well as
music.
________18. Is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.
________19. Refers to the “structure of incidents” or actions that happen in drama or play. It is the basic storyline.
________20. Refers to the people portrayed by the actors in the play. It is the characters who move the action or plot
forward.
Claudio Blas Dodong Hero Youth and love did trumph
Matilde Comedy Enchang Arrogant woman Humor and timelessness
Shakespeare Willam Ma. Guerrero Jose Garcia Villa Tragedy Young love

Footnote to Youth Call Me Flory Much Ado about Nothing

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Answer Key:
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True

11. Tragedy
12. Melodrama
13. Comedy
14. Much Ado about Nothing
15. Farce
16. Fantasy
17. Musical Drama
18. Tragicomedy
19. Plot
20. Character

Footnote to youth
1. Dodong
2. Jose Garcia Villa
3. youth and love did triumph
4. young love
5. Blas

Call Me Flory
1. Matilde
2. Enchang
3. Willam Ma. Guerrero
4. Tragedy
5. Arrogant woman

Much Ado About Nothing

1. Shakespeare
2. Comedy
3. Claudio
4. Hero
5. humor and timelessness