Relationship of Setting/Character: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
•15 QuestionsRead the following excerpt from an original drama.
An art classroom after school. Half-finished self-portraits line the walls, most missing eyes. The sink is clogged with gray water; a film of paint skins over the surface. A kiln in the corner clicks as it cools, like a clock that refuses to keep time.
IMANI (scraping dried paint from her palette with a ruler): If it hardens, it’s honest.
MR. REYES (lifting a portrait, tilting it): Or it’s abandoned.
IMANI: Same thing.
She looks at the sink, then turns the faucet; nothing happens. She does not try again.
Which interpretation best explains how the setting shapes IMANI’s characterization through the emphasized elements?
Focus on the self-portraits missing eyes, the clogged sink with paint skinning over, and the cooling kiln clicking like a clock.
Read the following excerpt from an original drama.
An art classroom after school. Half-finished self-portraits line the walls, most missing eyes. The sink is clogged with gray water; a film of paint skins over the surface. A kiln in the corner clicks as it cools, like a clock that refuses to keep time.
IMANI (scraping dried paint from her palette with a ruler): If it hardens, it’s honest.
MR. REYES (lifting a portrait, tilting it): Or it’s abandoned.
IMANI: Same thing.
She looks at the sink, then turns the faucet; nothing happens. She does not try again.
Which interpretation best explains how the setting shapes IMANI’s characterization through the emphasized elements?
Focus on the self-portraits missing eyes, the clogged sink with paint skinning over, and the cooling kiln clicking like a clock.