Starter quiz

  • 'Leave Taking' is a play. What are common features of plays?
    • They are designed to be performed on stage.  ✓
    • They are divided into stanzas.
    • The include an omniscient narrator.
    • They are divided into acts and scenes.  ✓
    • They include dialogue.  ✓
  • 'Leave Taking' includes stage directions. What is the purpose of stage directions in a play?
    • They can establish how the audience should enter the theatre.
    • They can establish the dialogue between characters.
    • They can explain how the set should look.  ✓
    • They tell the director exactly what to do.
    • They can explain how an actor should deliver their lines.  ✓
  • 'Leave Taking' was first performed in 1987 and is set around this time. It is a modern play. Which century is it set in?
    • 19th century
    • 20th century  ✓
    • 21st century
  • 'Leave Taking' has a cast of five. What does the word 'cast' mean in this context?
    • That there are five time periods.
    • That there are five settings.
    • That there are five props.
    • That there are five characters.  ✓
    • That there are five people for each role.
  • Winsome Pinnock's first full length play is 'Leave Taking'. The title is significant. What might the title refer to?
    • The act of taking a break
    • The act of being forced to leave somewhere
    • The act of stealing something when you leave somewhere
    • The act of taking a holiday from a job
    • The act of saying goodbye  ✓
  • Winsome Pinnock, the playwright who wrote 'Leave Taking', is a prolific British playwright. What does 'prolific' mean?
    • She has written a play
    • She has been given awards for many of her plays
    • She has written many plays  ✓
    • 'Leave Taking' is her most recent play
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