pantomime/ Mime Quiz

What is Pantomime?

• Acting without talking
• Acting without walking
• Acting without seeing
• Acting without feeling

Who is the most famous French pantomime performer?

• Benedict Cumberbatch

• Charlie Chaplin

• Marcel Marceau

• Buster Keaton

What does a surprised face look like?

• Eyes wide, brows lift, mouth makes an "o" shape
• Eyes narrow, tongue sticks out, eyebrows lift.

True or False: Pantomimes usually include props that the performers use in their scenes.

• True

• False

Who is the silent film star best known for his pantomime

• Marcel Marceau

• Clara Bow

• Lon Chaney

• Charlie Chaplin

The turning or pivoting of a part of the body, such as the head or the chest.

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• gesture

The bending of the body to the front, side or the rear

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• inclination

The separation of parts of the body for individual development and expression

• isolation

• rotation

• click

• inclination

nonverbal communication

• something that deceives or misleads intellectually

• a basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movement to appear to be walking

• a movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow

• the general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime

True or False: Mimos, is a Greek word meaning, “to imitate or to mimic.”

• True

• False