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Pantomime - BHS Theater

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is pantomime important to acting?
a)
It's so cool
b)
The audience will notice your body movement on stage before you speak
c)
It prepares you to be a scientist
d)
The audience will be able to tell if you forgot your lines.
2.
Why Study Pantomime?
a)
It's the third phase of acting
b)
It's the most important thing in the entire world.
c)
The language of action is universal
d)
It helps you make friends
3.
What is Pantomime?
a)
Acting without talking
b)
Acting without walking
c)
Acting without seeing
d)
Acting without feeling
4.
How did pantomime begin?
a)
Movie musicals with sound
b)
Going to the movies
c)
Coloring on walls of caves
d)
Celebrating successful hunts and battles through chanting and dance
5.
Who is the silent film star who was influenced by pantomime? 
a)
Tom Cruise
b)
Charlie Chaplin
c)
Marcel Marceau
d)
Benedict Cumberbatch
6.
What are the keys of pantomime?
a)
Simplicity, Accuracy, Consistency, Exaggeration  
b)
Acting, talking, scene work, study
c)
Thoughtfulness, mindfulness, meditation, and bookishness
d)
Subtlety, thinking, power, and performing  
7.
What are the principles of pantomime? 
a)
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
b)
Beginning, Middle and End
c)
To be truthful and honest
d)
Visualize, Approach, Take, Tell, Release 
8.
Who is the most famous pantomime performer?
a)
Benedict Cumberbatch
b)
Charlie Chaplin
c)
Marcel Marceau
d)
Buster Keaton
9.
What does a surprised face look like?
a)
Eyes wide, brows lift, mouth makes an "o" shape
b)
Eyes narrow, tongue sticks out, eyebrows lift.
10.
What's a angry face look like?
a)
eyes narrow, brows furrowed, mouth twisted down, lips curl out and down into a sneer, jaw drops and sets firmly
b)
narrow eyes with lids dropped, outer brow turns down, mouth turns down
11.

What is an Aside?

a)

Where the actors mime a section.

b)

Where an actor asks the audience to participate.

c)

A line spoken by an actor to the audience, but not intended for others on stage to hear. This should add information to the character or plot.

d)

When the actors freeze on stage.

12.

What does the term ‘audience participation’ mean?

a)

When the actors on stage speak their thoughts to the audience.

b)

When the actors freeze on stage.

c)

When the company all sing together.

d)

When the audience takes part in the action of the play. This could be through song, competitions, jokes or something else.

13.

Who is the Pantomime Dame?

a)

A traditional role in British Pantomime - often the mother role. These characters are often played in either an extremely camp style or else by men acting butch in women’s clothing.

b)

The hero of the pantomime.

c)

An evil or wicked character.

d)

A very quiet character that speaks with a gentle voice.

14.

Who is the Pantomime Villain?

a)

A quiet gentle character that has a happy ending.

b)

A wicked or evil character that is vanquished by the Hero.

c)

A happy go lucky character that often gets things wrong.

d)

The actor telling the story.

15.

What does the physical term ‘gesture’ mean?

a)

Non verbal communication through gestures, facial expression, behaviours and posture.

b)

Using the different parts of your face to communicate emotion.

c)

The motion of hands to emphasise or help to express a thought or feeling.

d)

How you move around the stage.

16.

What does the physical term ‘body language’ mean?

a)

Non verbal communication through gestures, facial expression, behaviours and posture.

b)

Using the different parts of your face to communicate emotion.

c)

The motion of hands to emphasise or help to express a thought or feeling.

d)

How you move around the stage.

17.

What does the physical term ‘facial expression’ mean?

a)

Non verbal communication through gestures, facial expression, behaviours and posture.

b)

Using the different parts of your face to communicate emotion.

c)

The motion of hands to emphasise or help to express a thought or feeling.

d)

How you move around the stage.

18.

A series of mimed actions or activities that normally follows a simple storyline with a beginning, middle, and end.

a)

Pantomime/Pantomima (noun)

b)

Mime/Mímica (noun)

c)

Nonverbal Communication/Comunicación no verbal (noun)

d)

Exaggeration/Exageración (noun)

19.

A. the nonverbal imitation of an action or activity without the use of objects or properties.

B. A performer who uses only gesture, expression, and movement.

a)

Pantomime/Pantomima (noun)

b)

Mime/Mímica (noun)

c)

Nonverbal Communication/Comunicación no verbal (noun)

d)

Exaggeration/Exageración (noun)

20.

a characteristic way of carrying one's body; how we sit and stand.

a)

Gesture/Gesto (noun)

b)

Cross/Cruzar (verb)

c)

Resistance/Resistencia (noun)

d)

Posture/Postura (noun)