Types of Drama -- study quiz 2 -- Comedy

Types of Drama -- study quiz 2 -- Comedy

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1. The type of comedy that relies most on physical elements (such as slapstick, buffoonery, mistaken identities, and ludicrous situations) is called:

a) tragi-comedy

b) romantic comedy

c) farce

d) burlesque

2. A central element of all comedy is:

a) slapstick

b) incongruity

c) catharsis

d) romance

3. A "malapropism" refers to a:

a) malady

b) illness

c) the misuse of similar-sounding but strikingly different words

d) incongruity between the way characters see themselves and the way they really are

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1.	The type of comedy that relies most on physical elements (such as slapstick, buffoonery, mistaken identities, and ludicrous situations) is called:

	a)	tragi-comedy
	b)	romantic comedy
	c)	farce
	d)	burlesque


2.	A central element of all comedy is:

	a)	slapstick
	b)	incongruity
	c)	catharsis
	d)	romance


3.	A "malapropism" refers to a:

	a)	malady
	b)	illness
	c)	the misuse of similar-sounding but strikingly different words
	d)	incongruity between the way characters see themselves and the way they really are