The Stage and the School

Chapter 2: Pantomime and Mime

Decide which of the following statements are True and which are False. Select True for correct statements and False for incorrect statements.


1.	Charlie Chaplin helped bring attention to the art of mime in twentieth-century America.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2.	If you are performing an inclination, you would be bending your body to the front, the side, or the rear.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3.	In order to fall onstage effectively, try to lower each body segment to the floor separately.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4.	To pantomime anger, open your eyes wide and form your mouth into the shape of an "O."
		A)	True
		B)	False


5.	Your face is the key to all bodily action.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6.	The rope pull is one example of a conventional mime action.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7.	Many mimes paint their faces white in the classic tradition.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8.	In both pantomime and mime, no spoken language is used, but some sounds are vocalized.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9.	Kinesthesis is the ability to move objects with your mind.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10.	Mime aims to convey a theme or an idea, whereas pantomime strives only to convey an action.
		A)	True
		B)	False