MIME & PANTOMIME Pre-Test

A wordless entertainment in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music, props, and costumes

• pantomime

• mime

• puppetry

• click

The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.

• pantomime

• mime

• click

• puppetry

What is "non-verble 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

The following are all important when performing mime.

Match the correct vocabulary term to the definition

• arger, better, or worse than in reality

• Precision

• continue an action or task to the end

• Tension

• the state of being stretched tight

• Exaggerate

• movements being exact and accurate

• Follow Through

What is kinesthesis?

• the perception of body movement; to make it look like you are moving but you aren't

• the state of being stretched or tight in your body movements

• a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning:

• the continue an action or movement until the end and not ending it too early.

Which of the following is an example of a kinesthesis MIME movement? (Chose all that apply)

• Climbing the ladder

• The Box

• Tugging the Rope

• Dancing

Sort the characteristics with the correct form of theatre:

Groups:

(a) PANTOMIME

,

(b) MIME

• Often performed in groups

• Uses Props

• "Costume" is simple often in black or white

• Uses Elabtorate Costumes

• No props

• Often performed alone

Put the following historical MIME movements in order from earliest to current

• Silent Film Era of Mime's in Movies such as Charlie Chaplin

• European Pierrot-Clown Movement such as Jean Gaspard Deburau

• Mimes back on stage such as Marcel Marceau

• Ancient Greek/Rome Pantomimes such as Andronicus

Which famous MIME became a MIME by default when they lost their ability to speak?

• Andronicus

• Charlie Chaplin

• Marcel Marceau

• Jean Gaspard Deburau

Which famous MIME played the famous clown known as "Pierrot" and is credited with naming the movemement?

• Andronicus

• Charlie Chaplin

• Marcel Marceau

• Jean Gaspard Deburau