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Evalution of comedy
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1
What is the most common platform of comedy today? This is debatable.
Books
Tv shows
Plays
Movies
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Out of the Ancient Greek periods, which period focused the most on society and social morality?
new comedy
old comedy
middle comedy
comedy
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high and low comedy are two subcategories of ancient Greece
True
False
4
when was shakespeare born
April 1564
April 1610
April 1565
April 1654
5
the Renaissance last from
1300-1400
1400-1500
1450-1500
1400-1600
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“Anton Chekhov’s comedy consists of_____”
Dry jokes and crude humor
Elaborate and intelligent jokes
Borderline stupidity portrayed seriously
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Dramatic Irony is when?
The audience knows more about a situation than the character knows.
The character foreshadows what will happen.
The character knows more about the situation than the audience does.
Things are ironic in the play.
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What do you hardly see in modern comedy?
Chorus
Action
Romance
Satire
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What is the comedy in The Importance of Being Earnest?
It is a no story slapstick humor comedy
It is criticizing the Victorian society
Its an action comedy
Its a silent comedy with funny actions
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the basic structure of comedy comes from
all of the above
Renaissance Comedy
Ancient Greek comedy
modern comedy
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Who are the two most known comedic playwrights in Anceint Greece
Arisophanes and Meneder..
Aristole and Menander.
Aristophanes and Aristole
Aristophanes and Menander.
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What is the comedy of today?
all of the above
Rude humor
Stand up comedy
getting hurt physically or mentally
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What century was comedy originated in?
4
6
3
5
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When did the first English drama appear?
Elizabethan era
Middle Age
Victorian Era
Old English
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Before you continue, last question mentioned satire... do you even know what it means?
Easy. Satire is a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay.
uses comic elements to expose the realities of the society or any problem.
It's uh.. mmm... a type of comedy :D
Satire is when the speaker says one thing but means the opposite.
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high comedy is describe as
“intellectual” or “higher thinking” jokes directed at a specific audience.
“Smart” or “ wise” jokes directed at a specific audience.
“intellectual” or “higher thinking” jokes directed at a specific person.
crude or higher thinking jokes directed at a specific audience.
17
which century is associatied with old comedy
3rd
5th
6th
4th
18
Stock types during the Renaissance were typically
servents, soldiers, masters
masters, lovers, servents, and cooks
masters, servants, and lovers
cooks, soldiers, and the cunning slave
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When were women allowed on stage in Italy
1561
1500
1560
1550
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Where did the Renaissance take place?
greece
france
italy
rome
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When did the English renaissance start
Early 16th century
16th century
1400’s
Late 15th century
22
mystery plays deals with stories from the bible
True
False
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What was a common characteristic for comedy plays to have?
Happy endings
Characters who betray people
Deaths
Dramatic questions
24
What is the most famous morality play called?
everywhere
everyman
everytime
none of the above
25
The play about the story of the saints?
morality play
mystery play
miracle play
mummer play
26
what is the 3rd part of the structure of Ancient Greek comedy
parados
stade(stadium)
parabasis
agon
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the Renaissance introduced humanism
False
True
