Commedia dell'Arte History, characters and use in popular culture
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- Q1
Commedia dell’Arte is an extremely serious and tragic style of theatre with absolutely no laughing, jokes or poking fun at society allowed.
falsetrueTrue or False300s - Q2
Commedia originated in which country?
Italy
Belgium
France
Australia
300s - Q3
Name the character indicated on the status diagram below
Zanni
Arlecchino
Brighella
Pantalone
300s - Q4
Name the character indicated on the status diagram below
Il Dottore
The Witch
Arlecchino
Zanni
300s - Q5
Which character has the lowest status in the world of Commedia?
The Innamorati
Zanni
Brighella
Il Capitano
300s - Q6
What 'weighs down' the character Il Dottore?
Buckets of money
Rocks
A big hat
Knowledge
300s - Q7
Brighella is best described as:
The Master of servants and the servant of masters, as well as sneaky and cunning.
The stupidest character
The most important character
Scary beyond all reason
300s - Q8
Arlecchino is best described as:
Cheeky, acrobatic and always hungry
Old, grumpy and greedy
Ugly and embarrassed
Angry and mean
300s - Q9
The first actress and actor are aristocratic characters that don't wear masks. They work with the masked characters like they are normal.
truefalseTrue or False300s - Q10
Which character is from out of town, brags alot, carries a sword, but is secretly a coward and would do anything to avoid a fight?
Users enter free textType an Answer300s - Q11
Which characters are children of the vecchi, don't wear masks, are young, dramatic, and sigh alot?
Users enter free textType an Answer300s - Q12
Put the characters in the correct categories
Users sort answers between categoriesSorting300s - Q13
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Magnifico
Zanni
Pantalone
Il Dottore or the Doctor300s - Q14
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Il Capitano or the CaptainBrighella
Pierrot
Columbina
300s - Q15
Which Commedia dell’Arte stock character wears this mask?
Zanni
Columbina
Pantalone
Brighella300s
