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Learn More About Black Comedy

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1 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Black comedy is also known as ____________.


Dark comedy

Morbid humour

Both

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In black comedy, a topic that is ___________ is made lighter and presented in a funny manner.


Dangerous

Taboo

Funny

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

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

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Pick out the major theme that is often associated with black comedy:


Death

Poverty

Discrimination

All of the above

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Is black comedy similar to blue comedy or obscenity?


Yes

No

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

___________ humour is a term used to specifically refer to the comedy that is done based on death-related subjects.


Morbid

Active

Gallows

7 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Black humour can be related to the grotesque genre occasionally.


True

False

8 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Black comedy and black humor is said to have existed as early as ____________.


Euripides

Aeschylus

Aristophanes

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The term "black humour" was first coined by ___________.


André Breton

Max Ernst

Paul Éluard

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Pick out the year in which the term was coined:


1919

1929

1935

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Black comedy seeks to derive laughter from skepticism.


True

False

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

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

13 Question
30 seconds
Q.

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

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Italian comedian Daniele Luttazzi has stated that the particular type of laughter that gallows humour provide are associated more with ironic satire.


True

False

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Whose final words were "Either that wallpaper goes or I do"?


James Joyce

Oscar Wilde

Charles Dickens

16 Question
30 seconds
Q.

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

17 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Does black comedy directly relate to the skin colour of a person?


Yes

No

18 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The dark comedy play "The Good and Faithful Servant" was written by ___________.


Jacob Foster

Joe Orton

Jonathan Swift

19 Question
30 seconds
Q.

___________ comedy is said to focus more on topics like nudity, bodily fluids, etc.


Green

Grey

Blue

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Does black comedy have the intention of hurting others?


Yes

No