Deck 7: Comic Relief: The Healing Power of Humor

Question 1

As far as we know, humor as a healing agent and coping technique dates back to:

A) The Victorian Ages.
B) Ancient Greece.
C) The Neanderthal Age.
D) The Middle Ages.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The word humor actually means:

A) Moisture.
B) Comical.
C) Hilarious.
D) Blessed.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Black humor is sometimes mistakenly thought to be:

A) political humor.
B) ethnic humor.
C) ironic humor.
D) potty humor.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Plato is credited with which humor theory?

A) The Superiority theory
B) The Divinity theory
C) The Release/Relief theory
D) The Incongruity theory

Question 5

Freud is credited with which humor theory?

A) The Incongruity theory
B) The Release/Relief theory
C) The Superiority theory
D) The Divinity theory

Question 6

Making light of oneself shows which type of humor?

A) Self- Irony
B) Self-Slapstick
C) Self-Parody
D) Absurdity

Question 7

Which type of humor is thought to be helpful in relieving the fear of death?

A) Black humor
B) Absurd humor
C) Ironic humor
D) Slapstick comedy
E) Bathroom humor

Question 8

Which type of humor is based on latent aggressions?

A) Ironic humor
B) Double entendres
C) Black humor
D) Slapstick humor
E) Triple entendres

Question 9

Which is considered to be the lowest form of humor?

A) Sarcasm
B) Puns
C) Bathroom humor
D) Blue color humor

Question 10

Orignial James Bond movies and some Disney movies share which style of humor?

A) Gallows humor
B) Satire
C) Double entendres
D) Dry humor

Question 11

Which theory would most likely explain the use of irony?

A) Divinity theory
B) Superiority theory
C) Incongruity theory
D) Release/Relief theory

Question 12

Which theory would most likely explain the popularity of sexual jokes?

A) Incongruity theory
B) Superiority theory
C) Release/Relief theory
D) Divinity theory

Question 13

Although the Daily Show with Trevor Noah uses many types of humor, it is best known for which of the following?

A) Irony
B) Parody
C) Sarcasm
D) Bathroom humor

Question 14

High-stress professionals such as nurses, policemen, and EMTs are renowned for using which type of humor to alleviate job stress?

A) Sarcasm
B) Black Humor
C) Bathroom humor
D) Parody

Question 15

Laughter yoga is best described as:

A) laughter for absolutely no reason.
B) prolonged voluntary laughter.
C) a hypothetical asana.
D) an offshoot of Hatha yoga.

Question 16

Inappropriate humor is considered

A) Rude
B) offensive
C) degrading
D) All of these

Question 17

An example of absurd/nonsense humor is Gary Larson's cartoon strip The Far Side.

Question 18

Irony is an example of the incongruity theory of humor.

Question 19

Laughter yoga was created in the US when a popular L.A. yoga studio closed down for renovation and people walked across the street to do this kind of yoga in the city park.

Question 20

Please define the following terms or concepts in no more than two sentences and give an example to support each definition.
A. Absurd/nonsense humor
B. Bathroom humor
C. Black humor
D. Divinity theory
E. Double entendre