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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 1 (p. 73 to 92).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."
(a) Ritual.
(b) Drum.
(c) Pole.
(d) Stage.

2. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Formosa Opera Company.
(b) Pekin Opera Company.
(c) Siam Opera Company.
(d) Xing Opera Company.

3. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?
(a) The climax of intent.
(b) The climax of fear.
(c) The climax of silence.
(d) The climax of relief.

4. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."
(a) The Method Actor.
(b) The Meisner Actor.
(c) The Classical Actor.
(d) The Chekhovian Actor.

5. What "is above all an appeal to the spectator to work for himself, so to become more and more responsible for accepting what he sees only if it is convincing to him in an adult way"?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."

2. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?

3. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

4. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."

5. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?

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