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WorksheetsCommedia Dell'Arte Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
What servant stock character is unkind and lies all of the time, but is a servant to and has a soft spot for the Innamorati?
Brighella
Pulcinella
Il Capitano
Pantalone
Arlecchino is the servant to which master stock character?
Brighella
Pantalone
Columbina
Scarramuccia
What is one of the things that Zanni characters are obsessed with?
Sleeping
Laughing
Pulling Tricks
Hiding
What is one of the things that Zanni characters are obsessed with
Eating
Playing
Laughing
Acrobatics
Which of the following is a location where a Commedia Performance may have taken place?
A King's Court
In the Streets
A Noble's House
Buckingham Palace
Which Servant Stock Character led and was in charge of all of the Zanni?
Arlecchino
Brighella
Pulcinella
Pierrot
Which stock character wears a costume that is a cheaper imitation of the Innamorati's Costumes?
Columbina
Arlecchino
Il Capitano
Scarramuccia
True or False: Commedia Dell'Arte Troupes made their money from expensive ticket sales for their shows
True
False
Which type of comedy is recognized by its highly exaggerated and almost impossible situations?
Farce
Slapstick
Commedia Erudita
Sitcom
Tartaglia is a stock character known for doing what?
Stuttering
Laughing Uncontrollably
Speaking Gibberish
Making up Stories
Which stock character role is known to be very physically demanding due to the amount of running and acrobatics involved?
Arlecchino
Capitano
Dottore
Innamorati
What is the one thing that Pantalone is the most obsessed with?
Making Money
Growing his Business
Beating Il Dottore
Columbina
What is the category name for "servant" stock characters?
Vecci
Zanni
Innamorati
True or False: When actors entered and exited the stage during a Commedia performance, they did not pose to stop and hold for applause.
True
False
Which of the following is the piece of stage architecture that was innovated and created during the Italian Renaissance?
Proscenium Arch
Green Room
Sound Booth
Rigging
What is the category name for the Lover type stock characters?
Vecci
Zanni
Innamorati
These stock characters never wore masks, only makeup, and they wore expensive and fashionable clothes.
Pulcinella
Brighella
Innamorati
Arlecchino
True or False: A Professional Commedia actor would play up to three different characters during their lifetime.
True
False
What is the category name for the Master type stock characters?
Vecci
Zanni
Innamorati
True or False: All Commedia performances where done without scripts and forced the actors to rely on their improv skills
True
False
The stock characters of Italy's Commedia Dell'Arte are based on what?
Regional Stereotypes
Different Italian Food Types
Different Languages
Famous Italians
What is the name for the pre-made, comedic gags that were used by Commedia actors during a performance?
Lazzi
Lozzi
Zanni
Vecci
True or False: The audiences knew the Lazzi that were used so well, that they often knew what was going to happen before the character in the Commedia show did
True
False
Commedia Dell'Arte was created for and appealed to which class of people?
Upper Class
Lower Class
Commedia Erudita was created for and appealed to which class of people?
Upper Class
Lower Class
Which part of a Commedia mask could tell you the intelligence of a character based on the size of it?
Nose
Eyebrows
Ears
Mouth
True or False: Commedia was a form of entertainment with the goal of making people laugh and forget about their troubles for a little while
True
False
Which country did Commedia Dell'Arte originate in?
Italy
Vatican City
Spain
France
Which stock character can be either a niece/nephew or son/daughter to Il Dottore and Pantalone?
Innamorati
Columbina
Arlecchino
Pulcinella
Which character goes around and bonks people on the head with a stick?
Arlecchino
Il Capitano
Pantalone
Brighella
True or False: Il Dottore was supposed to represent the Bologna region of Italy because it was where the first university was founded
True
False
Which art technique was created during the Italian Renaissance and was used to make set backgrounds have more depth and look realistic?
One Point Perspective
Realism
Haberdashery
Plaster Molding
True or False: Pantalone was supposed to represent Venice, Italy's center of Commerce during that time period
True
False
Commedia Dell'Arte began in what century?
15th
16th
17th
18th
During the 16th century, which other European country was Italy's rival and enemy?
Spain
Portugal
France
Germany
Why would Commedia performances never poke fun at the Roman Catholic Church?
They controlled everything
They funded performances
They elected the King
They would cry
Which stock character was supposed to represent Italy's rival, Spain?
Il Capitano
Il Dottore
Brighella
Pulcinella
Which of the following is true about Il Dottore's stock character?
His wife is always unfaithful
Plays end with him crying
He always slaps Pantalone
He can't turn doorknobs
What specific type of comedy got its name from the wooden stick that Arlecchino would carry around and hit people with?
Farce
Slapstick
Commedia Erudita
Sitcom
What does Il Capitano fear most in the world?
Mice
Arlecchino
Getting hit
Dying
