Function of Conflict: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
•15 QuestionsRead the excerpt below from an original drama.
Late night. A diner booth. Rain streaks the window. ALI (24) slides a key across the table to JESS (26).
ALI: Take it.
JESS: I didn’t ask.
ALI: You don’t have to ask. You just have to stop sleeping in your car.
JESS: It’s not your job to rescue me.
ALI: It’s not a rescue. It’s a couch.
JESS: With rules.
ALI: With a door that locks.
JESS: With you listening.
ALI: I listen because I care.
JESS: You listen because you’re collecting evidence.
ALI: Evidence of what.
JESS: That I’m broken enough to deserve your kindness.
ALI: That’s not fair.
JESS: Fair is a word people use when they want to stop talking about power.
ALI: (reaches for the key) Fine. I’ll take it back.
JESS: Don’t.
ALI: Then what do you want.
JESS: I want help that doesn’t turn into ownership.
In the excerpt, what is the primary function of the conflict over help versus “ownership”?
Read the excerpt below from an original drama.
Late night. A diner booth. Rain streaks the window. ALI (24) slides a key across the table to JESS (26).
ALI: Take it.
JESS: I didn’t ask.
ALI: You don’t have to ask. You just have to stop sleeping in your car.
JESS: It’s not your job to rescue me.
ALI: It’s not a rescue. It’s a couch.
JESS: With rules.
ALI: With a door that locks.
JESS: With you listening.
ALI: I listen because I care.
JESS: You listen because you’re collecting evidence.
ALI: Evidence of what.
JESS: That I’m broken enough to deserve your kindness.
ALI: That’s not fair.
JESS: Fair is a word people use when they want to stop talking about power.
ALI: (reaches for the key) Fine. I’ll take it back.
JESS: Don’t.
ALI: Then what do you want.
JESS: I want help that doesn’t turn into ownership.
In the excerpt, what is the primary function of the conflict over help versus “ownership”?