5. Drama

You can test what you've learned in the tutorial for TEI by Example Module 5: Drama by taking the following quiz.

It consists of a number of multiple choice questions, each providing a number of possible answers. Select the answer you think is correct by clicking it. There are 2 possibilities:

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The TEI drama module is intended for the encoding of:
1. written (or printed) drama texts
2. melodramatic texts
3. drama performances
4. catastrophes and dramatic events
What is the best way to mark up an act in a drama text?
1. <act>
2. <div type="act">
3. <div>
4. <division type="act">
How could following speech line be encoded?
```
HAMLET: To be, or not to be: that is the question:
...
```
1. ```
<sp>
 <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
 <lg>
 <l>To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
 
 </lg>
</sp>
```
  <sp xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
  <lg>
  <l>To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
  
  </lg>
  </sp>
2. ```
<speech>
 <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
 <lg>
 <l>To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
 
 </lg>
</speech>
```
  <speech xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
  <lg>
  <l>To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
  
  </lg>
  </speech>
3. ```
<l>
 <sp>
 <speaker>HAMLET</speaker> 
 To be, or not to be: that is the question: 
 </sp>
</l>

```
  <l xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <sp>
  <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
  To be, or not to be: that is the question: </sp>
  </l>
  
4. ```
<sp>
 <l><speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
 To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
 
</sp>
```
  <sp xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <l>
  <speaker>HAMLET</speaker>
  To be, or not to be: that is the question:</l>
  
  </sp>
What is the <stage> element used for?
1. To describe physical aspects of the stage on which the play is performed.
2. To indicate instructions to the actors of a play.
3. To structure a drama text into amounts of time.
4. To indicate the floor on which a particular scene is situated in the play.
What is wrong with the description of the setting in following example:
```
<front>
 <titlePage>
 <titlePart type="main"> A Doll's House</titlePart>
 <docAuthor>Henrik Ibsen</docAuthor>
 </titlePage>
 <pb/>
 <castList>
 <head>Dramatis Personae</head>
 <castItem></castItem>
 
 </castList>
 <stage type="set">
 <p>(The action takes place in Helmer's house.)</p>
 </stage> 
</front>
```
<front xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
<titlePage>
<titlePart type="main"> A Doll's House</titlePart>
<docAuthor>Henrik Ibsen</docAuthor>
</titlePage>
<pb/>
<castList>
<head>Dramatis Personae</head>
<castItem>

</castItem>

</castList>
<stage type="set">
<p>(The action takes place in Helmer's house.)</p>
</stage>
</front>
1. <p> is not allowed inside <stage>.
2. The description of the general setting in the front part should precede the cast list.
3. <stage> can't have a @type attribute.
4. <stage> is not allowed in <front>
The <tech> element is used for:
1. encoding technical directions (for example: lighting information)
2. encoding stage directions addressing specific acting techniques
3. encoding information about the setting of the action
4. nothing: it is not a TEI element
What could be a plausible encoding for following epilogue in Shakespeare's As You Like it?
```
ROSALIND.
It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but
it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.
If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good
play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;
and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.
...
```
1. ```
<back>
 <prologue>
 <sp>
 <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
 <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
 <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
 <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
 <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
 <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
 
 </sp>
 </prologue>
</back>
```
  <back xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <prologue>
  <sp>
  <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
  <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
  <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
  <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
  <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
  <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
  
  </sp>
  </prologue>
  </back>
2. ```
<body>
 <div type="act">
 
 </div>
 <epilogue>
 <sp>
 <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
 <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
 <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
 <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
 <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
 <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
 
 </sp>
 </epilogue>
</body>
```
  <body xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <div type="act">
  
  </div>
  <epilogue>
  <sp>
  <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
  <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
  <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
  <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
  <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
  <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
  
  </sp>
  </epilogue>
  </body>
3. ```
<back>
 <epigraph>
 <sp>
 <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
 <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
 <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
 <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
 <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
 <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
 
 </sp>
 </epigraph>
</back>
```
  <back xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <epigraph>
  <sp>
  <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
  <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
  <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
  <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
  <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
  <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
  
  </sp>
  </epigraph>
  </back>
4. ```
<back>
 <epilogue>
 <sp>
 <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
 <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
 <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
 <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
 <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
 <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
 
 </sp>
 </epilogue>
</back>
```
  <back xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
  <epilogue>
  <sp>
  <speaker>ROSALIND.</speaker>
  <l>It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but</l>
  <l>it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue.</l>
  <l>If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good</l>
  <l>play needs no epilogue. Yet to good wine they do use good bushes;</l>
  <l>and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.</l>
  
  </sp>
  </epilogue>
  </back>
What does the <performance> element mean?
1. It signals that its content captures the actual performance of a drama text.
2. It is a specialised means to encode performance-related stage instructions in the body of a drama text.
3. It describes aspects on how a drama text should be performed, or has been performed in the past.
4. It describes the actors of a play.

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