Character Choices/Actions: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
•15 QuestionsIn the following original drama excerpt, two neighbors, Mrs. Kline and Darius, argue over a petition to ban street vendors from their block. Darius’s mother sells food from a cart.
KLINE: It’s noise, it’s smoke, it’s crowds.
DARIUS: It’s dinner.
KLINE: It’s lowering property values.
DARIUS: It’s raising my little sister.
KLINE: You’re being emotional.
DARIUS: You’re being comfortable.
KLINE: I have signatures.
DARIUS: From people who never say hello.
KLINE: Sign it and be done.
DARIUS: I won’t.
KLINE: Then you’re against the neighborhood.
DARIUS: (He takes the clipboard, flips to the last page, and tears off the sheet with his own address printed at the top. He hands the clipboard back.) Now you can’t pretend you asked me.
What does Darius’s action most clearly reveal about his character?
In the following original drama excerpt, two neighbors, Mrs. Kline and Darius, argue over a petition to ban street vendors from their block. Darius’s mother sells food from a cart.
KLINE: It’s noise, it’s smoke, it’s crowds.
DARIUS: It’s dinner.
KLINE: It’s lowering property values.
DARIUS: It’s raising my little sister.
KLINE: You’re being emotional.
DARIUS: You’re being comfortable.
KLINE: I have signatures.
DARIUS: From people who never say hello.
KLINE: Sign it and be done.
DARIUS: I won’t.
KLINE: Then you’re against the neighborhood.
DARIUS: (He takes the clipboard, flips to the last page, and tears off the sheet with his own address printed at the top. He hands the clipboard back.) Now you can’t pretend you asked me.
What does Darius’s action most clearly reveal about his character?