Commedia dell arte Quiz

Well rehearsed bits of commedy within a scene like swordfights, chases, or daring escapes were called...

• Canavaccio
• Commedio
• Petruchia
• Lazzi

True or False: 
Commedia plays were completely spontaneous with no planning or rehearsals. 

• True 
• False

A character that follows a stereotype so that they are easily recognisable to the audience is called a...

• Troupe
• Lazzi
• Stock Character
• Canavaccia

Commedia Dell'Arte began in which country?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

This stock character talks constantly and is a know it all who is very rude to his servants. 

• Il Dottore 
• Il Capitano
• Pantalone
• Zanni

This group of stock characters are the lovers, also called the first and second actors. 

• Zanni
• Inammorati 
• Vecci
• Columbini

This stock character is a greedy, hook-nosed master. 

• Il Dottore
• Il Capitano
• Pantalone
• Zanni

This zanni, also called Pierrot, had no mask but had his face covered in flour

• Pedrolino

• Pulcinella

• Pantalone

• Picalilly

The servants in a Commedia play are called...

• Innamorati

• Vecci

• Zanni

• Lazzi

What is Commedia dell'Arte?

• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by clever scripts written by famous play writers  and all male characters that emerged in Scotland in the seventeenth century and rapidly gained popularity throughout England.
• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by improvised dialogue and a cast of colorful stock characters that emerged in northern Italy in the fifteenth century and rapidly gained popularity throughout Europe.
• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by dramatic entertainment, originating in Rome, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.  It gained popularity in the fourteenth century. 
• Commedia dell'Arte is a theatrical form characterized by the use of puppets with exaggerated masks that have comical scenes that revolve around love, but with a moral message.  It was popular in Spain in the eighteenth century.