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Traditional Pantomime

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pantomime is ...........

a)

Dancing

b)

Talking loudly

c)

Acting and telling a story without words

d)

cheering

2.

Pantomime is often called what?

a)

A slice of life

b)

The way of the world

c)

The big bang

d)

The are of silence

3.

Pantomime goes far back as

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Primitive man

c)

1970's

d)

Civilization

4.

Pantomime was popular entertainment in

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Ancient Times

c)

Ancient Rome

d)

The city

5.

What kind of plays did characters in Medieval Times use pantomime

a)

Dancing

b)

Miracle

c)

Singing

d)

Praying

6.

What was pantomime called in the Elizabethan times?

a)

Great Performance

b)

Plays

c)

Live Shows

d)

Dumb Shows

7.

The popularity of silent films is due to which two people ?

a)

Buster Rhymes

b)

Charlie Chaplin

c)

Mr. Bean

d)

Silent Bob

e)

Buster Keaton

8.

There are 2 phases to pantomime: exercise and relax your muscles and free your body for quick expression of feeling & create characterization where feeling prompt a bodily response.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is key to all bodily actions

a)

Head

b)

Arms

c)

Chest

d)

Legs

10.

In Pantomime body language all actions must be definite in concept and performance. All movement must be clearly motivated.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In Pantomime body language all gestures with your downstage arm if possible and exaggerated movement is often essential.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

In Pantomime characterization what are the two mental processes?

a)

Illumination

b)

Imitation

c)

Concentration

d)

Imagination

13.

You must develop a __________________________ of emotions by carefully observing other people

a)

Sea

b)

Buckets

c)

Memory bank

d)

Pantomime

14.

Pantomime objects are the following size, weight, resistance,texture, and placement.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

You should draw on your own ______________________ when creating ways to make your characterization true to life.

a)

Observations

b)

Clothes

c)

Paper

d)

Wishes