Jeff Spolan's Mime History Test Part 2

Read each question carefully. Then print the letter of the correct answer on the line next to the question.

1. ____The Roman "pantomimus"

a. was an actor who used stylized movement and masks to portray a character to the accompaniment of music and the singing of the chorus.

b. is a character from "The Good Woman of Setzuan"

c. This is not a fair question.

d. is Marcel Marceau.

2. ____The "stock" characters in Commedia

a. are an excellent example of stereotypes.

b. were portrayed in the season of summer for religious holidays.

c. are solely creations of the playwright Neil Simon.

d. were placed on top of each other to save space.

3. ____For two centuries Commedia

a. was outlawed in China.

b. performed for audiences all over Europe.

c. was taught in monasteries to persevere tradition.

d. was dependent on support from merchandising.

4. ____Endlessly boasting of conquests in war, he was actually a coward.

a. The "military" stock character: sometimes called, "The Captain."

b. Euripidies

c. Goldoni

d. Behavioral Sociologists

5. ____Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy

a. were famous practitioners of the art of slapstick

b. replaced Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live.

c. were not skilled in the techniques of stage acting.

d. performed in European marketplaces as members of a troupe.

6. ____What or who challenges the notion: tragedy must always be majestic and lofty:

a. All sporting events

b. Slapstick

c. Euripidies

d. Madonna

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