The Seven Causes of Laughter
Quiz by Maurice Harris
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- Q1Whenever the audience knows that something funny is going to happen, such as a character slipping on a banana peel or falling in a holeAnticipationAmbiguityProtectionExaggeration30s
- Q2When the audience realizes what is happening or what is funny; the "aha' momentExaggerationRecognitionAnticipaitonRelief30s
- Q3Making something larger and bigger than life, or larger and bigger than it really isReliefRecognitionExaggerationAnticipation30s
- Q4Laughter caused by the fact that the audience knows what is happening is not real and that characters are not really in dangerProtectionAmbiguityExaggerationAnticipation30s
- Q5This is the "double meaning" or hidden or confused meaning, much of it is verbal humor, such as puns and wordplayExaggerationRecognitionAmbiguityAnticipation30s
- Q6Laughter caused something that happens in a tense, serious, frightening, or dangerous situationAnticipationExaggerationAmbiguityRelief30s
- Q7This is cause of laughter literally means "does not fit" and occurs when something is out of place, time, or character; something unexpected or very unusualReliefAnticipationIncongruityExaggeration30s