Question

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a farce?
A. exaggerated characters
B. improbable plot situations
C. serious tone
D. slapstick humor

Answer 1

The answer would be  C. serious tone

Answer 2

A farce is a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

So I would say the answer is C. serious tone, don't you think? :)