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Commedia Dell'arte

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where did Commedia Dell'arte start? 
a)
France
b)
Japan
c)
USA
d)
Italy
2.
What does Commedia Dell'arte translate to? 
a)
Comedy of Styles
b)
Comedy of Skills
c)
Comedy of Shills
d)
Comedy
3.
What were the roots for Commedia Dell'arte? 
a)
Greek and French
b)
Greek and English
c)
Greek and Japanese 
d)
Greek and Roman
4.
Which is a type of stock character in Commedia Dell'arte? 
a)
Servants, Lovers, Masters of Elders
b)
Haters, Lovers, Servants
c)
Lovers, Servants
d)
Masters of Elders, Lovers
5.
How often do they use masks? 
a)
Never
b)
Depends
c)
Always
d)
Only when it's raining
6.
What did it mean if the character had small nose on the mask? 
a)
Dumb
b)
A nobody
c)
Intelligent
d)
Rich
7.
What did it mean if the character had a big nose? 
a)
Intelligent
b)
Poor
c)
Nothing
d)
Dumb
8.
Since the actors didn't follow a script, what were they given? 
a)
Scenario & Scenes
b)
Nothing
c)
Chickens
d)
Paper
9.
Commedia Dell'arte is still performed today, not in ways it used to be done, but in newer ways. True or False. 
a)
False
b)
True
10.
Where was Commedia Dell'arte first shown? 
a)
USA 
b)
Rome
c)
Paris
d)
England
11.
What century did it start in? 
a)
1500's
b)
1600's
c)
1700's
d)
1800's
12.
Where would they perform? 
a)
The theatre
b)
Somebody's house
c)
Public squares
d)
In a barn
13.
Women wear masks. True or False.
a)
True
b)
False