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Mime & Pantomime

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music.

a)

pantomime

b)

mime

c)

gesture

d)

click

2.

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

a)

pantomime

b)

mime

c)

click

d)

puppetry

3.

Hand and arm movements and facial expressions that help express and idea or emotion

a)

isolation

b)

rotation

c)

click

d)

gesture

4.

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

a)

isolation

b)

rotation

c)

click

d)

gesture

5.

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

a)

isolation

b)

rotation

c)

click

d)

inclination

6.

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

a)

isolation

b)

rotation

c)

click

d)

inclination

7.

The setting up of an action with definite hand movements; for example the snap of a mime's hand around a glass

a)

isolation

b)

rotation

c)

click

d)

inclination

8.

nonverbal communication

a)

something that deceives or misleads intellectually

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

9.

illusion

a)

something that deceives or misleads intellectually

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

illusory walk

a)

something that deceives or misleads intellectually

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

11.

preparatory action

a)

something that deceives or misleads intellectually

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

12.

fixed point

a)

the setting up of an action with definite hand movements; for example the snap of a mime's hand around a glass

b)

one body part is isolated while the rest of the performer may rotate freely

c)

a mime device that uses inclinations, rotation and isolations in one exercise

d)

a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, that involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas

13.

A British pantomime aka a Panto is produced during which holiday?

a)

Halloween

b)

Easter

c)

Christmas

d)

Rosh Hashanah

14.

Following World War II, which performer revived the art of mime?

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

Buster Keaton

c)

Rowan Atkinson

d)

Marcel Marceau

15.

Which performer played a man of good manners, who wore a coat, a pair of big trousers, shoes, and a black hat?

a)

Charlie Chaplin

b)

Sam Wills

c)

Rowan Atkinson

d)

Marcel Marceau