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WorksheetsSCHS Drama - Commedia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
What are the three main types of characters in Commedia?
a)
The Servants, The Lovers and The Haters
b)
The Slaves, The Lovers and The Audience
c)
The Servants, The Masters and The Lovers
d)
The Servants, The Masters and The Police
2.
What does "Commedia Dell'arte" mean when translated?
a)
comedy of skills
b)
comedy of the artists
c)
comedy of the profession
d)
all of the above
3.
What is Commedia dell'Arte?
a)
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.
b)
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.
c)
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.
d)
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.
4.
What is a "stock character"?
a)
A character invented by a playwright from their imagination.
b)
A character that is based on a common social stereotype.
c)
A character based on a real life person, usually a politician or royalty.
d)
A character that is so evil they have vegetables and fruit thrown at them by the audience.
5.
Why do the actors of commedia dell'Arte wear masks?
a)
To disguise who they really were in real life; to hide their true identity.
b)
Because they didn't want people to know they were women.
c)
To quickly and easily be recongizable to the audience as a certain character.
d)
To protect actors that may have once been criminals.
6.
What sorts of set or props did Commedia troupes use when they performed their plays?
a)
Commedia dell'Arte used quite specific and beautiful stage scenery and complicated props.
b)
Often the performances were done on the street, so no scenery or props were needed besides the masks the actors wore.
c)
Commedia dell'Arte was full of incredibly detailed and ornate props, but very little stage decoration. Mostly just a black back drop.
d)
Commedia dell'Arte used lots of complicated scenery to show different scenes and locations.
7.
Commedia dell'Arte performers were:
a)
Skilled actors who also needed to be able to sing and dance.
b)
Usually novice actors who just need to be able to juggle and do headstands and other acrobatics.
c)
Actors who were able to follow a script closely and were of high social standing.
d)
Anyone could perform a Commedia piece, and often people were plucked from the audience to take part.
8.
What were the plots about?
a)
Love; usually a man and a woman want to get married but something gets in the way.
b)
Money; how one of the Masters manages to con everyone else.
c)
Food; how the servants manage to eat everyone else's food without getting caught.
d)
Showing off; friedns who think they have the best of everything and end up falling out.
9.
How did the actors remember the order of the storyline?
a)
They would all carry a script in their pocket.
b)
They would pin a list of the scenes to the back of the scenery (called a scenario because of this)
c)
They would have someone backstage who would shout out what was coming next.
d)
They would have someone in the audience with a big list of the scenes so the actors could see them when they were performing.
10.
What is a 'slap stick'?
a)
A type of comedy that focuses on the use of clever and witty language.
b)
A stick that the actors used to hit another actor dyuring the play.
c)
A stick that the actors playing the old men or masters used to use to make their characters look older.
d)
A specially made stick that is cut in half so that when it is wafted through the air it makes a slapping noise without having to hit anyone.
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