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Comedy

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three periods/types of comedy?

a)

Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy

b)

High Comedy and Low Comedy

c)

Parody, Satire, and Tragedy

d)

Comedy of Manners

2.

This type of comedy is based on physical reactions and is usually highly exaggerated

a)

Low Comedy

b)

High Comedy

c)

Old Comedy

d)

New Comedy

3.

This type of comedy is based on clever lines, words, and dialogue

a)

High Comedy

b)

New Comedy

c)

Low Comedy

d)

Middle Comedy

4.

This type of comedy is what you see

a)

Low Comedy

b)

High Comedy

5.

This type of comedy is what you hear

a)

Low Comedy

b)

High Comedy

6.

What are the two types of High Comedy

a)

Comedy of Manners

b)

Satire

c)

Parody

d)

Farce

7.

What are the two types of Low Comedy?

a)

Satire

b)

Farce

c)

Parody

d)

Comedy of Manners

8.

Low Comedy mocks that mocks a certain work imitating the author's style for comedic effect

a)

Parody

b)

Satire

c)

Low Comedy

d)

High Comedy

9.

High Comedy that is a humorous attack on society that makes fun of things for the purpose of seeing change

a)

Low Comedy

b)

Parody

c)

Satire

d)

Comedy of Manners

10.

Low Comedy that is used to be obviously funny

a)

Farce

b)

Parody

c)

Satire

d)

Comedy of Manners

11.

High Comedy used to make fun of the rich

a)

Comedy of Manners

b)

Low Comedy

c)

High Comedy

d)

Satire

12.

Writer of The Importance of Being Earnest

a)

Oscar Hammerstein

b)

Richard Rodgers

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Tom Stoppard

13.

High Comedy writer known for his satire plays

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

Tom Stoppard

c)

Teresa Rebeck

d)

William Shakespeare

14.

This word is derived from the greek words Komos and Ode

a)

Farce

b)

Parody

c)

Comedy

d)

Satire

15.

What country is The Importance of Being Earnest set in?

a)

America

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

16.

The Importance of Being Earnest is an example of what type of comedy?

a)

Low Comedy

b)

High Comedy

c)

Parody

d)

Farce

17.

What time period in history does Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest?

a)

The Victorian Era

b)

The Gilded Age

c)

Modern Society

d)

Ancient Society

18.

Who is the main character in The Importance of Being Earnest?

a)

Algernon

b)

Cecily

c)

Jack

d)

Augusta

19.

Who is actually Ernest?

a)

Algernon

b)

Jack

c)

Romeo

d)

Martin

20.

Who was found in a handbag in a train station?

a)

Algernon

b)

Ernest

c)

Jack

d)

Cecily