Black comedy is also known as ____________.
Dark comedy
Morbid humour
Both
In black comedy, a topic that is ___________ is made lighter and presented in a funny manner.
Dangerous
Taboo
Funny
Writers and comedians use black comedy as a tool to rope in serious issues and make their acts funny as well as thought-provoking.
True
False
Pick out the major theme that is often associated with black comedy:
Death
Poverty
Discrimination
All of the above
Is black comedy similar to blue comedy or obscenity?
Yes
No
___________ humour is a term used to specifically refer to the comedy that is done based on death-related subjects.
Morbid
Active
Gallows
Black humour can be related to the grotesque genre occasionally.
True
False
Black comedy and black humor is said to have existed as early as ____________.
Euripides
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
The term "black humour" was first coined by ___________.
André Breton
Max Ernst
Paul Éluard
Pick out the year in which the term was coined:
1919
1929
1935
Black comedy seeks to derive laughter from skepticism.
True
False
The concept of black humour was first made popular in the United States through the publication of a mass-market paperback called ______________.
Dark Laugh
Black Laugh
Black Humour
Before the concept of black humour became popular, the term ____________ was used to refer to comedians who have portrayed horrific events in a comic manner.
Sick comedy
Grit comedy
Both
Italian comedian Daniele Luttazzi has stated that the particular type of laughter that gallows humour provide are associated more with ironic satire.
True
False
Whose final words were "Either that wallpaper goes or I do"?
James Joyce
Oscar Wilde
Charles Dickens
Who among the following is not considered to be one of the earliest writers of black comedy in the United States?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nathanael West
Vladimir Nabokov
Does black comedy directly relate to the skin colour of a person?
Yes
No
The dark comedy play "The Good and Faithful Servant" was written by ___________.
Jacob Foster
Joe Orton
Jonathan Swift
___________ comedy is said to focus more on topics like nudity, bodily fluids, etc.
Green
Grey
Blue
Does black comedy have the intention of hurting others?
Yes
No
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