1. What physical act helps make Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute” a farce? A) Smirnov...
...slips on a banana peel.? 1. What physical act helps make Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute” a farce?
A) Smirnov slips on a banana peel.
B) Mrs. Popov shoots a hole in Smirnov’s hat.
C) Smirnov throws Luka through a window.
D) A chair breaks under the pressure of Smirnov’s hand.
2. Farce is
A) based on crude physical actions.
B) poking fun at social order.
C) a romantic comedy.
D) based on unusual situations.
3. Mrs. Popov’s excessive mourning in Anton Chekhov’s “The Brute” is part of what characteristic of farce?
A) A farce is based on physical action.
B) A farce contains simple characters.
C) Nothing tragic happens in a farce.
D) A farce ridicules human behavior.
4. Which ideal is expressed through comedy drama?
A) “It’s someone else’s fault”
B) “We feel”
C) “We can’t change”
D) “We asked for it”
5. Typically, a comedy ends
A) with good overcoming evil.
B) with something humorous.
C) with a predictable ending.
D) with a marriage.
6. One purpose of comedy is to
A) show that people cannot change.
B) celebrate our humanness.
C) celebrate each person’s uniqueness.
D) idealize human qualities.
7. A mismatch of these can lead to humor, according to psychologists.
A) Fear and fun
B) Danger and safety
C) Expectation and reality
D) Fantasy and reality
8. According to the online article “The Formula for Funny,” what is at the heart of humor?
A) Unusual behavior
B) Incongruity
C) Self-reflection
D) Prejudice
9. Which of the following is the climax of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute”?
A) Mrs. Popov talks to a portrait of her deceased husband.
B) Mrs. Popov refuses to pay Smirnov.
C) Mrs. Popov agrees to a duel.
D) Mrs. Popov and Smirnov kiss.
10. Who does the title of the Anton Checkov’s play “The Brute” refer to?
A) Popov
B) Toby
C) Smirnov
D) Luka
...slips on a banana peel.? 1. What physical act helps make Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute” a farce?
A) Smirnov slips on a banana peel.
B) Mrs. Popov shoots a hole in Smirnov’s hat.
C) Smirnov throws Luka through a window.
D) A chair breaks under the pressure of Smirnov’s hand.
2. Farce is
A) based on crude physical actions.
B) poking fun at social order.
C) a romantic comedy.
D) based on unusual situations.
3. Mrs. Popov’s excessive mourning in Anton Chekhov’s “The Brute” is part of what characteristic of farce?
A) A farce is based on physical action.
B) A farce contains simple characters.
C) Nothing tragic happens in a farce.
D) A farce ridicules human behavior.
4. Which ideal is expressed through comedy drama?
A) “It’s someone else’s fault”
B) “We feel”
C) “We can’t change”
D) “We asked for it”
5. Typically, a comedy ends
A) with good overcoming evil.
B) with something humorous.
C) with a predictable ending.
D) with a marriage.
6. One purpose of comedy is to
A) show that people cannot change.
B) celebrate our humanness.
C) celebrate each person’s uniqueness.
D) idealize human qualities.
7. A mismatch of these can lead to humor, according to psychologists.
A) Fear and fun
B) Danger and safety
C) Expectation and reality
D) Fantasy and reality
8. According to the online article “The Formula for Funny,” what is at the heart of humor?
A) Unusual behavior
B) Incongruity
C) Self-reflection
D) Prejudice
9. Which of the following is the climax of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Brute”?
A) Mrs. Popov talks to a portrait of her deceased husband.
B) Mrs. Popov refuses to pay Smirnov.
C) Mrs. Popov agrees to a duel.
D) Mrs. Popov and Smirnov kiss.
10. Who does the title of the Anton Checkov’s play “The Brute” refer to?
A) Popov
B) Toby
C) Smirnov
D) Luka